Allan D. Krieg; Railroad Historian

Allan D. Krieg, a nationally known railroad buff, historian and writer, has died. He was 74.

Krieg, who had lived in Pasadena for 34 years, died Friday of complications of Parkinson’s disease in an Oceanside hospital near his retirement home in Carlsbad.

Growing up in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, Krieg became fascinated with “big engines that move.” During summers of his years at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., he worked as a railroad brakeman.

After attending business school at Harvard, Krieg became a publicist for Union Pacific. He was the railroad’s spokesman for 30 years.

He also wrote a book, “Last of the 3-Foot Loggers,” about the logging railroad that operated in Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley before it became a reservoir.

Krieg is survived by his wife, Marjorie; two sons, James and Roger; and two granddaughters.