Portage, Anchorage, Alaska
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Portage is a ghost town and former settlement on Turnagain Arm in Alaska, about 47 miles southeast of Downtown Anchorage. The town was destroyed in the 1964 Alaska earthquake when the ground in the ar
Portage just after the earthquake, the destruction and flooding clearly visible
A ruined building and a stand of dead spruce trees preserved by saltwater are all that remains of Portage today
Alaska Railroad
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The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad that operates freight and passenger trains in the state of Alaska. The railroad's mainline runs between Seward on the southern coast and Fairbanks, near the
Portage, Anchorage, Alaska
…salt water inundated their root systems. Where there was once a town there is now only a railroad and road junction linking the Seward Highway and the Alaska Railroad to Portage Glacier park and the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, which leads to Whittier. Popular recreational activities in the Portage area include…
An Alaska Railroad passenger train at Portage Depot.
A 1915 photograph of the railroad under construction.
An Alaska Railroad steam locomotive crossing the Tanana River on the ice at Nenana just prior to completion of the railroad in 1923.
An Alaska Railroad passenger train rolling between Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks.