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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Traffic And Operation
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Monday, January 19, 2015. I've been thinking about the overall level of traffic and how that affected daily operation on the CR&NW. The best description of what ran on the railroad in earlier years is in the 1915 Alaska Engineering Commission report:. The 1913 Alaska Railroad Commission report shows a somewhat different picture:. Considering the manual unloading process for the ore sacks at Cordova, it seems unlikely that facilities there could have handled...
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Equipment: Passenger Cars
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Here is a closer view of two railroad-roof coaches behind a 2-8-0. The one closest to the camera is numbered 100. The one behind the loco is numbered 102. This photo shows both the turtleback-roof combine and the turtleback-roof coach. I haven't been able to discover numbers on these. Here is a general view of the "dining car" about to leave Cordova on a cruise train:. The regular passenger service on the CR&NW was via mixed tra...
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Mile 145 Kuskulana River Bridge
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Mile 145 Kuskulana River Bridge. The Kuskulana River Bridge at mile 145 was the last steel bridge on the CR&NW. Like the others, it was not built by Michael Heney, the contractor, but by the Katalla Company, named for the earlier 1907 effort to build toward the copper mines. Here are construction photos:. These two shots may have been taken from the same train:. Here is a view from the canyon floor:. Equipment: Katalla And 0-4-0Ts.
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Mile 196 Kennicott
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Thursday, January 8, 2015. The last spike of the CR&NW was driven in Kennicott. Here are two photos of the event:. This is a view of the railroad and mine very soon after completion. Few of the later buildings are in place. The flat cars are most likely carrying pilings. The railroad apparently entered Kennicott via a steep cut. Here are post-abandonment views:. There was a sawmill south of the main mill facilities:. The Historic Engineering Record. I think...
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Mile 145 to Mile 190
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Mile 145 to Mile 190. Several key locations along this part of the route aren't clearly identified by mile. I've tried to give approximate mileage, but I'm ready to stand corrected by anyone with better information. A shot identified as mile 145, possibly past the Kuskulana bridge:. A section house still in existence at Chokostna, about mile 160:. The Gilahina River bridge at about mile 165:. The Lakina River trestle at mile 174:.
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: January 2015
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Monday, January 19, 2015. I've been thinking about the overall level of traffic and how that affected daily operation on the CR&NW. The best description of what ran on the railroad in earlier years is in the 1915 Alaska Engineering Commission report:. The 1913 Alaska Railroad Commission report shows a somewhat different picture:. Considering the manual unloading process for the ore sacks at Cordova, it seems unlikely that facilities there could have handled...
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Mile 133 to Mile 145
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Mile 133 to Mile 145. After crossing the Copper River on the low trestle at mile 132, the line climbs the side hill of the south bank of the Kotsina River. It then crosses over the saddle visible in the photo below and follows the north bank of the Chitina River:. Here it is emerging on the other side of the saddle, looking down on the Chitina River at mile 135:. Farther along at mile 136, probably in 1914:. Mile 145 to Mile 190.
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Mile 190 McCarthy
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Thursday, January 8, 2015. According to this site. The long trestle shown in the previous post entered the town from the west, and the line skirted the town on the north side. Here is a view looking southeast from the low hills north of town:. Here is a view from a wider angle, showing a water tank closer to the town:. Here is a contemporary view of what looks like a railroad structure, either an agent/operator office or bunkhouse:. I haven't been able to d...
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Snow And Rotaries
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Thursday, January 15, 2015. The 1913 Alaska Railroad Commission report said, "The depths of snow to be expected between Cordova and mile 101 is [sic] from 4 to 14 feet, necessitating the operation of a rotary plow ahead of all trains during the winter months over this section of road." The 1915 Alaska Engineering Commission report expanded on this:. Here is a photo that appears to show four locomotives on a rotary outfit, with a rotary in front and in back:.
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The Copper River & Northwestern Railway Blog: Miles 102 to 131 Woods Canyon
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The Copper River and Northwestern Railway Blog. Monday, January 5, 2015. Miles 102 to 131 Woods Canyon. The track rose steadily against the canyon wall as it went north from the Tiekel River crossing. According to the 1913 Alaska Railroad Commission report,. Here is the tunnel at mile 102-103:. This is a view in the same general area at mile 103:. A view at Mile 123:. A trestle at mile 124, the Canyon Creek or Haley Creek Trestle:. And a 1966 photo of the O'Brien Creek Trestle farther north:. Miles 18-20...
