Noah Nolywaika, of Nenana, and William “Art” Chase, of North Pole, were selected to commemorate the railroad’s 100th-year anniversary with original pieces.
Both were in attendance Saturday with their works for the signing event at the Anchorage Historic Depot, an annual tradition dating back to 1979.
Nolywaika’s “Nenana: Where River Meets Rail and Past Meets Future” was drawn with compressed charcoal, and shows the Nenana station where the Alaska Railroad was completed. There is also a ghostly image of President Warren G. Harding at the top driving in the golden railroad spike for the railroad completion ceremony on July 15, 1923.
“I’ve been involved with railroad history all over the country my whole life. Rebuilt a few locomotives here and there. And it’s just a passion, I like machines,” Chase said. Chase had his art featured previously by the Alaska Railroad in 2007. It was then that he had the idea for a piece that conveyed the history of the Alaska Railroad system.John Van Zyle was the first artist to be commissioned for the annual railroad poster program. Since the first painting was made, the tradition has spawned dozens of more prints, now popular collector’s items.
Those that didn’t attend the signing event, and wish to purchase a print, can do so at the Alaska Railroad gift shop or on their
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