Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 1964 Alaska

	Image-B1440 Irregular settlement of the railroad embankment between the highway grade crossing at mile 62.9 and Bridge 63.0.
	Image-B1441 A 2.6 ft. arch in the deck of Bridge 63.6 over Portage Creek. The deck was only slightly compressed, but was offset horizontally approximately 7 ft.
	Image-B1442 Tension fractures between tracks on the Whittier branch marshalling yards. The subgrade fill failed by lateral spreading and the ballast failed in tension.
	Image-B1443 View of docks, damaged warehouses, single remaining crane, and portion of marshalling yard at Seward after the earthquake and tsunami.
	Image-B1444 Seward marshalling yard after the earthquake and tsunami with damaged freight cars and twisted track. The dock was located at the north end of Resurrection Bay, in the background.
	Image-B1445 Burned oil tank cars in the Seward marshalling yard. Damage caused by tsunami.
	Image-B1446 Locomotive at Seward, overturned by the force of the tsunami.
	Image-B1447 View of railroad tracks about 1 mile north of Seward showing fishing boats and debris on tracks, left there by the tsunami.
	Image-B1448 The Alaska Railroad's equipment-storage building in Anchorage, destroyed by the Government Hill landslide. Government Hill Elementary School stands in the scarp at the top of the slide.
	Image-B1449 Interior of the Alaska Railroad's equipment-storage building in Anchorage, destroyed by the Government Hill landslide. The building was demolished.
	Image-B1450 The rail-barge slip at Whittier, used to load railroad cars onto barges, was destroyed by the tsunami.
	Image-B1451 Kenai Lake slide Mile 21.4, The Alaska Railroad. The state highway from Anchorage to Seward, just out of view at right of photo, sustained no damage in this area.
	Image-B1452 Potter Hill landslide (Rabbit Creek) on the Alaska Railroad between mile 103-104.

W. G. Byers Collection