Welcome to the Locomotive #557 web page and thank you for your interest in the last steam locomotive to run on the Alaska Railroad. Number 557 has a long and proud history in support of our nation.

Alaska Railroad 557 is an S160 class 2-8-0 steam locomotive built in 1944 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Transportation Corps during World War II. It was subsequently transferred to the Alaska Railroad to haul freight trains, maintenance trains, and occasional passenger trains throughout Alaska .

2024年8月17日 · Track Alaska Airlines (AS) #557 flight from Seattle-Tacoma Intl to Bozeman Yellowstone Intl Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Alaska Airlines 557 (AS557/ASA557) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

Summer in Alaska arrives fast and glorious as Bill Hess captures it from his drone. The 557 Engine House is just to the left of the main line curve and the stub switch is just under the highway overpass. There are currently 5 North bound scheduled passenger trains and charters before noon, and five South bound in the after noon. These are ...

The Alaska Railroad's last operating steam engine was Locomotive Number 557. The s-160 class Consolidation 2-8-0 locomotives built for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC). between 1942 and 1945, became the largest single class of locomotives ever built in America.

Th e 557 was the last steam-driven locomotive in active use and regular service on the Alaska Railroad as late as 1962. Th e locomotive has come back to Alaska, given plans to restore and return it to service along the Alaska Railroad.

What is Engine 557 Restoration Company? An Alaskan not for profit corporation founded in 2012 to organize, fund and complete restoration to operation of the last steam locomotive on the Alaska Railroad #557 2. What kind of locomotive is it? 557 is one of the 2120 identical S-160 Consolidation (that's the wheel

Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Returns Home! There has been a lot of ink thrown at this story over the past week. Here is the real story from. John Combs, 557 Board Member and host of our 557 Web site. Golden Spike Picture of the Week. A note recently crossed my desk, “House Compressor is repaired.”

Alaska Railroad No. 557 is an S-160 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, PA in December 1944, originally for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps (USATC) as their No. 3523.

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