Amtrak 571 departing Portland Union Station with a northbound Amtrak "Coast Starlight" heading to Seattle in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive Diesel, Train-Passenger.

Amtrak 571 and 570 departing Portland Union Station with a northbound Amtrak "Coast Starlight" heading to Seattle in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive Diesel, Train-Passenger.

View of cab on Amtrak locomotive 571 in 1975. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive Diesel.

Amtrak type F40 on the point of a southbound "Coast Starlight" shortly before entering the North Portland tunnel. The detour was due to a ship striking Burlington Northern Railroad's Willamette River Bridge 5.1 in 1978. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel.

Northbound and southbound "Coast Starlight" meeting at North Portland. The trains were detouring on to the Union Pacific to Portland Union Station due to a ship striking Burlington Northern Railroad's Willamette River Bridge 5.1 in 1978. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger.

Amtrak station at Portland, Oregon, on October 6, 1985. Looking east across parking lot at west side of Union Station. J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: station, parking lot

Budd type SPV-200 demonstrator of new rail diesel car at Portland Union Station in 1982. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Car-Rail Diesel.

Budd type SPV-200 demonstrator of new rail diesel car at Portland Union Station in 1982. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Car-Rail Diesel.

Budd type SPV-200 demonstrator of new rail diesel car at Portland Union Station in 1982. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Car-Rail Diesel.