Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway steam wrecking crane clearing up train wreck between Northern Pacific and Great Northern trains at Guilds Lake Yard in Portland in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Wrecker, Accident.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway steam wrecking crane clearing up train wreck between Northern Pacific and Great Northern trains at Guilds Lake Yard in Portland in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Wrecker, Accident.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway steam wrecking crane X-5 clearing up train wreck between Northern Pacific and Great Northern trains at Guilds Lake Yard in Portland in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Wrecker, Accident.

SP&S Wrecking Crane X-11 removes the remains of a truck at Underwood, Washington, undated.

SP&S wrecking crane X-11 at work on a wreck on the Oregon Trunk, undated.

SP&S wrecking crane X-11 at work on a wreck on the Oregon Trunk, undated.

A view of derailment of SP&S extra eastbound freight train in the 'Brickyard Cut' between Overlook and Fort Wright, Washington, January 1958.

SP&S passenger train struck by a rock slide, undated.

Damaged SP&S diesel locomotive Number 80, an American Locomotive Company (ALCO) RS-3, inside SP&S Hoyt Street Roundhouse in Portland, Oregon, undated.

Damaged SP&S diesel locomotive Number 80, an American Locomotive Company (ALCO) RS-3, inside SP&S Hoyt Street Roundhouse in Portland, Oregon, undated.