Dome observation car at the rear of Union Pacific’s City of Portland passenger train was added in 1955.
The City of Portland was a named passenger train on the Union
Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon.
The first trip for the train left Portland on June 6, 1935.
The Silver Dome was the first modern dome.
New System Laundry with fleet and employees 1001 NE
Flanders St. (City of Portland photo)
Road crew with shovels stand on foster road after clearing
snow off street during 1916 winter snowfall, Foster Road
in SE Portland, Jan. 21. 1916.
Oregon Historical Society
Snow removal at SW Tichner Dr., near Council Crest in
Portland, circa 1956.
Crew busy at snow removal on SW 12th Ave between Main
and Jefferson St., Feb. 2, 1950.
City of Portland Auditor’s Office
Snow removal on SW Broadway and Yamhill, Jan. 25, 1943.
City of Portland
Digging out a street car after a heavy snow fall, on East
Glisan near East 39th Avenue, circa 1916.
Oregon Historical Society
Feb 1., 1937 saw 12.8 inches of snow in downtown Portland.
City of Portland Auditor’s Office
Snow along Sandy Boulevard today in Northeast Portland.
KATU image
Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at a Detroit
ice rink following a practice session two days before the
Olympic trials. A man hit Kerrigan with a club on the back
of her knee, causing the figure skater to cry out in pain and bewilderment. When the full story emerged a week later,
the nation became caught up in a real-life soap opera.
One of Kerrigan’s chief rivals for a place on the U.S. Figure
Skating Team was Tonya Harding. In mid-December 1993,
Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, approached Shawn
Eckardt about somehow eliminating Kerrigan from the
competition. Eckardt set up a meeting with Derrick Smith
and Shane Stant, who agreed to injure Kerrigan for a fee.
Tonya Harding (left) says she was scared for her own
safety after the infamous 1994 baton attack on her fellow
fellow Olympic figure skater and longtime competitor
Nancy Kerrigan (right).
Tonya Maxene Price (54) was born
in Portland, Oregon.
N8082U, the United Airlines DC-8-61 involved, pictured in
1972 sporting a previous identifying design. Photo taken
at Seattle / Tacoma – Int. (SEA).
Originating at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, United
Airlines Flight 173 stopped in Denver, and continued to
Portland on Thursday, December 28, 1978.
The pilot reported a problem with the plane’s nose landing
gear to the Portland tower, and, according to the National
Transportation Safety Board report, failed to monitor properly
the aircraft’s fuel state and to properly respond to the low
fuel state. The Board blamed pilot error for the crash
After circling Portland International Airport the DC-8 ran out
of fuel and crashed into two vacant houses and a grove of
trees at East Burnside Street, five miles southeast of the
airport and about 200 feet east of 157th Avenue at around
6:15 P.M.
The jetliner, reportedly was carrying 172 adult passengers,
five infants and eight crew members.
Capt. Malburn "Buddy" McBroom (52), a World War II Navy
veteran and longtime United pilot, recovers in a Gresham,
Oregon hospital. (KATU)
Malburn Adair “Buddy” McBroom (1926 – 2004)
United Flight 173 survivor Lynn Egli, right, stands with
KATU’s Steve Dunn at the memorial for the passengers
aboard United Flight 173 that killed 10 people. (KATU)
