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Forgotten Short Line Railroads of Alaska 

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A mini-documentary about some of my historic research into Alaskan Railroads. These are the smaller and shorter railways and tramways that once served mines, canneries, and small towns around the state. Although these short lines are often overlooked, they were an important part of early Alaska history. Remnants of some of these lines can still be found hiding in the woods and on the tundra, including old steam locomotives and other artifacts. You can find more on my website at: saveitforparts.wordpress.com/...
For more Alaska history and explorations, check out the @Alaska's Hidden History channel. They visit some of these old railroads and mines to see what's left!

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10 мар 2020

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@coltius
@coltius Год назад
As a fellow ex-patriate Alaskan with an interest in locomotives... More of this, please.
@jackswallowell7790
@jackswallowell7790 11 месяцев назад
This is awesome! For a few years now I've been working on a model railroad of a fictional railway set in the central yukon area, and I'd always had the problem of thinking that the rail line was unrealistic given how far north I put it, and how there werent many documented railways anywhere close that I could reference (at least not that I could find). This video and the research you've done here are much appreciated, I now have some real railways set in pretty similar terrain that I can take inspiration from, thanks a bunch!
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 11 месяцев назад
Cool, glad to help! I have a ton of examples on my website that should be linked here, so you can get ideas for track plans and rolling stock and oddball locomotives :-) I have a box of HOn3 stuff that I keep meaning to turn into an Alaska layout, but I have too many other projects!
@rubenskiii
@rubenskiii 4 месяца назад
Great to watch this video knowing that your book is coming along nicely!
@willflanders2475
@willflanders2475 4 года назад
WOW I had no idea there were so many railroads and tramways!
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 4 года назад
Me either until I started looking into it!
@KJamesMellick
@KJamesMellick Год назад
Thank you. Your blog post was extremely helpful in my research in the Katalla area.
@donnaemerson9529
@donnaemerson9529 4 года назад
Always fun to get a peek into your historical research. Well done!!
@rubenskiii
@rubenskiii 4 месяца назад
I love Industrial narrow gauge railways, the more diy the more interested i am. Over here there used to be a lot of peat railways, as peatbogs are too soggy for roads but railways work great. The contractions used facinate me, from nice and new factory build locomotives to basically minecarts with a car engine slapped on it.
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 4 месяца назад
Cool! Very similar stuff in Alaska, I don't think there was any peat mining, but there were some farms that drained wetland areas like that and used small trains to move the crops.
@vnthomas16
@vnthomas16 Год назад
Many of the Alaska lighthouses have/had small tramways to get supplies from the landings to the light station.
@jaybeam9553
@jaybeam9553 4 года назад
Its always cool to learn more about something that you have a interest in.
@paducahandlouisvillerailro3309
I have one of the original Alaska Central narrow gauge railroad spike from 1915
@paulosborne6517
@paulosborne6517 Год назад
History is cool. I've always been interested in the early days of industrialization and automation. Heavy industry, like mining and timber processing is great for weird narrow gauge locos and early chain / conveyor production lines.
@scottarmstrong5607
@scottarmstrong5607 4 года назад
Such a great video!
@bookwheel
@bookwheel 4 года назад
This was great! I think I saw some of that abandoned equipment in Funter Bay.
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 4 года назад
That's what got me started down this rabbit hole!
@shepaug
@shepaug Год назад
GOOD LUCK !!!! I have been into railroad history my whole life and things like industrial...logging...mining...etc etc much is being lost to history. There is great trouble finding anything about logging railroads now nevertheless others.. The old days all moved by rail so... So your Alaska info invaluable.
@rikijett310
@rikijett310 Год назад
Great video!!!!
@coopbrown7866
@coopbrown7866 3 года назад
So many old relics to find in Alaska! Wondering what happened to that Hornsby Mammoth tractor that disappeared into the Yukon...
@shepaug
@shepaug Год назад
PS. By snooping one would think there were several railroads in Alaska that are gone and that is about it. Your list..wow !!!!
@frankpresley494
@frankpresley494 4 года назад
Nice job. Keep it up.
@valeriebassett3107
@valeriebassett3107 3 года назад
Really interesting, history should not be lost. Thank you for sharing.
@ebenking3567
@ebenking3567 9 месяцев назад
I think stuff about history is pretty cool. I'm also a train nut, so there you go.
@captainhuggyface6731
@captainhuggyface6731 Год назад
So this is why I wanted to move to Alaska when I was 11
@captainhuggyface6731
@captainhuggyface6731 8 месяцев назад
I remember when I was 11, I found out about the "Wild Goose Railroad" and I thought it was the only railroad in Alaska aside from the big 3 like the Alaska railroad, White pass, and Copper River. At that time, I also found out about the Solomon and Council city railroad, aswell as one of the Seward railroads which I thought were in the same place for a long time.
@Teammizera
@Teammizera 4 года назад
history to? sweet deal!!
@MISTERPRESIDENTELECT
@MISTERPRESIDENTELECT 4 года назад
I was watching some of Jim Stobe's videos in past few days. Most of them I saw few years ago, after he had already died. There is no official report on what happened, I read 4 different versions of possible cause. If you or anyone knows something concrete, duct tape it to the next railway show or the comments section.
@loosehandle1
@loosehandle1 4 года назад
He was caught on a trestle by a Amtrak, pack snagged by train and pulled under wheels. Use your imagination....
@MISTERPRESIDENTELECT
@MISTERPRESIDENTELECT 4 года назад
@@loosehandle1 Correction, it was 3 versions I read. 1. caught on narrow trestle bridge and knocked off to a lower "platform" or lower trestle. 2. caught on trestle bridge, backpack got snagged and he was dragged to death. 3. walked across on a railway overpass, backpack got caught in the structure and he fell to his death, trains had nothing to do with it. Apparently the third one is from a family member, so I'll go with that one... my imagination?!; hobo knife fight, or sledgehammer duel with the train engineer. Any of those could be correct.
@AnthonyChopra
@AnthonyChopra 3 месяца назад
thats super amazing tho. imagine making youre own train cabin for away from home tiny house on wheels.
@captainhuggyface6731
@captainhuggyface6731 2 года назад
We Need more Info, your probably the only Person that isnt dead or doesnt know about the Internet that can give us the Information
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 2 года назад
Most of the info I've found is on my website at saveitforparts.wordpress.com/projects/lesser-known-and-obscure-railroads-of-alaska/ I'll keep updating it as I find new things!
@captainhuggyface6731
@captainhuggyface6731 Год назад
@@saveitforparts Radical!
@CPKCRAILROAD
@CPKCRAILROAD Год назад
I have the last iron Alaska central railroad spike
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts Год назад
Cool! I found a few Tanana Valley RR spikes and remains when I was in Fairbanks.
@CPKCRAILROAD
@CPKCRAILROAD Год назад
@@saveitforparts that’s cool
@davidkamensky5924
@davidkamensky5924 2 года назад
Can you give the track guage for some railroads
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 2 года назад
They varied a lot, depending on what equipment the mine or industry could get ahold of. I've seen 24", 25", 30" 36", and standard gauge, with some possible broad gauge at heavy stone quarries. I think the smallest I've heard of that used a steam locomotive were 22" gauge at two mines in Juneau.
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts 2 года назад
All my Alaska railroad info is at saveitforparts.wordpress.com/projects/lesser-known-and-obscure-railroads-of-alaska/ if you want to read more!
@davidmitchell934
@davidmitchell934 Год назад
Unfamiliar with this place. I posted a couple of messages says ALL LINKS WILL VANISH !!! and your site has some.... It seems post vanished. I am not saying do anything unethical but think of those links with info. Been there. Websites become dead links.+
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts Год назад
There are probably a few older links that don't work any more. If I don't have copyright permission to use something, I'll link to it vs putting the photo or info on my own site.
@davidmitchell934
@davidmitchell934 Год назад
This place delete posts fast ??? !!! I post and it vanishes.
@saveitforparts
@saveitforparts Год назад
You mean RU-vid? I've noticed that the spam filter sometimes eats posts, not 100% sure why. Sometimes I see comments in my notifications that can't be found in the actual published comments or the ones held for review, I'm not sure what RU-vid does with them.
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