A 0-4-0 locomotive, "Ole", located near Goose City on a siding of the Alaska Anthracite Railroad Company is the only equipment left.

[3] In 1905 Myron K. Rodgers received a four-year contract to assist the Guggenheim family with their interests in Alaska.

[citation needed] The railroad started at Palm Point and extended to the northeast past the town of Katalla towards the coal fields.

At Palm Point a loading pier was built into the bay and a branch line for the Copper River railroad was extended west to connect to it.

By Oct. 1906, Heney had retired and decided to sell his Copper River right-of-way to the Alaska Syndicate that consisted of M. Guggenheim & Sons and J.P. Morgan & Co.

However, he returned to work for Daniel Guggenheim on the Copper River railway in 1907 after the destruction of the winter storm.

"The completion of the Million Dollar Bridge in the summer of 1910 effectively guaranteed the success of the rail project and the shipment of the first load of Kennecott ore in early 1911.

"[8] Heney had traveled to New York in 1909 to meet with Daniel Guggenheim and other board members about the railroad progress.

Heney finally made it to Cordova on 18 Sept. On 30 Nov. 1909 the railroad reached the Tiekel River, completing the first phase of the contract.

[11] In 1941, the Kennecott Corporation donated the railroad right-of-way to the United States "for use as a public highway".