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Council City and Solomon River Railroad
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Rusting locomotives of the Council City and Solomon River Railroad, 1981.
Council City and Solomon River Railroad is located in Alaska
Council City and Solomon River Railroad
LocationMile 31 of Nome-Council Highway
Nearest cityNome, Alaska
Coordinates64°32′46″N 164°26′12″W / 64.54612°N 164.43657°W / 64.54612; -164.43657
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
NRHP reference No.01000109[1]
AHRS No.SOL-00032
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 2001
Trains cars of the Council City and Solomon River Railroad in Solomon.

Council City and Solomon River Railroad is an abandoned railroad in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name refers to Solomon River and the city of Council in the Nome Census Area. The railway operated from 1903 to 1907.[2] The remains of the railroad at Mile 31 of the Nome-Council Highway, comprising three locomotives, two flat cars and a boiler, were listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Council City & Solomon River Railroad Nome, Alaska". railsnorth.com.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Council City and Solomon River Railroad". National Park Service. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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