Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Lex Anteinternet: Mid Week at Work: Steam Hammer
Lex Anteinternet: Mid Week at Work: Steam Hammer: Steam hammer in railyard facility. Note the lack of hardhats and the old style soft caps that were so prevalent prior to the baseball ca...
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wyoming Fact and Fiction: Wyoming the Railroad and What If
Wyoming Fact and Fiction: Wyoming the Railroad and What If: The transcontinental railroad was a brainchild of Eastern businessmen and politicians in the 1830s. It took a while, about two decades befo...
Monday, October 26, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Lex Anteinternet: Railhead: The Denver City Cable Rail Way Buidling,...
Lex Anteinternet: Railhead: The Denver City Cable Rail Way Buidling,...: We recently posted this item on our blog about railroads and railroad structures: The Denver City Cable Rail Way Building, Denver Colorado...
Monday, October 5, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Denver City Cable Rail Way Buidling, Denver Colorado.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Some Gave All: James Bridger's Ferry (Orin Junction Railroad Bridge).
We repost this item here, due to the last photograph in this set, which demonstrates how locations that were fords, become later crossings for railroads and highways. Quite a tribute to instinctive engineering, being followed as it is sometimes by actual engineering.
This is one of Wyoming's many roadside monuments that's not longer really road side.
This monument is on the old highway that ran from Orin Junction to Wheatland. When the Interstate was built, Orin Junction was bypassed and for that matter, the Interstate zips through, not into, Wheatland. Many such monuments exist, a few of which are now completely marooned. This one commemorates Jim Bridger's ferry across the North Platte River, which was placed in 1864.
A Burlington Norther Railroad Bridge, which itself isn't youthful, very near where the ferry once was.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Alaska Railroad Station, Seward Alaska.
A former Alaska Railroad station in Seward Alaska, now used as a restaurant.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Alaska Railroad facilities, Anchorage Alaska
I'm not sure what function this classically styled Alaska Railroad building serves, but it is not the depot. It does have the appearance of one, however.
Some additional nearby downtown Alaska Railroad buildings.
U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary Station Whittier
Unusual example of a caboose converted to another use, in this case, as part of a Coast Guard Axillary Station in the port of Whittier Alaska.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Holscher's Hub: Alaska Railroad: Girdwood to Whittier
Holscher's Hub: Alaska Railroad: Girdwood to Whittier:
Station at Girdwood.
Airplane on airport at Whittier.
Station at Whittier.
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