I've found my reference. Lone E. Janson's book
?Copper Spike? refers to a CB&Q subsidiary that started to build a railroad
in Alaska ? possibly from Valdez or Cordova - to the copper mines. Some track was laid and
a locomotive was brought in, but then it was abandoned.
Anyone able
to add to this?
Rupert
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:17
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Alaska
Gents
My wife and I flew up to Fairbanks
in 2002, then took the Alaska RR down to Anchorage (in an ex-SP dome car I
think), and later on to Seward for our Inland Passage cruise to Vancouver,
with stops at 5 or 6 Alaskan ports. Whilst my wife went whale watching,
I took the WP&Y trip and, as I say, a brilliant trip. I also found my copy
of Corbin's "Steam Locos" in a book shop in Juneau. Coincidently, the
model sold in the shops of the WP&Y diesels was made in NZ.
As
regards the Burlington connection, I have a vague memory that the Burlington
had been directly involved with a railway in Alaska (and not the Alaska
RR) but can't think of the detail at the moment. There was also a
query in 2002 on this List about CB&Q/NP tour packages which included
Alaska.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ