Miles 67 to 101 Tiekel River Crossing

Here is a shot of a train order office, water tank, and section house at Bremner, mile 78:

The switchstand in the foreground suggests there was a siding running north of this point.

According to the 1913 Alaska Railroad Commission report,

“Between miles 86 and 101 construction involved rock cliff work of expensive character and one 400-foot tunnel, with considerable curvature. This district is also subject to strong winds and heavy snowslides, besides which it is probably the worst part of the line for loose rock and earth slides. It was partially due to the slides on this section that operations were suspended during September and October of the present year [1913].

Heney's second contract for construction was between mile 49 and the Tiekel River, and with equipment moved across the ice at Miles Glacier, tracklaying on this section was completed in 1909. According to Lone Janson,

At freezeup time when construction ended in the fall of 1909 the track had been laid to Tiekel. The going had been rough as some of the most expensive rock work in railroad building lay between Rapids Landing and Tiekel. Practically the entire line north of Miles Glacier involved heavy excavation. A total of 5,680,000 cubic yards was moved, of which 3,140,000 cubic yards was solid rock.

Here is a shot of blasting at a spot not specifically identified, but probably in this segment:

A shot at mile 88:

A 1909 construction camp at mile 89:

A shot at mile 100:

This photo appears to be a company store and "reading room" built either by the contractor or the CR&NW at Tiekel:

There are several places along the Tiekel River that may answer to the name "Tiekel", but this photo was taken by Arthur Hobson as part of a series along the CR&NW during construction. The photo below shows a very similar store called "The Emporium" that may be a tent structure taken down and reassembled at successive CR&NW construction camps: