Here is a construction view of Trestle 3 crossing Cordova Slough:
The photo below, according to the caption, is of the 1918 National Geographic Society train shown in the post about Cordova depot.
Thie photo below shows a freight leaving Cordova, apparently taken from the roughly the same position as the photos above, but looking slightly to the left/north.
The photo shows what appear to be Rodger ballast cars in the train, which were used both for construction of the railroad and later for shipping ore. A tank car is also visible in this photo immediately behind the locomotive. Here's a photo of one of the Rodger ballast cars with bagged concentrates being unloaded on the wharf:
This photo shows a rotary outfit leaving Cordova, seen from the opposite side of Trestle 3:
According to the Alaska Engineering Commission report, four locos was typical power for a rotary.
They were 12-yard Western Air dumps. CRNW had 100 of them. They were primarily used for dumping gravel onto the railbed,especially in the Baird Canyon area.
ReplyDeleteActually, I thin the CR&NW had both types. I'm going to put up a post about this.
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