Portland Terminal 36
Coast Starlight and Portland part 1, 22 January 1981
In January 1981, the Coast Starlight was the last Amtrak train in the western US to use steam heated equipment and Superliners were being introduced on the train.
I spent the nights of 21 and 22 January riding to and from Portland on 14 and 11, getting steam heated equipment on both trains. I stayed up late the night of 21-22 January and saw the southbound Starlight when we met it in Sacramento River Canyon and that night's train had Superliners.
I took notes of the consist, but I'm not sure where they are right now.
The norhtbound train had an ex-ATSF Pleasure Dome as its lounge and the dome-parlor-obs from Wabash's Blue Bird on the end, as well as several dome coaches, including at least one from the NP.
I have more photos of the Starlight in Portland, but they will be in another album. This one has the trip north and things other than the Starlights that I shot in Portland.
After staying up late, I must have slept through Klamath Falls as my first photos are of the train at Odell Lake. There are a few more shots out the vestibule as we go over Cascade Summit, then we have a few shots in Eugene and some car interiors.
I grouped the Portland photos as BN and the Amtrak Pioneer, exterior photos of Union Station, interior photos of Union Station and a Portland Terminal Alco S2
Portland Terminal 36
Coast Starlight and Portland part 1, 22 January 1981
In January 1981, the Coast Starlight was the last Amtrak train in the western US to use steam heated equipment and Superliners were being introduced on the train.
I spent the nights of 21 and 22 January riding to and from Portland on 14 and 11, getting steam heated equipment on both trains. I stayed up late the night of 21-22 January and saw the southbound Starlight when we met it in Sacramento River Canyon and that night's train had Superliners.
I took notes of the consist, but I'm not sure where they are right now.
The norhtbound train had an ex-ATSF Pleasure Dome as its lounge and the dome-parlor-obs from Wabash's Blue Bird on the end, as well as several dome coaches, including at least one from the NP.
I have more photos of the Starlight in Portland, but they will be in another album. This one has the trip north and things other than the Starlights that I shot in Portland.
After staying up late, I must have slept through Klamath Falls as my first photos are of the train at Odell Lake. There are a few more shots out the vestibule as we go over Cascade Summit, then we have a few shots in Eugene and some car interiors.
I grouped the Portland photos as BN and the Amtrak Pioneer, exterior photos of Union Station, interior photos of Union Station and a Portland Terminal Alco S2