(4:03 min) (03 of 19) Young adult #2 Traveled north. Shucked corn and by the end he was averaging 95 bushels a day. Went back home and got a job with his brother-in-law on a dairy farm. Took a class to become a railroad fireman. Train...
19 second , black & white/silent film clip. Images include steam powered rotary snowplow and two steam locomotives hooked together passing a tank farm in Seward.
26 sec, black & white/silent film clip. Narrated film about traveling the "Great Circle Route" of travel through Alaska and Canada. Images include locomotive on the dock at Whitehorse.
35 second, black & white/silent, film clip of scenery filmed from a moving train, of the Alaska Railroad station in Fairbanks, of disembarking passengers and of cargo being unloaded. At the end of the clip, Alaska Railroad Engine No. 1 can be seen.
43 second, color and black and white/silent film clip. Images include traveling on railroad, scenic views, steam locomotive, steam locomotive on railroad bridge, railroad yard, and a city street.
46 second, color/silent film clip. Clip shows scenes from the dock in Whitehorse, Yukon. Scenes include children, the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, barges, sternwheelers, and the docks.
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of the construction and operation of the Alaska Railroad and early campsite of Anchorage, Alaska. Narration describes the development of the ARR.
Alaska Central Railroad Engine No.1. From verso: "A Rorl Photo. Engine No.1 for Alaska Central Ry arrives in Seward in 1904." Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Behind the locomotive is a flatcar draped with a white cloth and set with a couch. Women in hats and dresses cluster on and near the couch. Men stand at foot and to side of flatcar.