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| Title | Passengers on railroad flatcars being pulled by Wild Goose Railroad's Climax Class A locomotive, probably Nome, ca. 1901 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1901 |
| Notes | On verso of image: Note name on pipe, "Wild Goose M & T Co., Nome City"
Filed in Alaska--Transportation--Railroad |
| Contextual Notes | This is a Class "A" Climax locomotive. It had 2 vertical cylinders, 2 trucks, and a horizontal "tee" boiler. The boiler was positioned vertically or horizontally (tee style). It had a two-speed gearbox and came in weights up to 22 tons. The frame was similar to a flat car, with a shed or awning built up over the frame to protect the engineer from the elements. The two steam cylinders were vertically positioned in the covering super-structure. They were manufactured in weights below 17 tons. Climax locomotives were manufactured March 1888 - 1928. [Source: http://www.gearedsteam.com/climax/climax.htm]
The Wild Goose Railroad was started in 1900 when a narrow-gauge line constructed from Nome to Anvil Creek. The first 4 miles opened in late July. In 1902, a Wild Goose Railroad was started as Council City, so the original Wild Goose Railroad was renamed the Nome-Arctic Railroad. [Source: http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-rails.htm] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Passengers--Alaska--Nome; Towing--Alaska--Nome; Railroad locomotives--Alaska--Nome; Railroad cars--Alaska--Nome; Sheds--Alaska--Nome |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Wild Goose Railroad; Railroads--Cars |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Nome |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0400
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| Negative Number | UW1656 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Alaska Photograph Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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