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Jack Ferguson

Jack Ferguson first came to Alaska during World War II when he was in the US Navy on the crew of a gasoline tanker delivering fuel in the Aleutian Islands. After the war, he went to Anchorage and immediately began work for the Alaska Railroad. He held a variety of jobs, including as a section crew member in Healy replacing ties and aligning track, a car oiler, a fireman in the engine on the Seward to Portage route, and an engineer based out of Fairbanks.

Jack Ferguson appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Railroads of Alaska

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Jack Ferguson	Jack Ferguson was interviewed on March 15, 1985 by William Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, he talks about his experiences working for the Alaska Railroad as a section crew member, as a fireman on steam engines, and as an engineer. Jack also talks about working with and learning from tough engineers, learning to handle the train on hills, derailments, freight in Seward, track rehabilitation, and the switch from steam to diesel.	H85-30	Railroads of Alaska	Mar 15, 1985