Nostalgia & History > Alaska Rotary Snowplows Working -- Amazing

Now for something very different in August. It is unbelievable to this midwestern boy that they keep their track clear with this much snow.

Note, the photos and captions are from Alaska's Digital Archives.

1. Plowing through snow - Alaska Rail Road. View of steam locomotive plowing through deep snow. The locomotive most likely has a rotary snow clearing blade. UAA-hmc-0381-series2-11-1 University of Alaska Anchorage

2. It took 6 weeks to clear 36 miles like this. Rail gang clearing snow along with rotary snow plow. UAF-2003-63-195 University of Alaska Fairbanks

3. No. 104 Rotary and train at slide, Mar. 26, 1904. An avalanche apparently covered the railroad track near Fairbanks. UAF-1979-41-18 University of Alaska Fairbanks

Marty Bernard



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/20/14 19:16 by MartyBernard.

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Aren't you glad it is summer?

Marty Bernard

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> Aren't you glad it is summer?

Yes.

For those who do not know it, trainjunkie, who just replied, is an employee of the Alaska RR.

Marty Bernard

Sure would like to take a trip in the Way-Bac Machine with our video cameras...

Steve Mitchell
http://www.yardgoatimages.com

Gee,and I thought the D&SL had it rough over the divide!

This would've been the Alaska Central Railroad that operated 51 miles of ROW north from Seward until going into receivership in 1909 (Wikipedia)?

Great images.

JMW