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Ron Gatterdam

Ron Gatterdam

Ron Gatterdam lives in Fairbanks, Alaska and is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is an amateur railroad historian and member of the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad organization.
Ron Gatterdam appears in the following new Jukebox projects:
Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
Ron Gatterdam

This is a recording of Ron Gatterdam giving a presentation titled "Alaska Railroads that Never Were” on March 9, 2010 at the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad’s monthly "Rail Stories" public lecture series held at the Tanana Valley Railroad Train Museum at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska. He is introduced by the organization's president, Dan Osborne. In this presentation, Ron gives an overview of the history of railroads around Alaska. He includes those that succeeded as well as many that were tried and failed.

 2010-02-03 Railroads of Alaska Mar 9, 2010