Oregon Railway & Navigation crane recovering derailed freight car in the river on the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad at Astoria, Oregon, undated.

Oregon Railway & Navigation crane recovering derailed freight car in the river on the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad at Astoria, Oregon, undated.

Oregon Railway & Navigation crane recovering derailed freight car in the river on the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad at Astoria, Oregon, undated.

Oregon Railway & Navigation crane recovering derailed freight car in the river on the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad at Astoria, Oregon, undated.

A view of Astoria & Columbia River Railroad freight train wreck in Oregon, undated. From the Oregon Historical Society Collection.

Train wreck between Northern Pacific and Great Northern trains at Guilds Lake Yard in Portland in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Accident.

Northern Pacific 6016D and Great Northern Caboose X-108 after collision at Guilds Lake Yard in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Accident, Locomotive-Diesel.

Northern Pacific 6016D and Great Northern Caboose X-108 after collision at Guilds Lake Yard in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Accident, Locomotive-Diesel.

Northern Pacific 6016D and Great Northern Caboose X-108 after collision at Guilds Lake Yard in 1968. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Accident, Locomotive-Diesel.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway steam wrecking crane X-25 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: Accident, Locomotive-Diesel.