May 21, 1921 view looking East into the Alaska Engineering Commission shop. To the left is Narrow Gauge Dinky #21 and a sister on standard gauge flat cars. These locomotives had been in use by contractors south of Anchorage working along Turnagain Arm until the standard gauge tracks were connected. In front of the locomotives can be seen parts for a steam shovel. The dinky locomotives were small enough to be moved as deck loads on board ship. The larger Panama Moguls arrived as bits and pieces as shown to the right center of the photo. Drivers on axels, cylinder blocks, side rods and an ash pan are evident. It was a beautiful spring day that invites a visit to 1919.

From the Alaska Railroad Collection at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center