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Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry 2017 update - the Alaska Central Railroad has moved to here.

A museum such as this requires a massive volunteer effort. Thank to all those who have used their time and talents to make this a truly outstanding museum. A special thanks goes to Dick Morris for his volunteer work at the museum as well as his efforts in maintaining and upgrading the Museum's page.



		~~Next door to the museum is the Alaska Central Railroad, a 1-1/2 inch to the foot scale railroad, is operated by the Alaska Live Steamers.~~



	Whitney Section House completed in October of 1917. This building was orginially located at Alaska Railroad mile 119.1 just east of Elmendorf Air Force Base runway. Built to house the section foreman and his family it became the official section house in 1934 when an adjacent bunkhouse burned. Less than five miles from Anchorage and accessable by road Whitney was rarely used as a stop except for a short time during World War II when it was a popular flagstop for soldiers on their way to Anchorage. It was last used as a section house in the 1950s and was moved to the museum site by road in 1976. After a realignment of the rthrough Elmendorf AFB around 2000 the site of Whitney section was no longer on the railroad. Its appearance has changed little since built. Whitney is named for early Ship Creek homesteader and farmer John D. Whitney.



		~~Ride the Alaska Central Railroad!!!~~ ~~Scheduled operations are during the summer on the third Saturday of each month with unscheduled operations on most Saturdays.~~


	1966 Chrysler Town and Country station wagon. It was equipped to operate on railroad tracks. This autorailer was used to perform track inspections for the Alaska Railroad. It was retired in 1984 with over 180,000 miles of service. Originally purchased for $6,238 in 1966.