Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program

Railroads of Alaska Historic Films

1957 Chevy on Tracks Screenshot

Alaska Railroad 1975 Chevy traveling on tracks.
(AAF-1103; 1:06 min.)

Alaska Railroad

Alaska Railroad Locomotive Number 1 on display near the Fairbanks train station. (AAF-1811; 0:13 sec.)

Alaska Railroad Speeder

Alaska Railroad speeder.
(AAF-8999; 0:16 sec.)

Alaska Railroad at McKinley Park

Alaska Railroad passenger train and Brill Car at McKinley Park.
(AAF-8246; 0:27 sec.)

Alaska Railroad Narrow Gauge

Alaska Railroad narrow-gauge train on original track from the Tanana Valley Railroad at Chatanika.
(AAF-784; 0:33 sec.)

Alaska History Nuggets: Alaska Railroad

Alaska History Nuggets: Alaska Railroad.
(AkHistNug109; 0:61 sec.)

Brill Car

Passengers depart a Brill Car (trolley operated by the Alaska Railroad) at College Station at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (University of Alaska Fairbanks).
(AAF-781; 0:54 sec.)

Chatanika Branch

Alaska Railroad gas car and travel along the Chatanika branch, previously known as the Tanana Valley Railroad.
(AAF-8999; 0:25 sec.)

Chitina Auto Railer Bus

Chitina Auto Railer bus.
(AAF-728; 0:44 sec.)

Coal Cars

Alaska Railroad coal cars being loaded at Healy.
(AAF-103; 1:35 min.)

CR&N Railway

Travel on the Copper River and Northwestern Railway.
(AAF-8999; 1:07 min.)

Derailed Steam Engine

Derailed Alaska Railroad steam engine near Anchorage.
(AAF-785: 0:44 sec.)

Eagle River Bridge

Eagle River Bridge.
(AAF-63; 0:27 sec.)

Fish Train

Yakutat & Southern Railroad. (AAF-2934; 0:20 sec.)

 

Gold Dredge Aboard

Gold Dredge aboard a White Pass & Yukon Route freight train.
(AAF-2241; 0:48 sec.)

Locomotive on the dock at Whitehorse

Locomotive on the dock at Whitehorse.
(AAF-235; 0:26 sec.)

Matanuska Depot

Matanuska Depot.
(AAF-331; 0:21 sec.)

Narrow Gauge Railroad

Narrow-gauge railroad on Seward Peninsula.
(AAF-2239; 0:39 sec.)

North from Anchorage

Travel on the Alaska Railroad from Anchorage northward.
(AAF-8999; 1:49 min.)

Old Train on Seward Peninsula

Old railroad cars and tracks on the Seward Peninsula near Nome.
(AAF-8519: 0:53 sec.)

Palmer Depot

Alaska Railroad train and Palmer Depot.
(AAF-331; 1:07 min.)

Pupmobile

Hooking up and running dogs on Seward Peninsula pupmobile.
(AAF-2239: 0:38 sec.)

Rotary Snowplow

Alaska Railroad train with a steam-powered rotary snowplow in action near Anchorage.
(AAF-798; 0:47 sec.)

Russell Plow

Alaska Railroad train with a Russell plow in operation.
(AAF-798; 0:27 sec.)

Seward, the Loop and Tunnels

Traveling North on the Alaska Railroad from Seward.
(AAF-8999; 2:09 min.)

Skagway to Whitehorse

Travel on the White Pass and Yukon Route from Skagway to Whitehorse.
(AAF-1811; 0:43 sec.)

Soviet Junkers

Disassembled Soviet Junkers (used in the search for Ben Eielson) being transported on an Alaska Railroad train in Anchorage.
(AAF-798; 0:26 sec.)

The Loop District

Alaska Railroad Loop District.
(AAF-892; 0:43 sec.)

Three Engines

Alaska Railroad train with a steam powered rotary snowplow and two steam locomotives hooked together passing a tank farm in Seward.
(AAF-1973; 0:19 sec.)

Track Laying

Railroad track laying.
(AAF-63; 0:26 sec.)

Train Plowing Snow

Alaska Railroad train plowing tracks in Anchorage.
(AAF-798; 1:18 min.)

Travel on the CR&N Railroad

Travel on the Copper River and Northwestern Railway.
(AAF-892; 1:57 min.)

Travel on the WP & YR

Travel on the White Pass and Yukon Route from Skagway to Whitehorse.
(AAF-8999; 2:29 min.)

Travel on the White Pass and Yukon Route

White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad. 
(AAF-8595; 2:01 min.)

Speeder

Travel on the Alaska Railroad and the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad using a speeder.
(AAF-8999; 1:30 min.)

Train Model

Model of the Copper River Northwest Railroad built by Ron Simpson.
(1:35 min.)
 

Steam Engine Rebuild

Rebuild of Steam Engine #1 at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, Summer 1998 & 1999. Narrated by Dan Gullickson and Martin Gutoski, November 15, 2014.
(45:05 min.)