Alaska Railroad and the Whittier, Alaska Railroad Barges

Alaska Railroad is an American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association regional railroad that connects Anchorage and Fairbanks. The railroad continues south from Anchorage to Whittier and Seward. At Whittier, freight cars are loaded and unloaded onto barges for Prince Rupert, British Columbia for Canadian National Railway Company and Seattle for BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad.

Watching the Freight Cars of British Columbia Railway While Growing Up

For years growing up, as I watched lumber trains heading through Davis, I would see British Columbia Railway box cars and lumber cars.  British Columbia Railway and the many lumber companies it served throughout British Columbia always caught my eye.
As a teenager, I made my first trip to Seattle to watch Burlington Northern.  There, I watched BN trains headed south from British Columbia, laden with lumber, heavy with British Columbia box cars and center beams.  Immediately, I fell in love with watching trains in Seattle.
To this day, when I see the old BC Rail logo, it brings back fond memories of growing up and the first railfanning I did.  British Columbia Railway truly was a great railroad.

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