Title taken from caption. "Tanana Valley R. R. Trains at Fox, Alaska. Hand colored." Business signs visible include: "Chesley & Ryan General Merchandise, Miners Supplies - Steam Fitting" and "P.C.S.Co Market".
Title from image caption Full caption: "Soldiers digging out trains on Yukon Highway Railroad, from Skagway to Whitehorse; built for transportation in the '98 gold rush; operated by U.S. Army during the building of the highway"
Title from caption. Photograph of a railroad snowplow and a crew of people, clearing snow from a railroad track. Caption reads: "Rotary snow plough preceeding passenger & freight trains, cutting through & clearing way." Photograph number...
(4:45 min) (10 of 20) Tariffs--East bound fish--Northern Transportation Company--Eastbound Tariff 2c--Rates from west to east cost--loading ships and trains--Protests against tariffs--Train/ship--Setting tariffs--Section 1 Interstate Commerce...
(5:11 min) (27 of 27) Final Comments
Winter road north from Eagle and Circle to the DEW line. Built by Alaska Freightline. LaTourneau trains, made for the desert, were not very successful here. Less paperwork makes for more fun in the...
Title from verso. Full verso caption reads: "Cluster of modular units is home to seismic crew during early North Slope exploration. The units, pulled across the frozen tundra with caterpillar tractors, became known as 'cat trains.' "
Title taken from caption. "View showing the roadbed of the Government Railroad near Palmer in the Matanuska Valley. Between Matanuska and Palmer the land is flat and practically all of it has been settled upon by homesteaders. Many...
Title from caption.
Photograph of a foot bridge at mile 88 of the WAMCATS trail. Caption with photo reads: Foot log at 88. Used during break-up by pack trains.
Title by indexer. Trains of freight wagons or sledges, one pulled by a team of horses and the other pulled by a tractor. The wagons have large loads lashed down with chains. There are possible horse feed buckets at left.
Title taken from creator's notes.
Color photograph of a sternwheeler with the following notes: This riverboat connected Fairbanks with Anchorage. The captain notified the military when they could come to pick up their shipments. This included...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Benching of talus material on slopes of Ammerman Mountain about 1 mile southwest from monument No. 29. The arrangement of this material is probably chiefly caused by the action of snow...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Benching of talus material on slopes of Ammerman Mountain about 1 mile southwest from monument No. 29. The arrangement of this material is probably chiefly caused by the action of snow...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Benching of talus material on slopes of Ammerman Mountain about 1 mile southwest from monument No. 29. The arrangement of this material is probably chiefly caused by the action of snow...
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. View of passengers enroute from Anchorage to Seward, Alaska, changing trains at site of snowslide at mile 72 of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad. Also from front: "A.E.C. H-118." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Aerial view of Alaska Railroad trains and yards in Anchorage, Alaska, with Government Hill neighborhood pictured above railroad buildings and tracks, and antenna standing in right background. Nov. 9, 1960. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original...