I’m looking for a short article I believe is in an issue of Model Railroader I would say about 15 years ago. I think it was about the small barge operations they had at the Ketchikan Pulp Mill in Alaska. I can still remember the article photo but I haven’t found anything online. Does anybody remember?
There is a lot of info about the Pulp Company in question with a simple Google search. It’s possible You may find some info You seek there.
An example:
https://www.slideshare.net/DaveHenderson43/ketchikan-pulp-company
A youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFgZ9aVSlHs&ab_channel=TheRustyGrapple
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
I do not remember this article at all. Not to say that my memory is reliable, so hopefully someone can help you out.
-Kevin
I vaguely remember the article but that is about it. I have flown over the mill a few times when we were going into our fish camp. I was surprised to see railroad cars at what I imagined to be an isolated mill. Got the pilot to make a circle over the rail area but that was about it. He also said there was an abandoned piece of track in Ketchikan that served an oil/gas distributor by some sort of barge service. I never found it though. The last time we flew over the mill it was nearly gone.
Salmon fishing and a bit of railfanning. What could be better?
Mark B.
Not getting any results searching the archives.
Mike
“An island switching and logging operation” by Dave Lustig - Railroad Model Craftsman, June 2000 - Page 71
“Ketchikan Pulp” by Reg Hearn & John Henderson - Tall Timber Short Lines, June/July 1998 - Page 20
“Ketchikan Pulp #6600; Kitbashed Donkey Engine” by John Henderson & Yuta Susuki - Tall Timber Short Lines, June/July 1998 - Page 36