The Building Of Railroads In Alaska

Download or read book Portrait of the Alaska Railroad written by Kaylene Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1923, President Warren G. Harding visited Alaska to drive in the ""Golden Spike"" commemorating the grand opening of the new, federally funded railroad linking Seward with Fairbanks. The Government Railroad had taken eight years and the influence of three U.S. presidents to complete. Shortly afterward, it was renamed the Alaska Railroad. In the eighty-plus years since then, America's northernmost railroad has remained a critical transportation link, a working train as well as a touring train that wends through some of the most fabulous country in the nation. Resplendent in blue and gold, the engines and cars of the Alaska Railroad remain disconnected from other rail lines, set apart on a track that travels north through the wilderness to a dead end near Fairbanks, and south to a dead end at the seaport of Seward. But, oh, what beauty lies between. In this lavishly illustrated and authoritative book, the Alaska Railroad rides in the spotlight. Through words and color-rich photos, Johnson and Corral offer an entertaining history of the railroad, the routes, the engines and railcars, the landscape and wildlife, and much more.

Download or read book Get Mears! written by Katharine Carson Crittenden and published by Binford & Mort Pub. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railroad in the Clouds written by William Henry Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated history of the Alaska Railroad.

Download or read book Alaska Railroad Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Building of Railroads in Alaska written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway written by Graham Wilson and published by Whitehorse, Yukon : Wolf Creek Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 100 years, the railway built of gold still carves a path through one of the most treacherous mountain passes imaginable. With 125 spectacular historic photographs along with fascinating anecdotes and personal accounts, this book tells the exciting story of the world's northernmost narrow-gauge railway. 125 photos.

Download or read book Alaska Railroad Corporation Construction and Operation of a Rail Line Between North Pole and Delta Junction written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: