This top picture shows the crew who stayed to clean up the Memorial Day derailment of jet fuel at Dunbar during the summer of 1990. This derailment occurred 1 year after the Exxon Valdez spill and was at the time the second largest oil spill (100,000 gallons) in the history of the state. As can be seen in the next photo, working 14+ hours a day... recovering fuel in a location miles away from the nearest civilization.... has absolutely no adverse affects on morale or behavior. lol

The speed swing coupled to the caboose in the background was the "taxi" that brought work crews in and out of the derailment site. During the first days of the derailment, getting back and forth from the nearest crossing presented quite a challenge with work trains shuttling empty tank cars in and loaded tank cars filled with contaminated water out. To keep morale and energy levels up, a unique method of delivering meals was devised in the first few days of the rerailing and cleanup. The key to this method was finding the helicopter pilot who was standing by for emergencies, firing up the chopper, making a quick 10 minute flight to the Monderosa Bar & Grill just north of Nenana and................. bringing back 30 hot steak or chicken sandwiches! Although the cost of these lunches was much higher than usual, the fact that the crew could eat a hot meal made the long days more palatable.