One of the Great Locomotives of all time, UP 8444 takes water at The Dalles during visit in April 1974 with aid of City Firemen and a nearby fire hydrant. On level track it could haul 20 sleepers at 80 mph.
Union Pacific fan trip up Deschutes River on May 15, 1960. Train shown entering tunnel. (Final passenger service by the UP on its main lines ended last of April 1971). Passenger service here was revived by Amtrac on June 7, 1977.
A part of one of the biggest crowds ever in The Dalles took part in Ceremonies of Dedication at the Dam and following luncheon at The Dalles Junior High School. This was the outdoors crowd.
Dedication of The Dalles Dam took place Oct. 10, 1959, a little more than six years after the start of construction on the major Columbia River Project on the main stem of the Great River of the West.