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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
B1997.003.116
[locomotive engine and car on railroad track, pickup truck, rocks; neg is damaged]
Collection: B1997.003
B1964.001.271
(PJ Gallegar First locomotive engineer on the Interior of Alaska AT Hhena on T.M RY 1904)
Keywords: railroad
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1997.003.121
[bird's eye view of railroad tracks, locomotive engine, drag line, rail cars]
Collection: B1997.003
B1979.002.6378
Locas, Steam (Misc) How engine looked when I reached Fairbanks from Nenana. Steam locomotive 901, summer 1950. [damaged train engine]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.8901
Locos, Steam (Misc) Steam loco 901, Wreck out of Nenana summer of 1950. [crashed locomotive engine, train]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1964.001.693
(Oliver Jones clearing tracks at Premier)[Three locomotive engines clearing snow from the tracks and several men walking within the plowed paths]
Keywords: train, railroad, snow, winter, snowplow, transportation, powerlines
Collection: B1964.001 John Urban
B1989.016.1625.1
7. (First ARR train) [Alaska Railroad locomotive #1 on tracks, with engineer leaning out to speak with uniformed man on platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1957.005.207
On the Eska Creek spur, Mar. 19, ’17. AEC G388 P.S. Hunt [on verso:] Engine 265, brakeman Harold E. McCutcheon. Alaska Railroad - Matanuska Branch, Eska [third from left. Three men (Fireman, Engineer, two Brakemen) standing on engine 265 at head of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway locomotive "The Sourdough" near Eska Creek, Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Matanuska, Branch, Eska, Eska Creek spur, P.S. Hunt, Engine 265, Brakeman, Harold E. McCutcheon, Harold McCutcheon, Fireman, Engineer, Men, Crew, Locomotive, Train, Tracks, Valley, Winter, Snow
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1998.014.1.889
L80 Hurrican Gulch - Alaska Railroad (ARR bridge at Hurricane Gulch; 1947 postcard) [copy neg; railroad engine, locomotive, railcars on trestle bridge]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.033.304
Whittier train at Campbell, engine 3007, 10-76 [locomotive 3007 with one passenger car and caboose proceeding past sign for Campbell; print date Nov 76]
Collection: B2017.033
B2015.015.12
L to R: Bess Dedman, mom Leada Simons, Barbara Dedman [three women looking out from White Pass & Yukon Route locomotive #62, engineer standing on rear]
Collection: B2015.015
B1957.005.023
Anchorage Seward train obstructed by snowslide at mile 72 Gov't R[ail]road. Nov. 29, 1918. HGK AEC H122 [on verso:] J.T.C. Supt. Of Transp., W. Gerig Assist. Chief Engineer, F.A. Hansen District Engineer, Chas Mathison? Locomotive Engineer, Henry Howard, Clarence Olsen Conductor [Group of men standing beside train partially hidden by avalanche at mile 72 of Alaska Engineering Commission government railroad]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, AEC, Train, Snowslide, Mile 72, Superintendent of Transportation, William Gerig, Chief Engineer, F.A. Hansen, District Engineer, Chas Mathison, Locomotive Engineer, Henry Howard, Clarence Olsen, Conductor, Avalanche
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B1989.016.1924.2
(Alaska Railroad Moose Gooser, Fur Rondy, 1952) [man dressed as robber and train engineer acting out scene next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, during Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.1424
AEC.G-1156 March 4-1919 Mixed train arrives at mile 227 End of Steel [Frontal view of steam locomotive 224 offloading or loading passengers and equipment]
Keywords: steam engine, railroad, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1881.1
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns at train) [two men dressed as Keystone Kops, one man dressed as robber, and train engineer acting out scene next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, with onlookers, 1952?]
Keywords: recreation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1924.1
(Alaska Railroad Moose Gooser, Fur Rondy, 1952) [two men dressed as Keystone Kops, one man dressed as robber, and train engineer acting out scene next to the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, with onlookers, during Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage. Cf. 1881.1]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection