Cat Train Hauling Coal
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Description:
A Cat train that hauled coal from the Meade River Coal Mine to Barrow in the 1940s. Rex says he was the first driver on this Cat train and talks about what that was like.
Listen to Rex Ahvakana talk about the photo.
Listen to Frances Mongoyak say the Iñupiaq photo caption: Tractor-aġruaq aksraġuuruaq aluanik Atqasuum kuuŋaniñ aluaqaġviŋaniñ Utqiaġvigñun 1940-ni. Aviugan uqallaktuaq sivulliuŋanivluni qamutitaqtaumman tractor-ġruanik suli uqaqłuni qanuġiñmaŋaan qaŋasaaq qamutitaqtaumman.
Photo By:
Marvin Peter
Photo Collection:
Marvin Peter Photo Collection
Photo ID:
MP140-23
North Slope Borough, Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission