28 March 2023

Alaska Railway after the Big One

By icefogger

Yesterday was the 59th anniversary of Alaska’s Good Friday Earthquake. The above photo from the Alaska Digital Archives show the rail line north of Seward after the 9.2 magnitude quake struck South-central Alaska.

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2 responses to “Alaska Railway after the Big One”

• Patricia De Nardo Schmidt
  September 28th, 2024 at 9:49 PM

  I remember seeing he railroad like this after the quake.

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• Patricia De Nardo Schmidt
  September 28th, 2024 at 10:14 PM

  I remember seeing railroad tracks like this after the 1964 quake

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