Common Carrier Railroads of Alaska

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