On Sunday, July 17, 2005, Patrick Durand of the " Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad" made the following two videos of the TVRR engine No 1 at  Pioneer Park in Fairbanks. This run was in celebration of the 100th year of railroading in Alaska's interior. The Porter engine was the first in the Tanana Valley and first used on the Tanana Mines Railroad. Each video is approximately 2.8 0MB. 

The downgrade run

  The upgrade trip.

  Early Gandy Dancers shown building the Alaska Railroad North to Fairbanks. Video courtesy of the Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

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