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B1983.091.C5123.3
{Alaska 1 Railroad locomotive in front of train depot}{print only}
Keywords: transportation, train
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1979.002.8891
Locomotive Steam #557 at Whittier May 1965 awaiting transportation out
Keywords: trains, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2018.006.2
[view across wooden trestle bridge in winter, steam locomotive in distance]
Collection: B2018.006
B1984.077.17.034
[Anchorage, Ship Creek, Locomotive, building, depot?, Government Hill in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1979.002.Album.Type.Engine.Nenana
Rail across the ice at Nenana showing type of Locomotive used Dec. 11, 1921
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1984.077.17.026
[Anchorage, overlooking Ship Creek, Government Hill, locomotive in distance, foundation? in foreground.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.5792
[locomotive 554 and passenger cars leaving station in winter, possibly Grandview. Has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
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
B2018.006.6
[White Pass & Yukon Route locomotive and car on track in yard, possibly locomotive#7]
Collection: B2018.006
B2018.007.15
[military tents at Nenana, steam locomotive on railroad tracks in background, riverboat at dock in distance]
Collection: B2018.007
B1984.077.17.027
[Anchorage, view of Ship Creek, railroad yard, houses in mid-ground, locomotive in distance, smoke.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1984.077.17.028
[Anchorage, ship Creek, Government Hill in distance, railroad, locomotive, warerhouse in mid-ground, automobiles.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1995.010.5760
[view down track to locomotive and passenger cars crossing wooden trestle bridge in winter. Has neg
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.6086
Alaska Railroad locomotive 902 in the Anchorage yards, buildings along Ship Creek in background, 1940s]
Collection: B1995.010
B1979.002.5716
neg 24 locomotive #556_ Locos Steam #556 ARR presented this loco to the city of Anchorage on 8/27/59. It was moved to the park strip between 9th and 10th Ave [steam locomotive moving through a mountain pass]
Keywords: transportation, trains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1998.014.1.1276
{O79 Anchorage ARR depot 1 - old locomotive; 2 - Moose Gooser Jr, or the Boy that Did a Man's job for ARR (cut neg)} [one of two images: Alaska Railroad 1 locomotive on display; depot in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
AEC.AN17 (2)
Snowslide near mile 53 A.N.Ry [ locomotive with snow plow pushing through heavy snow]
Keywords: trains, transportation, winter, snow, avalanche
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1995.010.6094
5/27/46 [bird’s eye view of locomotive 902 on track in winter, snowbanks on both sides, Cf. .5823]
Collection: B1995.010
B1989.016.1625.2
13. (First ARR train) [Alaska Railroad locomotive #1 steaming into Anchorage depot, with spectators on train platform]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.254
ARR [locomotive 1500 pulling freight cars through rock cut along Turnagain Arm. Cf. .261]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1995.010
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
B1979.002.1559
#556 donated to city of Anchorage park strip playground between 9th and 10th ave [ locomotive # 556 with steam]
Keywords: transportation, trains
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
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
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
B1995.010.161
[bird’s eye view of locomotive and freight cars coming off wooden trestle bridge and into section house in winter, man standing next to building in foreground]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, transportation
Collection: B1995.010
B1995.010.5755
[bird’s eye view of locomotive and freight cars coming off wooden trestle bridge and into section house or heating plant in winter. Heinz stamp on verso. has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
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
B1981.020.111
White Pass depot and train, Skagway [steam locomotive and passenger cars at White Pass & Yukon Route station, passengers standing near automobile at left]
Collection: B1981.020 Hotchkiss
B1998.014.1.1153
O26 First lomotive in Alaska (1946 postcard) [A.R.R. 1 on display; Garden Island Liquor Store, log structure in background; actually not the first locomotive in Alaska]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1277
O79 "Moose Gooser Jr." or, the Boy that did a man's job for the Alaska Railroad (Anchorage ARR depot) [locomotive Alaska Railroad 1 on display, automoobiles, structures in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B1995.010.5754
[bird’s eye view of locomotive and freight cars coming off wooden trestle bridge and into section house or heating plant in winter. Heinz stamp on verso. has neg. Cf. .248]
Collection: B1995.010
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
B2017.033.305
Whittier train x-ing Arctic Blvd at Campbell, 10-76 [locomotive, passenger car, and caboose in bicentennial paint at road crossing; print date Nov 76]
Collection: B2017.033
B2018.007.18
[view down railroad tracks to Fairbanks depot, Locomotive No. 1 display at right, Consumer’s Co-op in right background, Melody Inn and West Coast Grocery at left]
Collection: B2018.007
B2018.007.16
[bird’s eye view of Fairbanks taken from Chena River Bridge, with railroad depot in center background, automobiles on street near Locomotive No. 1 display, Samson Hardware Company at left]
Collection: B2018.007
B1989.016.1941.2
(Alaska Railroad freight train to Portage, winter) [view down Seward Highway with railroad locomotive 1502 pulling train on tracks at left, utlity poles along road, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1941.3
(Alaska Railroad freight train to Portage, winter) [view down Seward Highway with railroad locomotive 1502 pulling train on tracks at left, utlity poles along road, mountains in distance]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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
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
B1989.016.1924.3
(Alaska Railroad Moose Gooser, Fur Rondy, 1952) [man dressed as robber being ejected from train while acting out scene on the Alaska Railroad Aurora train, locomotive 1050, during Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
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