Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1532, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-029-001
Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1508 leads a quartet of F units and a northbound passenger train around curve along Turnagain Arm near Rainbow, Alaska, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-041-007
Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1508 leads a quartet of F units and a northbound passenger train along Turnagain Arm near Rainbow, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-041-005
Alaska Railroad freight train led by EMD F7A locomotive no. 1508, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-037-011
Alaska Railroad passenger train led by EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1512, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-057-003
Alaska Railroad EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1510 in Anchorage, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-031-006
Alaska Railroad EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1510 leads a passenger train through a curve, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-056-001
Alaska Railroad freight train between trees, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-034-001
Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1508 leads two other diesels and a freight train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-037-008
Alaska Railroad freight train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-037-012
Alaska Railroad EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1512 and EMD F7A locomotive no. 1522 at the Anchorage shops, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-038-006
Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1508 leads freight train in Whittier, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-07-072-003
Alaska Railroad engineer Kenny Fuller inside cab, c. 1968. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-019-003
Alaska Railroad freight cars and locomotives, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-021-001
Alaska Railroad trainman Gene Owens riding a freight car in Anchorage, c. 1970. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-001-008
Alaska Railroad trainman tying down a handbrake on a flatcar carrying John Deere equipment in Anchorage, c. 1970. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-002-008
Trainman on Alaska Railroad EMD GP7L locomotive no. 1837, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-014-011
Looking out from the Alaska Railroad's Whittier Shuttle train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-016-004
Conductor Jim Kerwin inside Alaska Railroad locomotive, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-019-010
On Alaska Railroad's Whittier Shuttle train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-020-001
View of track through the rear gate of an Alaska Railroad passenger train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-020-002
View out of the back of an Alaska Railroad passenger train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-020-003
Alaska Railroad gondola no. 13465 at Whittier, Alaska, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-021-004
Trainman Geney Kiley at switchstand with Alaska Railroad EMD GP7L locomotive no. 1839 in the distance at Whittier, Alaska, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-021-009
Alaska Railroad Whittier Depot "waiting room" in Whittier, Alaska, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-023-002
View from inside Alaska Railroad passenger train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-024-006
Alaska Railroad trainman on an EMD locomotive, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-026-010
Vehicles boarding the Alaska Railroad's Whittier Shuttle, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-027-004
View of Alaska Railroad tracks and vehicles waiting to board the Whittier Shuttle train, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-027-008
Alaska Railroad EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1514 leads a B unit and passenger train over a bridge, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-032-005
Alaska Railroad freight train curving along the main line, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-034-005
Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1500 approaching Whitney Station, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-036-006
Alaska Railroad EMD F7 locomotives at the Anchorage shops, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-039-004
Alaska Railroad northbound passenger train in front of mountains on the Kenia Peninsula, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-042-007
Alaska Railroad EMD locomotives at the Anchorage yard, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-044-006
Alaska Railroad EMD F7A locomotive no. 1528 at the Anchorage shops, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-044-009
Children from Sheldon Point, Alaska, touring the Alaska Railroad shops, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-045-008
Trainman Charles Brown riding the step of Alaska Railroad freight car X153, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-050-004
Alaska Railroad EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1510 and docks, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-056-009
Alaska Railroad passenger train at station in Anchorage, Alaska, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-056-010
Robert W. Davison working at the Alaska Railroad's Anchorage Yard in Anchorage, Alaska, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-060-003
Rider on Arctic Cat Panther snowmobile posing in front of Alaska Railroad EMD GP7L locomotive no. 1827, c. 1973. Photograph from the Leo King Collection, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-060-012
Alaska Railroad worker putting a lantern inside a switch stand, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-063-009
Alaska Railroad crane and gondolas, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-068-002
Alaska Railroad crewman inspecting track, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-068-005
Charles Ingersol and Bill Shake in front of Alaska Railroad EMD GP35 locomotive no. 2503, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-070-009
Alaska Railroad locomotives, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-072-006
Alaska Railroad train approaching bridge, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-074-005
Trainmen on the Alaska Railroad's Alaska Purchase Centennial car, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-084-004
Alaska Railroad EMD GP7L locomotive no. 1826, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-089-005
Alaska Railroad crewmen working on track, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-092-004
Alaska Railroad track workers, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-092-006
Alaska Railroad track workers, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-092-011
Alaska Railroad EMD FP7A locomotive no. 1514 leads a passenger train into the Anchorage station, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-032-002
Alaska Railroad crane working on track, c. 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-068-003
People gather for the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Alaska Railroad's golden spike in Nenana, Alaska, on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-006-008
Administrator John W. Ingram of the Federal Railroad Administration hammering in the golden spike at the Alaska Railroad's 50th anniversary ceremony near Nenana, Alaska, on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-008-009
Native American performers at the station in Nenana, Alaska, for the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-011-002
Musicians welcoming guests at the station in Nenana, Alaska, for the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-011-005
Native American performers at the station in Nenana, Alaska, for the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-011-010
Musicians at the station in Nenana, Alaska, for the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Alaska Railroad's golden spike on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-011-011
Nenana Mayor Jack Coghill (second from right) and other officials place Golden Spike with plaque at the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1973. Photograph by Leo King, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-03-012-005
Alaska Railroad Baldwin 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 701 leads passenger train through Moose Pass on July 11, 1948. Photograph by Alaska Railroad, and from the Leo King Collection, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. King-06-110-001