Portland Aerial Tram, OR

Leaving the bottom terminal on Portland’s South Waterfront.
A tram cabin approaches the top dock.
Top dock and track cables on bollards above.
Bottom station overview.
Bullwheels in the top station.
Bubble shaped cabin.
View up from the bottom terminal.
Cabin and tower.
The first pitch out of the station is quite steep.
Bottom station with adjacent bike corral and streetcar line.
The lone tower above Interstate 5.
Upper part of the lift line on Marquam Hill.
Gangloff bubble style cabin.
Another view of the tower.
Looking up at the track rope saddles.
Bottom station plaza and fare machines.
Bottom bullwheel and track rope saddle.
Operator controls in a cabin.
A cabin in the top station.
Trips generally run every five minutes.
The two cars passing each other.
View from the top with Mt. Hood in the background.
Upper station building.
Another view of the unique station architecture.
A cabin nearing the summit.
Track rope bollards up top.
Top dock seen from below.
Another view of the upper dock.
Cabin soaring over Portland.
Each cabin has two sets of doors but no opening windows.
A cabin arriving at OHSU’s original campus.
View down the lift line.
Upper station overview.
View from the center dock up top.
Tram carriage.
Lift overview.

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