Great Northern Locomotive Engineer Carl Molander at Portland, Oregon, undated. Clipping courtesy of Ramona Sawyer Hill.

Portland Terminal Railroad tie tamper and track crew at Portland near Union Station in 1984. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Track-Maintenance.

Portland Terminal Railroad tie tamper and track crew at Portland near Union Station in 1984. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Track-Maintenance.

New Mid-Century Empire Builder inaugural eastbound run from Portland, Oregon, June 3, 1951, locomotive engineer Rudolph Wachter next to SP&S EMD diesel locomotive Number 750. Photo by Ackroyd Photo.

SP&S conductor, engineer and fireman comparing time of their watches by Class F3A Number 801, August 8, 1950.

SP&S 4-6-2 steam locomotive Number 621, Class H-1, with the Portland roundhouse workforce after locomotive was rebuilt from SP&S 4-6-0 Number 107, December 2, 1927.