What's New - 2001 Archive | |
Picture of the Week: Looking back on those hot summer days - 12/31/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad schedules open house to discuss 2002 projects - 12/28/01 | |
News: Railroad says system will ease reservations - 12/27/01 | |
Former Freight Car Roster: U.S. Army tank car - 12/26/01 | |
Personal note: A blood test has revealed Laura's vision loss is due to Bartonella disease (cat scratch fever) which she got from a stray kitten. In some cases, the vision loss is irreversible. However, due to your prayers, antibiotics, steroids and the body's immune system, Laura's vision has partially returned. Using only her left (affected) eye, she can now tell the doctors how many fingers they are holding up. Hopefully, her vision will continue to improve. Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers! It made all the difference! | |
Picture of the Week: SD70MAC #4001 celebrates the holiday season - 12/24/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Two more from Jack Klingbeil's collection: steam 560 and 620 - 12/21/01 | |
Personal note: Laura still has no vision in her left eye. The MRIs came back clear. The day after Christmas we should hear the results of her blood test. She is on antibiotics and steroids. Please keep her and her doctors in your prayers. - 12/19/01 | |
Sys Admin: I had to move my "Former Locomotive Roster" to "John's Alaska Railroad Webpage East" (thanks again for the server space Axel!) since I have just about filled up my server space. You should notice very little change. - 12/19/01 | |
News: 2504 guts take on a new life - 12/19/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Five more from Jack Klingbeil's collection: 50/51, 216, 242, 315, 320 - 12/18/01 | |
News: Railroad aims to predict avalanches - 12/18/01 | |
News: Snowmachiners rattle railroad - 12/18/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Twelve more from Jack Klingbeil's collection - 12/17/01 | |
Creations: Three of Pat Durand's latest projects: HyCube boxcar, double door boxcar, and a reefer - 12/17/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Eleven more from Jack Klingbeil's collection - 12/17/01 | |
Picture of the Week: E9-A number 2401 at the Anchorage Depot - 12/17/01 | |
Personal note: Laura, my 13 year old daughter, has lost most of her vision in her left eye. We spent the day having tests done (including an MRI). We will meet with the doctors on Tuesday to hear the final results. Please keep her and her doctors in your prayers. - 12/13/01 | |
Bibliography: Obtained a 1915 National Geographic Magazine with the article, "Alaska's New Railway" - 12/12/01 | |
News: $80 million earmarked for state - 12/10/01 | |
Picture of the Week: RS-1 numbers 1001 and 1000 at the head of a freight train - 12/10/01 | |
News: Death of 2504 - 12/7/01 | |
Hall of Fame: Jack Klingbeil has been added to my Hall of Fame - 12/3/01 | |
News: 1718 Preservation Project - 12/3/01 | |
Picture of the Week: 1510 at the Mt. McKinley Park Depot - 12/3/01 | |
News: McKeen Car Preservation - 11/30/01 | |
Stories: Added seven photographs to "The Special Survey" - 11/30/01 | |
Stories: The Special Survey - 11/29/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Ten more from Jack Klingbeil's collection - 11/27/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 3010 leads Denali at Turnagain Arm. - 11/26/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Three more from Jack Klingbeil's collection: 225, 551 and 1000 - 11/21/01 | |
News: Princess buys out Royal Caribbean - 11/21/01 | |
News: Railcars to receive upgrades - 11/20/01 | |
Former Freight Roster: Thanks to Jack Klingbeil for the oldest photo now on my website. Check out this old hay wagon on the Alaska Central Railroad. - 11/19/01 | |
Former Locomotive Roster: Do you love old locomotives? Well, hang on to your hats because you're gonna see a bunch of new photos! Through the kindness and hard work of Jack Klingbeil, you are going to see a treasure trove of old Alaska Railroad photos. Here is an installment of five new additions. There will be many more to come! - 11/19/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 1016 on a turntable in the Anchorage Yard - 11/19/01 | |
News: Status of 1802 and 1806 - 11/16/01 | |
News: Ski Train is on - 11/15/01 | |
News: Caboose 1075 seen in Anchorage - 11/14/01 | |
Picture of the Week: And you thought you had a headache! - 11/12/01 | |
Railroadiana: Added 1986 ARRC poster, "The Loop" photo, 3015 photo and 1938 brochure. I also added an F-15/Soviet Bear encountered poster to my Alaska memorabilia collection. Many thanks to retired General Yard Master Don Prince for these gifts! - 11/10/01 | |
Stories: Parlor Car on the Alaska Railroad - 11/09/01 | |
System Admin: Up from the ashes grow the roses of success. Axel Hessler in Germany has offered to share his web server space with me! Pretty exciting! Thanks Axel!!! I have moved all Geocities and Angelfire directories/files to his domain. Now I have the ability to begin adding more Alaska Railroad stuff. <The webmaster emits an evil laugh> Hopefully, you will not notice the change (although Axel's server is much faster and many times more dependable than Geocities). Please, please let me know if you encounter any bad links. My webpage is huge and there is no way I can debug all the links without your help. 11/9/01 | |
Former locomotive roster: Added Amtrak F40PH nos. 315 and 320 - 11/07/01 | |
HO scale modeling roster: Added a williams tank car to my roster - 11/07/01 | |
Railroadiana: Added three depot photos - 11/07/01 | |
Railroadiana: Added a 1957 ARR brochure to my railroadiana collection - 11/01/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Two Shane Durand pix for the weeks of 10/29 and 11/5 - 11/01/01 | |
N scale modeling roster: Added two Model Power items to the roster - 11/01/01 | |
News: Railroad repairs tank car suspensions to cut risk of fuel spills - 11/01/01 | |
System Admin: Yes! I am finally able to get in to modify this website! My Internet Service Provider started playing musical servers on October 25th and they screwed up several things. My first order of business is to remove 8-10 MB of files and put them onto a Geocities site. I was close to my 50 MB quota, but the new server says I am using 58 MB. How this happened I will never know. Next, I will get up two Pictures of the Week, the missing one for October 29th and a new one for November 5th. I will leave both of them up until November 12th. I also have a news item to add, plus a few other odds and ends. I'll post all modifications to the website on my "What's New" page as they occur. Thanks so much for your patience! - 10/31/01 | |
Stories: The Gas Car - 10/24/01 | |
News: G scale ARR update - 10/22/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 3015 is on its way home - 10/22/01 | |
My HO scale roster: Added four new items including the new Nenana Depot - 10/19/01 | |
News: Number 3015 on the move - 10/17/01 | |
News: Ex-ARR locos are alive and well on the P&L - 10/16/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 1508 in Mass. - 10/15/01 | |
News: ARR number 3015 arrives in Seattle - 10/13/01 | |
News: ARRC Community ties newsletter summary - 10/12/01 | |
Picture of the Week: MRS1 arrives at MATI - 10/8/01 | |
News: MRS1 1718 arrives - 10/7/01 | |
News: MATI locomotive arrival - 10/7/01 | |
Freight/passenger: Rosters updates for boxcars, difco dump cars, flat cars, gondolas, hoppers and leased items- 10/5/01 | |
News: ARR updates - 10/3/01 | |
Railroadiana: Added seven more items to my collection - 10/2/01 | |
News: Recent visit to Alaska - 10/2/01 | |
News: MRS-1 move - 10/2/01 | |
Picture of the Week: ARRC gets a new weed burner - 10/1/01 | |
Ex-ARR Roster: Added five more photos - 09/25/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 3014 makes its return from rebuild - 09/24/01 | |
Picture of the Week: SD70MAC and Amtrak unit in the vicinity of Denali Park - 09/17/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad Operations Continue - 09/11/01 | |
News: Commuter rail study finds hitch - 09/10/01 | |
Picture of the Week: GP-49 #2801 illuminated by the sun- 09/10/01 | |
News: Thanks to MATI volunteers - 09/5/01 | |
News: ARR GP40H number 3014 arrives in Seattle - 09/3/01 | |
News: More ARR flatcars arrive in Seattle - 09/3/01 | |
Picture of the Week: RDCs heading off into the sunset - 09/3/01 | |
News: ARR GP40H number 3014 is in Montana - 09/1/01 | |
Hall of Fame: Robert Garner and Steve Noland have been added to my Hall of Fame - 09/1/01 | |
News: Museum work days continue - 08/30/01 | |
Railroadiana: I added eight news items to my ARR railroadiana collection - 08/30/01 | |
Picture of the Week: If you rebuild it, they will come - 08/27/01 | |
O scale modeling roster: With the help of a few friends, I've got the O scale roster up to date and have pictures for practically everything. Can someone loan me a cup of disk space?!? - 08/24/01 | |
John's Railfan Page: Bored? Looking for something to do? Read my condensed railfanning journal from my five week Pacific Northwest vacation - 08/22/01 | |
News: Museum work day is a success - 08/20/01 | |
News: Man's love of railroad remembered - 08/20/01 | |
Picture of the Week: ARR #557 is alive, but not kicking - 08/20/01 | |
News: No train rides to the Alaska State Fair - 08/17/01 | |
News: P-30 power car to receive rebuild - 08/16/01 | |
News: Museum work days prepare for locomotive acquisition - 08/14/01 | |
News: Bench dedicated to Ken Brovald - 08/14/01 | |
News: Rail traffic to Anchorage airport may block road traffic - 08/14/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad purchases flatcars - 08/14/01 | |
News: Leased units - 07/5/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad to begin projects that will straighten curves - 07/5/01 | |
News: Amtrak locomtives - 07/3/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad receives Amtrak locomtives - 07/3/01 | |
News:Toll cut road business to Whittier - 06/25/01 | |
Admin: I am off with the Scouts for a two week backpacking trip at Grand Canyon. See you July 3rd! - 06/15/01 | |
Stories: The Train Guard - 06/14/01 | |
Photos: Added two Ed Cooper photos to the "on the rails" section - 06/14/01 | |
Photos: Added three Ed Cooper photos to the former ARR roster - 06/14/01 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added a Jordan Spreader section - 06/13/01 | |
HO roster: Purchased an HO scale Bachmann GP40 #3010 via Ebay - 06/13/01 | |
Creations: Anne Combs' poem "The Alaska Railroad" - 06/13/01 | |
Stories: Rich Holzapfel's railgrinder story - 06/11/01 | |
Photos: Added seven new entries to the former ARR roster - 06/11/01 | |
Picture of the week: Here is the next ten POTWs - 06/11/01 | |
Creations: Pat Durand's HO scale EMD SW-1 locomotive - 06/06/01 | |
News: Neighbors okay deal - 06/06/01 | |
News: Seward may again be home to bulk fuel tank farm - 06/05/01 | |
News: Train depot awaits repair; some fear effect on tourism - 06/05/01 | |
Picture of the week: Coal train about 2 miles north of Girdwood with SD70MACs - 06/04/01 | |
News: Cruise ship information - 05/29/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Hi-rail Dodge Power Wagon - 05/28/01 | |
News: Local students are working hard on the Alaska Railroad - 05/27/01 | |
News: Murkowski thinks natural gas line could boost railroad line - 05/27/01 | |
Passenger roster: Updates and corrections - 05/23/0 | |
Picture of the Week: Ken Brovald's photo of FP7s - 05/21/01 | |
Other Links: Added three new links - 05/17/01 | |
News: Whittier access project receives award from American Society of Civil Engineers - 05/14/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Bicentennial paint scheme - 05/14/01 | |
News: Couple sues railroad for fuel spill damage - 05/13/01 | |
News: Williams looks to grow - 05/12/01 | |
Search & index: Added a new site search feature. Let me know what you think. - 05/11/01 | |
News: Bits and pieces from Casey Durand - 05/10/01 | |
Railroadiana: Added an Alaska Railroad pin - 05/09/01 | |
Former loco roster: Added #802 4-8-2 - 05/08/01 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added a section for the Royal Celebrity Tours rail cars - 05/08/01 | |
News: Carl Marrs named to Alaska Railroad board - 05/07/01 | |
Picture of the Week: EMD's F & E units never looked so good! - 05/07/01 | |
Railroadiana: Bought Employee Handbook and Rules and Regs manual from Ebay - 05/04/01 | |
News: Senate stops on Denali rail - 05/01/01 | |
Picture of the week: Coach 5200 - 04/30/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad looking for federal grant money to improve tracks - 04/26/01 | |
Picture of the week: Big trains and big mountains - 04/23/01 | |
News: Railroad reaps record profits - 04/18/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad to pay for hazardous spills - 04/17/01 | |
Picture of the week: Royal Caribbean railcars in Seattle - 04/16/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad touts improved safety - 04/13/01 | |
Ride and photograph: Did a total rewrite on this section - 04/11/01 | |
Picture of the week: Night photo illuminates the beauty of the ARR - 04/09/01 | |
News: Cantwell man injured when car hits train - 04/08/01 | |
News: Carl Marrs named to Alaska Railroad board - 04/05/01 | |
News: Domes arrive on barge - 04/05/01 | |
Picture of the week: Private car in Seward - 04/02/01 | |
News: Alaska's $80 million one-way tunnel - 04/01/01 | |
Admin: No April Fool's jokes this year! I learned my lesson last year! - 04/01/01 | |
News: Derail this bill - 03/29/01 | |
News: Historic Nenana depot damaged by driver - 03/26/01 | |
Picture of the Week: ARR gondola in Iowa - 03/26/01 | |
News: Atlas to release N scale GP38s - 03/23/01 | |
News: Airport's new depot 'albatross' inspires bill to control projects - 03/23/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Windshield spit and shine on #1526 - 03/19/01 | |
News: RDC 711 damaged - 03/15/01 | |
Stories: Added the story "Portrait of a Railroader" - 03/15/01 | |
News: Spring party train gets derailed by costs, regulations - 03/13/01 | |
News: Railroad plans $90 million interior rerouting - 03/13/01 | |
Picture of the Week: A. H. Morscher's photo of the ballast train - 03/12/01 | |
Picture of the Week: MOW workers at Sheep Creek - 03/05/01 | |
Wilderness Express: Added upper and lower interior shots - 03/01/01 | |
Email Addresses: Added Cam Aulds email address - 03/01/01 | |
John's Railfan Page: Added the Louisville and Indiana to John's Railfan Page - 02/27/01 | |
News: Royal Celebrity Cruise line accepts two passenger cars - 02/27/01 | |
Picture of the Week: The caboose is a hotel - 02/26/01 | |
My HO roster: Yes! Yes! Yes! I finally got the elusive HO "At your service" boxcar. Now I have them in four scales, G, O, HO and N! - 02/22/01 | |
News: Fire foam system inoperative - 02/22/01 | |
Railroadiana: Picked up a few more ARR items - 02/22/01 | |
News: Assembly approves rail spur compromise - 02/21/01 | |
News: Woman thought she could save snowmobile - 02/14/01 | |
News: Locomotives on the move - 02/13/01 | |
News: Woman hurt when train hits snowmobile - 02/13/01 | |
Picture of the Week: GP49 and GP40s in Whittier - 02/19/01 | |
Admin: Thanks to Harry Bryan who pointed out numerous errors in my roster photos section. These have now been corrected. - 02/12/01 | |
News: Federal government awards transportation grants - 02/12/01 | |
Picture of the Week: The Jolly Roger - 02/12/01 | |
News: Railroad efficiency's well known; its safety record shines, too - 02/07/01 | |
News: Bid protests slow locomotive rebuilds - 02/07/01 | |
News: ARR bid section update - 02/07/01 | |
News: Girdwood rail decision deferred - 02/07/01 | |
News: Transition stalls railroad study - 02/06/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Coal train in Seward - 02/05/01 | |
News: Three GP40s arrive in Seattle - 02/01/01 | |
Picture of the Week: SD70MACs at the snowy Anchorage Yard refueling racks - 01/29/01 | |
News: Ex-Alaskan Command general to run state's railroad - 01/23/01 | |
News: Three locos sent for rebuild - 01/22/01 | |
News: New locomotive crane - 01/22/01 | |
News: First Whittier freight - 01/22/01 | |
Administration: My Internet Service Provider screwed up something and caused all Dayton, Ohio web pages to give an "unfound" error message for a day or two. I apologise for their ineptness (again!). - 01/22/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Fall foliage on a northbound passenger train - 01/22/01 | |
Stories: John Bienkiewicz's trip report - 01/22/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad schedules open house to discuss capital projects - 01/18/01 | |
News: Recent ARR solicitations - 01/17/01 | |
Z scale modeling: Replaced stock photos with ones from Steve Wiedmer - 01/16/01 | |
Creations: RaeEllen Kurzendoerfer's quilt - 01/16/01 | |
Creations: Robert Krol's O scale caboose #1087 - 01/16/01 | |
News: High winds close Whittier tunnel - 01/16/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad posters for sale - 01/16/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 1500 at MATI - 01/15/01 | |
Earthquake: Added a photo to the bottom of the Seward page - 01/12/01 | |
News: MTH to release ARR O scale SD70M - 01/12/01 | |
News: Alaska Railroad enacts employee smoking ban - 01/10/01 | |
Picture of the Week: ARR 3003 & 1506 await their call - 01/8/01 | |
Email Addresses: Added Paul Duncan to the email listings - 01/04/01 | |
News: Clinton signs bill authorizing U.S. - Canana rail commission - 01/04/01 | |
News: Railroad, state regulators rethink spill response - 01/03/01 | |
Photos: Added two outstanding Pat Durand photos of no. 557 - 01/03/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Updated picture of the week information - 01/03/01 | |
Caboose roster: Added Robert Krol's photo of 1092 - 01/01/01 | |
G scale modeling: USA Trains has added two new items - 01/01/01 | |
My HO layout: Added a current photo of my layout and updated my HO roster - 01/01/01 | |
News: Sheffield to consult? - 01/01/01 | |
Picture of the Week: Tour Alaska photo - 01/01/01 |
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