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==Common Carrier Railroads.== | ==Common Carrier Railroads.== | ||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Golovin Bay Railway|Golovin Bay Railway.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Council City to No. 15 Ophir Creek Mine, Nome Census Area. 1902 - 1906</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Seward Peninsula Railway|Seward Peninsula Railway.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' | |||
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Nome to Lanes Landing (Shelton), Nome Census Area. 1906 - 1955</span> | |||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Tanana Valley Railroad|Tanana Valley Railroad.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Started life as the Tanana Mines Railroad. Reorganized as Tanana Valley Railroad in 1907. Sold to the Alaska Engineering Commission on December 31, 1917, becoming the Chatanika Branch of the Alaska Engineering Commission Railroad. A segment of the railroad was dual gauged between Happy and Fairbanks and remains in service today as part of the Alaska Railroad. The remaining narrow gauge was scrapped in 1931. | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Chena to Fairbanks and Chatanika, Fairbanks North Star Borough. 1905 - 1917</span> | |||
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'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Constructed to bring supplies to Dawson City, YT during the Klondike Gold Rush, the WP&Y operates through some of the most breathtaking scenery in North America. Completion of the Klondike Highway in 1980 and reduced mining in the area put an end to freight operations in 1982. In 1988 the line began hauling tourists as a heritage railway, carrying hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. | '''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Constructed to bring supplies to Dawson City, YT during the Klondike Gold Rush, the WP&Y operates through some of the most breathtaking scenery in North America. Completion of the Klondike Highway in 1980 and reduced mining in the area put an end to freight operations in 1982. In 1988 the line began hauling tourists as a heritage railway, carrying hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. | ||
<span class="rlbottom">Skagway AK to Whitehorse YT. 1899 - Present</span> | <span class="rlbottom">Skagway AK to Whitehorse YT. 1899 - Present</span> | ||
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<span class="rltitle">[[Wild Goose Railroad|Wild Goose Railroad.]]</span><br /> | |||
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' | |||
<span class="rlbottom">Nome Census Area. 1900 - 1906</span> | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 23 August 2021
Common Carrier Railroads.
Golovin Bay Railway.
36in Gauge.
Council City to No. 15 Ophir Creek Mine, Nome Census Area. 1902 - 1906
Seward Peninsula Railway.
36in Gauge.
Nome to Lanes Landing (Shelton), Nome Census Area. 1906 - 1955
Tanana Valley Railroad.
36in Gauge. Started life as the Tanana Mines Railroad. Reorganized as Tanana Valley Railroad in 1907. Sold to the Alaska Engineering Commission on December 31, 1917, becoming the Chatanika Branch of the Alaska Engineering Commission Railroad. A segment of the railroad was dual gauged between Happy and Fairbanks and remains in service today as part of the Alaska Railroad. The remaining narrow gauge was scrapped in 1931.
Chena to Fairbanks and Chatanika, Fairbanks North Star Borough. 1905 - 1917
White Pass & Yukon Railway.
36in Gauge. Constructed to bring supplies to Dawson City, YT during the Klondike Gold Rush, the WP&Y operates through some of the most breathtaking scenery in North America. Completion of the Klondike Highway in 1980 and reduced mining in the area put an end to freight operations in 1982. In 1988 the line began hauling tourists as a heritage railway, carrying hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
Skagway AK to Whitehorse YT. 1899 - Present
Wild Goose Railroad.
36in Gauge.
Nome Census Area. 1900 - 1906