Extant Alaska Railroad/Railway Structures
Contributors to this list include John Jones,
Vern Nusunginya and Thornton Waite.
|
City |
Railroad |
Current Location |
Type |
Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Bldg. Mat. |
Current Railroad |
Notes |
Field Checked |
|
Anchorage |
Alaska RR |
411 West First Avenue |
P |
rr |
1942 |
in use |
concrete |
Alaska RR |
additions in 1948 |
9/13 |
|
Anchorage |
Alaska RR |
on site |
F |
rr |
1941/1948 |
in use |
wood/concrete |
Alaska RR |
addition in 1948 |
2006 |
|
Anchorage |
Alaska RR |
at Anchorage
Airport |
P |
rr |
2002 |
in use |
steel/glass/concrete |
Alaska RR |
|
3/10 |
|
Anchorage |
Alaska RR |
in Ship Creek
development |
O |
rr |
c2000 |
|
brick |
Alaska RR |
three story |
|
|
Anchorage |
Alaska RR |
near depot |
M |
business/etc |
|
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
employee houses |
2006 |
|
Anchorage |
Alaska RR |
north and south of
depot |
Sh |
rr |
|
in use |
various |
Alaska RR |
miscellaneous shop huildings |
9/13 |
|
Chitina |
Copper River &
Northwestern Ry |
Third Street |
M |
private |
1910 |
none |
wood |
none |
restored bunk house and mess house |
|
|
Denali Park (MP 347.9) |
Alaska RR |
on site |
P |
rr |
1988 |
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
fourth depot |
9/13 |
|
Denali Park |
Alaska RR |
south of town |
B |
rr |
|
in use |
steel |
Alaska RR |
high deck girder trestle |
|
|
Fairbanks |
Alaska RR |
on site |
C |
Mostly unused |
|
in use |
brick |
Alaska RR |
|
6/14 |
|
Fairbanks |
Alaska RR |
on site |
Sh |
rr |
|
in use |
brick |
Alaska RR |
|
|
|
Girdwood |
Alaska RR |
on site near
Alyeska Ski Resort |
P |
rr |
|
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
small shelter |
2006 |
|
Glacier Station |
White Pass
&Yukon (WP&Y) |
Tunnel Mountain |
Tn |
rr |
|
in use |
timber portal |
WP&Y |
|
|
|
Glacier Station |
WP&Y |
Over Glacier Gorge |
B |
rr |
|
in use |
steel/wood |
WP&Y |
14A high trestle |
|
|
Healy |
Alaska RR |
|
Tn |
rr |
|
in use |
timber frame portal |
Alaska RR |
two short tunnels, Moody Tunnel |
9/13 |
|
Nena |
Alaska RR |
on site |
C |
rr |
|
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
|
2006 |
|
Nenana |
Alaska RR |
A Street |
C |
rr/Alaska Railroad Museum |
1922 |
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
2 story, restored |
9/13 |
|
Nenana |
Alaska RR |
Tanana River |
B |
rr |
1922-23 |
in use |
steel |
Alaska RR |
through truss, Mears Memorial bridge, 700 ft |
9/13 |
|
Palmer |
Alaska RR |
|
C |
community center |
1935/1948 |
unused |
wood |
Alaska RR |
town now bypassed |
9/13 |
|
Potter Creek |
Alaska RR |
on site |
M |
|
|
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
section house, on National Register |
9/13 |
|
Seward |
Alaska RR |
north of ferry connection |
C |
|
|
gone |
wood |
none |
restored |
9/13 |
|
Seward |
Alaska RR |
on site |
Sh |
rr |
|
in use |
|
Alaska RR |
|
9/13 |
|
Skagway |
WP&Y |
adjacent to depot |
M |
govt. |
1900 |
in use |
wood |
WP&Y |
2 story, restored, National Park Service |
|
|
Skagway |
WP&Y |
Broadway/2nd Avenue |
C |
govt. |
1898 |
in use |
wood |
WP&Y |
2 story, visitors center for Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park |
|
|
Skagway |
WP&Y |
|
Rh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Skagway |
WP&Y |
|
Sh |
rr |
|
in use |
|
WP&Y |
shops, miscellaneous buildings |
|
|
South Palmer |
Alaska RR |
on site adjacent to
fairgrounds |
P |
rr |
|
in use |
wood/metal |
Alaska RR |
shelter used only during State Fair |
9/13 |
|
Talkeetna |
Alaska RR |
relocated to
grounds of Talkeetna Historical Society |
C |
museum |
1933 |
none |
wood |
none |
Second depot |
9/13 |
|
Talkeetna |
Alaska RR |
on site |
C |
rr storage |
1989 |
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
Third depot |
9/13 |
|
Talkeetna |
Alaska RR |
on site, just south
of town |
P |
rr |
2006 |
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
Fourth depot |
9/13 |
|
Talkeetna |
Alaska RR |
relocated to
grounds of Talkeetna Historical Society |
M |
museum |
1923 |
none |
wood |
none |
section house |
2006 |
|
Tunnel |
Alaska RR |
on site, MP 51.1 |
M |
rr |
|
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
section house |
2006 |
|
Tunnel (MP 51.1) |
Alaska RR |
nearby |
Tn |
rr |
|
in use |
|
Alaska RR |
5 tunnels in area |
2006 |
|
Wasilla (MP 159.6) |
Alaska RR |
415 East Railroad Avenue |
C |
municipal |
1917 |
in use |
wood |
Alaska RR |
Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce |
9/13 |
|
Wasilla |
Alaska RR |
relocated to 3400
West Neuser Drive |
M |
museum use |
1917 |
none |
wood |
none |
section house from MP 119.4, Whitney, 4.8 mi. north of Anchorage, part of Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry, on National Register |
9/13 |
|
near White Pass
Summit |
WP&Y |
|
B |
rr |
1901 |
in use |
steel |
WP&Y |
tallest cantilever bridge in world at time of construction |
|
|
near White Pass
Summit |
WP&Y |
|
Tn |
rr |
|
in use |
|
WP&Y |
|
|
|
Whitney (MP 119.4) |
Alaska RR |
relocated to
Wasilla |
M |
museum |
|
none |
wood |
none |
part of Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry, section house |
9/13 |
|
Whittier |
Alaska RR |
Chugach Mts. |
Tn |
rr/highway |
|
in use |
|
Alaska RR |
2.5 mi. long |
|
Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.
Last Updated 11/14/23