PORTLAND MAX LIGHT RAIL
Descending to the West

A two-car train descends the steepest grade on MAX in this scene, as it makes its way toward NW 1st Ave. to reach the original downtown route.  The conversion of the upper level of Steel Bridge to handle original MAX traffic involved a major retrofitting in the mid-1980s, at considerable expense. 

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