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B2016.010.50
Train on curve [view out window of Alaska Railroad passenger train]
Collection: B2016.010
B1979.002.4881
(T 20 Train, Steam Passenger at Moose Pass)
Keywords: railroad, train, transportation
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.304.9
Transportation, Alaska R.R. [passengers near Alaska Railroad train car and truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2227.16
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and passengers on platform]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2019.015.2
JUL 65P [Two sets of railroad tracks with a passenger train in the distance, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B2019.015.3
JUL 65P [Two sets of railroad tracks with a passenger train on to the left, July 1965]
Keywords: Alaska Railroad, Alaska, Railroad tracks
Collection: B2019.015
B2018.007.1
[Alaska Railroad train at Nenana depot, passenger car 1332 at left, men on platform at right]
Collection: B2018.007
B1990.014.5.Cat.1.52
(catastrophe)(February 7 1967)(CN Derailment Passengers walking)
Keywords: catastrophe, train wreck, accident
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Cat
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
B1989.016.2227.17
(Eklutna Railway Station) [Alaska Railroad depot at Eklutna, with train on tracks and men offloading sacks, passengers on platform]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.10
P-239. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.009a.8
Lake Bennett, White Pass R.R. [White Pass & Yukon Route passenger train passing Bennett Lake]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B2023.003.25
Alaska Railroad, FP7 #1514 Train #5, Healy, AK. 07/08/1956. 3938, 36, Photo by John Endler, Jr. [Alaska Railroad Healy Depot with passenger train and people on the platform]
Keywords: Alaska, Healy, Alaska Railraod, Passenger train, Engine 1514, John Endler Jr.
Collection: B2023.003 John Endler Jr. Slides
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
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
B1989.016.1084.11
P-240. Palmer, July 3, 1936. Hewitt's [passengers on platform at Palmer depot next to Alaska Railroad train, one man wearing clerical collar, Rev. Bingle?]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.3
7. "All aboard" for Palmer! Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [train with passenger and freight cars on tracks outside of Alaska Railroad station at Palmer. emulsion missing in lower right corner]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.14
22. Welcoming the Valley colonists at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1084.4
P-233. Hewitt's (Palmer, July 3, 1936) [crowd on platform at Palmer depot with Alaska Railroad passenger train on tracks, one man in crowd holding a tuba, American flags hanging from station]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.15
23. Anchorage turns out to welcome Matanuska Valley colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1972.046.186
[bird’s eye view of railroad station, several passengers standing on snowy platform, train at right, possibly snowplow on tracks in distance, sign at left for W.P. & Y. Telegraph Office, White Pass & Yukon Route]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1989.016.2143.20
32. Anchorage citizens meet Wisconsin colonists. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloaded, some people getting into automobiles parked at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2143.23
36. Wisconsin colonists en route to Matanuska Valley arrive at Anchorage. Hewitt's Photo Shop [large crowd gathered on platform next to tracks at Alaska Railroad depot in Anchorage, passenger train unloading, some people getting into automobiles parked at right, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2011.014.374
Mrs. Stockton & I at Oroville, Calif. May 19th 1915. [Two women seated on observation platform of railroad passenger car with sign reading “The Scenic Limited;” this train was run by the Western Pacific Railroad between Oakland, California and St. Louis.] 2.75 x 4.5 nitrate negative
Collection: B2011.014