My Travels    NYC Trip    The Windows	Alaska Pictures of the Day #9 The Last Train to Nowhere - Truth be told, this is why I went to Nome and I was determined to visit this site. When I talked to Johnny that morning I let him know it was all I really needed to see, anything else was a bonus(yes, it all was!). I was making a railroad connection here, if a bit odd. Back in 1993, I was able to spend close to a month traveling in Europe, Russia and Uzbekistan with Paul and Joan Baker. We spent five days and nights on the Siberian Railroad experiencing the trip from Moscow to Irkutsk the way Russians do(another story all together). I thought a trip to Nome would be a cool way to see the remotest part of the US by experiencing yet another railroad adventure. If you look closely at the sign in front of The Nugget Inn you'll see that Siberia is only 164 miles to the west! To me, this challenge was to connect the dots. Damn, I wish I could have made the drive to Teller. Oh, well. Next time.   The Last Train To Nowhere is a photo stop on the road between Nome and Council. It is at the 33 mile marker outside of Nome. The train consists of engines and cars from the Council City and Solomon River Railroad. The railroad was started in 1881 and was intended to connect to the lower 48, but only 35 miles of track were ever constructed. The engines in the images were originally from the New York City Elevated and were shipped to the Seward Peninsula in 1903. The railroad ran into serious financial and weather problems and was scrapped in 1907. It ran into weather problems again in October 2004. The train was surrounded by a deck to make it more accessible to us tourists. Johnny was quick to point out that those 100mph winds last fall pitched most of the decking completely out of this picture. START OVER