What's New - 2001 Archive
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Looking back on those hot summer days - 12/31/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad schedules open house to discuss 2002 projects - 12/28/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad says system will ease reservations - 12/27/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Freight Car Roster: U.S. Army tank car - 12/26/01
Yellow DiamondPersonal 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!
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: SD70MAC #4001 celebrates the holiday season - 12/24/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Locomotive Roster: Two more from Jack Klingbeil's collection: steam 560 and 620 - 12/21/01
Yellow DiamondPersonal 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
Yellow DiamondSys 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
Yellow DiamondNews: 2504 guts take on a new life - 12/19/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Locomotive Roster: Five more from Jack Klingbeil's collection: 50/51, 216, 242, 315, 320 - 12/18/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad aims to predict avalanches - 12/18/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Snowmachiners rattle railroad - 12/18/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Locomotive Roster: Twelve more from Jack Klingbeil's collection - 12/17/01
Yellow DiamondCreations: Three of Pat Durand's latest projects: HyCube boxcar, double door boxcar, and a reefer - 12/17/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Locomotive Roster: Eleven more from Jack Klingbeil's collection - 12/17/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: E9-A number 2401 at the Anchorage Depot - 12/17/01
Yellow DiamondPersonal 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
Yellow DiamondBibliography: Obtained a 1915 National Geographic Magazine with the article, "Alaska's New Railway" - 12/12/01
Yellow DiamondNews: $80 million earmarked for state - 12/10/01
  Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: RS-1 numbers 1001 and 1000 at the head of a freight train - 12/10/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Death of 2504 - 12/7/01
Yellow DiamondHall of Fame: Jack Klingbeil has been added to my Hall of Fame - 12/3/01
Yellow DiamondNews: 1718 Preservation Project - 12/3/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: 1510 at the Mt. McKinley Park Depot - 12/3/01
Yellow DiamondNews: McKeen Car Preservation - 11/30/01
Yellow DiamondStories: Added seven photographs to "The Special Survey" - 11/30/01
Yellow DiamondStories: The Special Survey - 11/29/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Locomotive Roster: Ten more from Jack Klingbeil's collection - 11/27/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Number 3010 leads Denali at Turnagain Arm. - 11/26/01
Yellow DiamondFormer Locomotive Roster: Three more from Jack Klingbeil's collection: 225, 551 and 1000 - 11/21/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Princess buys out Royal Caribbean - 11/21/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railcars to receive upgrades - 11/20/01
Yellow DiamondFormer 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
Yellow DiamondFormer 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
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Number 1016 on a turntable in the Anchorage Yard - 11/19/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Status of 1802 and 1806 - 11/16/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Ski Train is on - 11/15/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Caboose 1075 seen in Anchorage - 11/14/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: And you thought you had a headache! - 11/12/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: 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
Yellow DiamondStories: Parlor Car on the Alaska Railroad - 11/09/01
Yellow DiamondSystem 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
Yellow DiamondFormer locomotive roster: Added Amtrak F40PH nos. 315 and 320 - 11/07/01
Yellow DiamondHO scale modeling roster: Added a williams tank car to my roster - 11/07/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: Added three depot photos - 11/07/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: Added a 1957 ARR brochure to my railroadiana collection - 11/01/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Two Shane Durand pix for the weeks of 10/29 and 11/5 - 11/01/01
Yellow DiamondN scale modeling roster: Added two Model Power items to the roster - 11/01/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad repairs tank car suspensions to cut risk of fuel spills - 11/01/01
Yellow DiamondSystem 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
Yellow DiamondStories: The Gas Car - 10/24/01
Yellow DiamondNews: G scale ARR update - 10/22/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Number 3015 is on its way home - 10/22/01
Yellow DiamondMy HO scale roster: Added four new items including the new Nenana Depot - 10/19/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Number 3015 on the move - 10/17/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Ex-ARR locos are alive and well on the P&L - 10/16/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Number 1508 in Mass. - 10/15/01
Yellow DiamondNews: ARR number 3015 arrives in Seattle - 10/13/01
Yellow DiamondNews: ARRC Community ties newsletter summary - 10/12/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: MRS1 arrives at MATI - 10/8/01
Yellow DiamondNews: MRS1 1718 arrives - 10/7/01
Yellow DiamondNews: MATI locomotive arrival - 10/7/01
Yellow DiamondFreight/passenger: Rosters updates for boxcars, difco dump cars, flat cars, gondolas, hoppers and leased items- 10/5/01
Yellow DiamondNews: ARR updates - 10/3/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: Added seven more items to my collection - 10/2/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Recent visit to Alaska - 10/2/01
Yellow DiamondNews: MRS-1 move - 10/2/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: ARRC gets a new weed burner - 10/1/01
Yellow DiamondEx-ARR Roster: Added five more photos - 09/25/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Number 3014 makes its return from rebuild - 09/24/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: SD70MAC and Amtrak unit in the vicinity of Denali Park - 09/17/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad Operations Continue - 09/11/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Commuter rail study finds hitch - 09/10/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: GP-49 #2801 illuminated by the sun- 09/10/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Thanks to MATI volunteers - 09/5/01
Yellow DiamondNews: ARR GP40H number 3014 arrives in Seattle - 09/3/01
Yellow DiamondNews: More ARR flatcars arrive in Seattle - 09/3/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: RDCs heading off into the sunset - 09/3/01
Yellow DiamondNews: ARR GP40H number 3014 is in Montana - 09/1/01
Yellow DiamondHall of Fame: Robert Garner and Steve Noland have been added to my Hall of Fame - 09/1/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Museum work days continue - 08/30/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: I added eight news items to my ARR railroadiana collection - 08/30/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: If you rebuild it, they will come  - 08/27/01
Yellow DiamondO 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
Yellow DiamondJohn's Railfan Page: Bored?  Looking for something to do?  Read my condensed railfanning journal from my five week Pacific Northwest vacation - 08/22/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Museum work day is a success - 08/20/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Man's love of railroad remembered - 08/20/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: ARR #557 is alive, but not kicking  - 08/20/01
Yellow DiamondNews: No train rides to the Alaska State Fair  - 08/17/01
Yellow DiamondNews: P-30 power car to receive rebuild  - 08/16/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Museum work days prepare for locomotive acquisition  - 08/14/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Bench dedicated to Ken Brovald  - 08/14/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Rail traffic to Anchorage airport may block road traffic  - 08/14/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad purchases flatcars  - 08/14/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Leased units  - 07/5/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad to begin projects that will straighten curves  - 07/5/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Amtrak locomtives  - 07/3/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad receives Amtrak locomtives  - 07/3/01
Yellow DiamondNews:Toll cut road business to Whittier - 06/25/01
Yellow DiamondAdmin: I am off with the Scouts for a two week backpacking trip at Grand Canyon.  See you July 3rd! - 06/15/01
Yellow DiamondStories: The Train Guard - 06/14/01
Yellow DiamondPhotos: Added two Ed Cooper photos to the "on the rails" section - 06/14/01
Yellow DiamondPhotos: Added three Ed Cooper photos to the former ARR roster - 06/14/01
Yellow DiamondFreight/Passenger: Added a Jordan Spreader section - 06/13/01
Yellow DiamondHO roster: Purchased an HO scale Bachmann GP40 #3010 via Ebay - 06/13/01
Yellow DiamondCreations: Anne Combs' poem "The Alaska Railroad" - 06/13/01
Yellow DiamondStories: Rich Holzapfel's railgrinder story - 06/11/01
Yellow DiamondPhotos: Added seven new entries to the former ARR roster - 06/11/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Here is the next ten POTWs - 06/11/01
Yellow DiamondCreations: Pat Durand's HO scale EMD SW-1 locomotive - 06/06/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Neighbors okay deal - 06/06/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Seward may again be home to bulk fuel tank farm - 06/05/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Train depot awaits repair; some fear effect on tourism - 06/05/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Coal train about 2 miles north of Girdwood with SD70MACs - 06/04/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Cruise ship information - 05/29/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Hi-rail Dodge Power Wagon - 05/28/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Local students are working hard on the Alaska Railroad - 05/27/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Murkowski thinks natural gas line could boost railroad line - 05/27/01
Yellow DiamondPassenger roster: Updates and corrections - 05/23/0
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Ken Brovald's photo of FP7s - 05/21/01
Yellow DiamondOther Links: Added three new links - 05/17/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Whittier access project receives award from American Society of Civil Engineers - 05/14/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Bicentennial paint scheme - 05/14/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Couple sues railroad for fuel spill damage - 05/13/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Williams looks to grow - 05/12/01
Yellow DiamondSearch & index: Added a new site search feature.  Let me know what you think. - 05/11/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Bits and pieces from Casey Durand - 05/10/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: Added an Alaska Railroad pin - 05/09/01
Yellow DiamondFormer loco roster: Added #802 4-8-2 - 05/08/01
Yellow DiamondFreight/Passenger: Added a section for the Royal Celebrity Tours rail cars - 05/08/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Carl Marrs named to Alaska Railroad board - 05/07/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: EMD's F & E units never looked so good! - 05/07/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: Bought Employee Handbook and Rules and Regs manual from Ebay - 05/04/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Senate stops on Denali rail - 05/01/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Coach 5200 - 04/30/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad looking for federal grant money to improve tracks - 04/26/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Big trains and big mountains - 04/23/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad reaps record profits - 04/18/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad to pay for hazardous spills - 04/17/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Royal Caribbean railcars in Seattle - 04/16/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad touts improved safety - 04/13/01
Yellow DiamondRide and photograph: Did a total rewrite on this section - 04/11/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Night photo illuminates the beauty of the ARR - 04/09/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Cantwell man injured when car hits train - 04/08/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Carl Marrs named to Alaska Railroad board - 04/05/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Domes arrive on barge - 04/05/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the week: Private car in Seward - 04/02/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska's $80 million one-way tunnel - 04/01/01
Yellow DiamondAdmin: No April Fool's jokes this year!  I learned my lesson last year! - 04/01/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Derail this bill - 03/29/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Historic Nenana depot damaged by driver - 03/26/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: ARR gondola in Iowa - 03/26/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Atlas to release N scale GP38s - 03/23/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Airport's new depot 'albatross' inspires bill to control projects - 03/23/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Windshield spit and shine on #1526 - 03/19/01
Yellow DiamondNews: RDC 711 damaged - 03/15/01
Yellow DiamondStories: Added the story "Portrait of a Railroader" - 03/15/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Spring party train gets derailed by costs, regulations - 03/13/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad plans $90 million interior rerouting - 03/13/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: A. H. Morscher's photo of the ballast train - 03/12/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: MOW workers at Sheep Creek - 03/05/01
Yellow DiamondWilderness Express: Added upper and lower interior shots - 03/01/01
Yellow DiamondEmail Addresses: Added Cam Aulds email address - 03/01/01
Yellow DiamondJohn's Railfan Page: Added the Louisville and Indiana to John's Railfan Page - 02/27/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Royal Celebrity Cruise line accepts two passenger cars - 02/27/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: The caboose is a hotel - 02/26/01
Yellow DiamondMy 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
Yellow DiamondNews: Fire foam system inoperative - 02/22/01
Yellow DiamondRailroadiana: Picked up a few more ARR items - 02/22/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Assembly approves rail spur compromise - 02/21/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Woman thought she could save snowmobile - 02/14/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Locomotives on the move - 02/13/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Woman hurt when train hits snowmobile - 02/13/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: GP49 and GP40s in Whittier - 02/19/01
Yellow DiamondAdmin: Thanks to Harry Bryan who pointed out numerous errors in my roster photos section.  These have now been corrected. - 02/12/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Federal government awards transportation grants - 02/12/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: The Jolly Roger - 02/12/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad efficiency's well known; its safety record shines, too - 02/07/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Bid protests slow locomotive rebuilds - 02/07/01
Yellow DiamondNews: ARR bid section update - 02/07/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Girdwood rail decision deferred - 02/07/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Transition stalls railroad study - 02/06/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Coal train in Seward - 02/05/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Three GP40s arrive in Seattle - 02/01/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: SD70MACs at the snowy Anchorage Yard refueling racks - 01/29/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Ex-Alaskan Command general to run state's railroad - 01/23/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Three locos sent for rebuild - 01/22/01
Yellow DiamondNews: New locomotive crane - 01/22/01
Yellow DiamondNews: First Whittier freight - 01/22/01
Yellow DiamondAdministration: 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
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Fall foliage on a northbound passenger train - 01/22/01
Yellow DiamondStories: John Bienkiewicz's trip report - 01/22/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad schedules open house to discuss capital projects - 01/18/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Recent ARR solicitations - 01/17/01
Yellow DiamondZ scale modeling: Replaced stock photos with ones from Steve Wiedmer  - 01/16/01
Yellow DiamondCreations: RaeEllen Kurzendoerfer's quilt - 01/16/01
Yellow DiamondCreations: Robert Krol's O scale caboose #1087 - 01/16/01
Yellow DiamondNews: High winds close Whittier tunnel - 01/16/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad posters for sale - 01/16/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Number 1500 at MATI - 01/15/01
Yellow DiamondEarthquake: Added a photo to the bottom of the Seward page - 01/12/01
Yellow DiamondNews: MTH to release ARR O scale SD70M - 01/12/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Alaska Railroad enacts employee smoking ban - 01/10/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: ARR 3003 & 1506 await their call - 01/8/01
Yellow DiamondEmail Addresses: Added Paul Duncan to the email listings - 01/04/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Clinton signs bill authorizing U.S. - Canana rail commission - 01/04/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad, state regulators rethink spill response - 01/03/01
Yellow DiamondPhotos: Added two outstanding Pat Durand photos of no. 557 - 01/03/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Updated picture of the week information - 01/03/01
Yellow DiamondCaboose roster: Added Robert Krol's photo of 1092 - 01/01/01
Yellow DiamondG scale modeling: USA Trains has added two new items - 01/01/01
Yellow DiamondMy HO layout: Added a current photo of my layout and updated my HO roster - 01/01/01
Yellow DiamondNews: Sheffield to consult? - 01/01/01
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Tour Alaska photo - 01/01/01

 

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