https://www.yakutat-southern.org/about daily 1.0 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620189134567-KNVKUNTNLWEA41RPTOJK/Y%26SRR2.JPG About Arnold Israelson smiles from the engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620240805243-E72VOCZM9IM5IC3KIIO0/Y%26SRR_3 About - On January 22, 1903, Seattle businessmen Fred Spenser Stimson, Charles Terry Scurry and J.T. Robinson, incorporated the Yakutat & Southern Railroad as a Washington corporation, holding capital stock of $100,000 - 1,000 shares at $100 each. In June of the same year, that amount was increased to $150,000 by the trustees. It is not known if these businessmen were the same men mentioned by Captain Moser President of the railway was to be F.S. Stimson, a Michigan born man who worked in his father's lumber business. At the age of 21 in 1899, Stimson and his three brothers established the Stimson Mill Company in Ballard, Washington. C.T. Scully, who was born in 1878, was a descendant of the famous Seattle Terry family, of which Terry Avenue was named. J.T. Robinson, the third partner, was a well-known Seattle millman at the time. Stimson and Scurry remained in Seattle while Robinson was in charge of the operation in Yakutat. Y&SRR train arrives at cannery full of fish, Yakutat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620240777409-WHI2B0F0S4XZJK3A4E02/Y%26SRR_4 About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620240719301-4FSLTJVCHYL8VFE21FLX/y%26spsgr.jpg About - The railroad took on a new dimension during the latter part of 1940 when the U.S. Army negotiated with the Libby Canning Company for permission to utilize the railroad for transportation of goverment materials. The army was building an airfield and garrison, accessible by railroad, about 4 miles southeast of Yakutat. With no roadway, the Army had no means to transport construction materials to the site. The railroad was in good condition and had plenty of rolling stock to handle the job so it seemed the most expedient means of getting the materials transported. By mutual agreement with the Libby Canning Company, the Army used the railroad from October 1940 until late April 1941 to haul construction materials for the airfield and garrison. By April 1941, the Army Engineers had completed construction of a highway from the dock to the airfield and garrison, and Army transports hauled the remaining materials. 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Because the fishing boats could only unload their fish at high tide, it was up to mother nature as to when money was made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620674425663-FHD96H5TK32HGCNBOB7I/byron%26iatlanding.jpg Fish! - Make it stand out Since fish was the sole reason the train operated, the train only operated during fishing season, generally mid-May through October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620675238333-83ZI9S27Z9RETDVIBISP/jnsnslough3.jpg Fish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620675219984-9GO8BEOODBXX5TOKVB0U/jnsnslough.jpg Fish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620675371768-MV15ODB6L635ZZQ97ZX3/Stukbrdge2.jpg Fish! Abandoned Situk River railroad crossing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/609042dd010c645d8ba8d471/1620675401435-QBNG4GSP9V5GGGQOB46T/situkbrdge76b.jpg Fish! Eastern side of the bridge; pilings abandoned. 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