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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Reginald N. Whitman, division superintendent of the Great Northern Railway in Seattle, appointed general manager of the government-owned Alaska Railroad, replacing Frank E. Kalbaugh who returns to Southern Pacific as vice president in charge of a pipeline project.
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WASHINGTON, (AP)-Reginald N. Whitman, division superintendent of the Great Northern Railway in Seattle, has been named general manager of the Alaska Railroad.
As boss of the 470-mile line which links Seward and Anchorage with Fairbanks, and is government-owned and-operated, Whitman will receive $18,000 a year.
He succeeds Frank E. Kalbaugh, who has been "on loan" to the government from his post with the Southern Pacific Railroad in Ogden, Utah.
Kalbaugh has been appointed to a vice presidency of the Southern Pacific and will be in charge of a pipeline the company is constructing between Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas. He has been general manager of the Alaska road since September, 1953.
Whitman began with the Great Northern as a telegraph operator in 1927, working up through the ranks.
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September 1953
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Reginald N. Whitman appointed general manager of the 470-mile government-owned Alaska Railroad linking Seward, Anchorage, and Fairbanks, succeeding Frank E. Kalbaugh who held the position since September 1953 and returns to Southern Pacific as vice president overseeing a Los Angeles to El Paso pipeline; Whitman, starting as telegraph operator in 1927, earns $18,000 annually.