What's New - 2004 Archive
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand has provided some additional steam roster information - 12/31/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of the Glacier Pass (Denali) to the retired passenger car roster - 12/29/04
yellow diamondNews: Nonprofit wants National Guard to help keep animals off tracks - 12/29/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of a rotary at Curry in 1948 to the MOW roster - 12/28/04
yellow diamondMisc Alumni: The Feather River Rail Society contacted me and said they now have ARR coach 7032, Ex California Zephyr Dome Coach "Silver Lodge" - 12/28/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of #7072 to the retired passenger car roster - 12/28/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Spreader number 7 clears snow at Hurricane - 12/27/04
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli ships second load of Healy coal to Chile - 12/21/04
yellow diamondNews: Healy mine earns second Chile coal deal - 12/21/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added two photos to the former locomotive roster nos. 1502 and 2000 (both found at the bottom of their respective pages) - 12/21/04
yellow diamondNews: Ted Stevens envisions seamless tourist transport - 12/20/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: It should come as no surprise to find Santa has chosen an SD70MAC over a sleigh - 12/20/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added two Pat Durand photos of caboose 1039E and 1043E - 12/17/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added three Jeff DeBroeck photos of caboose 1069E and 1084 - 12/16/04
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's caboose 1039E - 12/15/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of P-5 to the power car roster. Can anyone provide me with details on this unit? - 12/14/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added more information and photos to the Letroporter section - 12/14/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A very unique way to submit a POTW - 12/13/04
yellow diamondHO scale modeling news: Attention all HO Modelers of Alaska Railroad Equipment! 550 Class Consolidations can now be built from TC S160 kit - 12/7/04
yellow diamondRosters: Randy Thompson sent me eight steam locomotive photos taken by John Henderson, 551, 552, 556, 556, 557, 557, 562, 562 - 12/7/04
yellow diamondBuildings roster: Although it no longer exists, Pat Durand provides us with a portal to the past for the Wasilla Section House - 12/7/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Alaska Railroad's new passenger cars - 12/6/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad to have remote controls - 12/2/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a new section to the former locomotive roster called Slugs - 12/1/04
yellow diamondNews: New museum, train house in the works - 12/1/04
yellow diamondNews: Distributed power - 12/1/04
Yellow DiamondRoute Map: Added four cicra 1916 photos of Matanuska Junction - 11/29/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Rich Holzapfel's work train - 11/29/04
yellow diamondNews: Tank train to consolidate - 11/27/04
yellow diamondNews: Train accident report - 11/26/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska's transportation system hard hit by high fuel prices - 11/26/04
yellow diamondNews: Garner tunnel blasting bid - 11/26/04
yellow diamondRosters: Repeater Air Car (RAC) added to the former freight roster - 11/26/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of #37 to the retired passenger car roster and a photo of P-4 to the power car roster - 11/24/04
yellow diamondRosters: Replaced photo of #4319 with a fine Mike Ferguson photo of #4319 - 11/23/04
yellow diamondAlumni: Brian Fritz sent us current photos and information regarding F7 No. 1502 - 11/23/04
yellow diamondNews: ‘Uncle Ted’ tucks gifts for Alaska into last bill as chairman - 11/23/04
yellow diamondNews: ARR getting a little closer to Canada - 11/23/04
yellow diamondNews: McKeen car status - 11/23/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added another photo of caboose 1069 - 11/22/04
yellow diamondNews: ARR coach #5437 for sale - 11/22/04
yellow diamondNews: Tractor trailer collides with train - 11/22/04
yellow diamondNews: 4008 joust - 11/22/04
yellow diamondNews: Lumber truck hit by train - 11/22/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two Shane Durand work photos - an excavator and a flat car load of ties - 11/22/04
yellow diamondBibliography: I added two Trains magazines to the periodicals section. Anybody have CTC July and August 1983? Once I have these, my list will be complete! - 11/18/04
yellow diamondNews: Murkowski pushes Taiwan coal sales - 11/18/04
yellow diamondNews: Caution: Do Not Walk on Tracks (although this is not an Alaska Railroad related article, it shocked me enough to post it here) - 11/18/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added two photos and information on the Ortner hoppers in the Hopper Section - 11/16/04
yellow diamondIndustries: Added Columbia Lumber Company - 11/15/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Oren in Seward - 11/15/04
yellow diamondRosters: Created a new section called bridges. Only one entry so far, but there will be more to come! - 11/9/04
yellow diamondCreations: Pat "I'm going to model each locomotive type the Alaska Railroad owned" Durand has now cranked out a rendition of 2-8-2 #751 - 11/9/04
yellow diamondNews: Road, rail work will start port expansion - 11/9/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added eighteen more photos to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. and decided to create a page two for them - 11/8/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Winter arrives on the Alaska Railroad - 11/8/04
yellow diamondNews: Wanted: Interior Decorator - 11/4/04
yellow diamondNews: Military Society of Model Engineers Fall Expo - 11/3/04
yellow diamondNews: Bid for two baggage cars - 11/1/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Twenty Mile Bridge - 11/1/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MACs haul North Pole oil - 11/1/04
yellow diamondCreations: Museum grade work on Pat Durand's RS-1 #1000 - 10/31/04
yellow diamondRosters: Add three Daniel Napoliello photos, P-11, caboose 1024 and spreader 5 - 10/30/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added two memorabilia items to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/25/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Maintenance of Way in the Portage area - 10/25/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Don Marenzi sent us an aerial view of Valdez during the pipeline boom - 10/20/04
yellow diamondAwards: Check out the latest of what others are saying about John's Alaska Railroad web page - 10/20/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added three more photos to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/20/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: 1950s work train - 10/18/04
yellow diamondNews: New passenger cars - 10/15/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added five more photos to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/14/04
yellow diamondNews: New Alaska Railroad passenger cars - 10/13/04
yellow diamondNews: New MACs to receive head end power - 10/13/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Loop - 10/11/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Michael and Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/8/04
yellow diamondNews: New Holland America railcars - 10/8/04
yellow diamondJohn's Railfan Page: Finally added a section on my TGV Eurostar experience - 10/7/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added a Microsoft word document entitled Ace in the Hole which was written by the historical office at Elmendorf Air Force Base about the Command Train - 10/6/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Thanks to Pat Durand for submitting a section on Letroporters - 10/6/04
yellow diamondNews: Of realignments and new MACs - 10/6/04
yellow diamondNews: Passenger car refurbishment - 10/6/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Brill #216 - 10/4/04
yellow diamondCreations: Mike Ferguson continues to crank out the creations with an E8B P-30 - 9/29/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Six GP49s crossing the Knik overflow bridge - 9/27/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 3015 makes an end of season appearance in Denali - 9/20/04
yellow diamondNews: Officials agree: Railroad is far off - 9/15/04
yellow diamondNews: GM EMD SD70MACs are not a piece of crap - 9/14/04
yellow diamondNews: A changing tide of tourism in Seward - 9/13/04
yellow diamondRosters: Ted Spencer is putting together a historical exhibit in Whittier. Fortunately for us he is sharing all railroad related photos. Here is a nice set of #114 and its interior and the Whittier yard. - 9/13/04
yellow diamondRosters: Replaced photo of #4318 with a fine Shane Durand photo of #4318 on the lead of a gravel train - 9/13/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: MOW equipment on a siding south of Curry and a northbound passenger train at Hurricane Gulch - 9/13/04
yellow diamondNews: Summer on the rails - 9/12/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added a Clayton Tinkham photo of RS-1 #1001 - 9/9/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Rich Holzapfel adds two pix of unloading the continuous welded rail - 9/9/04
yellow diamondStories: Pat Durand submits an incredible historical feature entitled, Bill Stewart, Three Decades in Engine Service - 9/9/04
yellow diamondNews: More ships has meant more traffic, business for Whittier - 9/8/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Loading 1000 ft. rail strips of continuous welded rail onto flatcars - 9/6/04
yellow diamondRosters: Added Col Mears gas car - 9/2/04
yellow diamondHistoric News: Added an entry entitled Side Trip to the Chickaloon Mine - 9/2/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a photo and information on coal hoppers to the Hopper Section - 9/2/04
yellow diamondNews: Commuter rail gives fair visitors nice ride, no traffic - 8/30/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Northbound passenger train at Eagle River Bridge - 8/30/04
yellow diamondNews: Fair-goers may ride from Anchorage to snazzy new train station - 8/27/04
yellow diamondNews: Passenger car shop modifications - 8/24/04
yellow diamondNews: Latest passenger car info - 8/24/04
yellow diamondStories: Virginia Gray tells us A Tour Guide's Most Funny or Embarrassing Moments - 8/24/04
yellow diamondLinks: Added a link to Richard Elgenson's Coastal Classic Train photo journal - 8/24/04
yellow diamondNews: Kenai Fjords ends contract - 8/24/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Jason Kuehn's recollections of Whittier in the 1980's and 1990's - 8/24/04
yellow diamondNews: City holds off on support for new railroad route - 8/24/04
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand gives us the one two punch with caboose photos of 1039 and 1043E - 8/23/04
yellow diamondCreations: Mike Ferguson submits cylindrical cement hopper #14508 - 8/23/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Don Marenzi sent us a track chart page showing the rail lines in Valdez during the pipeline boom - 8/23/04
yellow diamondNews: Stored GP49s - 8/23/04
yellow diamondRosters: I replaced the roster photo of #4324 with one from Shane Durand - 8/23/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad route on agenda - 8/23/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Work train at mile 310 going towards Summit, on a beautiful July day - 8/23/04
yellow diamondNews: Traffic advancements tackle fair crowds - 8/22/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad issues ultimatum to Wasilla - 8/20/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Infinite oil tank cars - 8/16/04
yellow diamondStories: Virginia Gray gives us the inside scoop on How to Become a Tour Guide - 8/15/04
yellow diamondStories: Virginia Gray, Alaska Railroad tour guide, submits a story entitled A Day in the Life of a Tour Guide - 8/14/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad says extension to Greely top priority - 8/12/04
yellow diamondAdmin: I'm back online at my new home! Updates to be posted in the next day or so. - 8/11/04
yellow diamondAdmin: I am moving my whole computer system to my new home on the afternoon of August 10. If you don't see updates to the page for a while, you'll know it didn't go well! - 8/9/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 3010 pops out of the Whittier tunnel - 8/9/04
yellow diamondFormer passenger cars. Added engineering drawings submitted by Pat Durand of passenger cars 5, 90, 91 and 92 - 8/6/04
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's kitbashed #801 is drop dead gorgeous - 8/6/04
yellow diamondMiscellaneous alumni: John D. Jones has bird dogged the current location of ex-SP gallery coach 601 - 8/6/04
yellow diamondStories: A new trip report from Matt Leistico - 8/6/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad extension to Greely given priority - 8/4/04
yellow diamondNews: Near-collision a warning for railroad track users - 8/3/04
yellow diamondNews: Huge ice slab perplexes railroad engineers - 8/3/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two MOW shots from ARR extra-gang foreman Rich Hozapfel - 8/2/04
yellow diamondAdmin: Busy, busy, busy on this end! We sold our house and are starting a full scale move. Web site updates will continue to be few and far between for another couple of weeks. The following 7/30/04 entries are intended to tide you over for awhile. - 7/30/04
yellow diamondRosters: I replaced the roster photo of 2804 with this beauty from Randell Carnley - 7/30/04
yellow diamondOn the rails: More fine photography from Shane Durand as he captures 2803 and fireweed and a new SD70MAC pulling a passenger train - 7/30/04
yellow diamondRosters: Stand back! I got my hands full! Ooops! I dropped them and now they are scattered all over the place! Check out "former freight" 401, 551, 554, 556, 557, 561, 562, 702, 901, 1001, 1017, 1029, 1041, 1050, 7123, and "on the rails" photos 1000 in Anchorage, 1031 in Anchorage and Train #3 South departing Anchorage from W. A. Gibson Jr. - 7/30/04
yellow diamondLinks: Added a link to Ron Niebrugge's awesome photo journal - 7/30/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New fairgrounds depot - 7/26/04
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli to ship coal to Chilean power plant - 7/21/04
yellow diamondOn the rails: W. A. Gibson Jr.did a nice photo shoot on the Palmer Fair Special 1956 - 7/20/04
yellow diamondIndustries: Rich Hozapfel added some photos and information to the continuous welded rail section - 7/20/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 1510 on Turnagain Arm - 7/19/04
yellow diamondRosters: I've weeded through three photo CDs from the Deane Motis collection and am using 18 pix for roster entries as follows: additional: 1076, 1522, 2002, 3010; replacement - 1501, 1601, 1602, 1605, 1608, 1825, 1834 2006, 2807, 3016, 3017, 3019, 3020; new photo 1716 - 7/15/04
yellow diamondVideo: Mike Ferguson provides two videos of the new SD70MACs - 7/14/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska governor pitches $23.5 billion road, rail, pipeline links with Canada - 7/14/04
yellow diamondNews: New MAC status report - 7/12/04
yellow diamondFormer locomotive roster: Added a few technical notes regarding Alaska Railroad F units from Dan Napoliello - 7/12/04
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added Dan Napoliello, ARR Railfan/Modeler (Fort Wainwright 1971-1973) - 7/12/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad tests equipment to detect rail breaks - 7/12/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Current status of caboose 1776 - 7/12/04
yellow diamondNews: T-16 FRA inspection vehicle - 7/7/04
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought - 7/7/04
yellow diamondAdmin: My apologies for being a bit late on updates to this web page. I have just come to the end of a wild roller coaster ride (two week trip to London/Paris, buying a new home, selling my current home and a two week trip out west). I should have things back in order in the next couple of days. - 7/5/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Whittier barge ramp - 7/5/04
yellow diamondCreations: Jeff Deboeck's GP49 #2801 and GP40 #3010 - 6/14/04
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added a section on hobbyist motorcars and speeders on the Alaska Railroad - 6/14/04
yellow diamondAlumni: Robert Ulberg sent us a photo of caboose 1082 at its current resting place - 6/14/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Here are the POTWs for 6/14, 6/21 and 6/28 - 6/14/04
yellow diamondStories: Rick McKinley sent us a good overview story of his work as Whittier Terminal Manager for Alaska West Express - 6/14/04
yellow diamondAdmin: The Alaska Railroad Addict is back in town! Bored? Looking for something to do? Check out our photo page from our London/Paris trip. Hey, we even rode the Eurostar! Also, just a reminder that I will be "out of the office" from June 19 through July 3. - 6/12/04
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be "out of the office" until June 11. Therefore, today (5/28/04) I am pretending it is June 1 so I can roll over the news and "what's new" sections into the monthly archives. I have also added the next two POTWs while still leaving the current one on-line. - 6/1/04
yellow diamondNews: Canada joins push for rail link from B.C. to Alaska - 6/1/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Here are the POTWs for 5/31 and 6/7 - 6/1/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #12 - 5/26/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #11 - 5/26/04
yellow diamondNews: Rockslide derails passengers' plans to Seward - 5/25/04
yellow diamondNews: Rock slide shuffles passengers - 5/25/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #10 - 5/24/04
yellow diamondStories: Andy Mitchell, EMD London employee, sent us a story on his work hooking up HEP in the Alaska Railroad's new SD70MACs. Andy has offered to answer questions about the London plant or the work he did on our MACs. Send them to me and I'll pass them along. I will eventually post his replies at the end of his story. - 5/24/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A cruise ship arrives in Whittier - 5/24/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #9 - 5/20/04
yellow diamondAdmin: Just closed on my new house today. - 5/18/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad agrees to full EPA pollution survey - 5/18/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad agrees to pollution cleanup plan - 5/18/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #8 - 5/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Cruise ships bring tourists back to Whittier - 5/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Princess' 2005 Gulf of Alaska program debuts "Direct to the Wilderness" rail travel - 5/17/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New SD70MACs arrive in Seattle - 5/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad begins passenger service - 5/16/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #7 - 5/14/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added Mike Ferguson's photo of an ex BC Rail hopper the ARR recently acquired. - 5/14/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #6 - 5/13/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #5 - 5/12/04
yellow diamondAlumni: Jack Klingbeil sent us a photo of caboose 1082 at its current resting place - 5/11/04
yellow diamondLocomotive roster: Troy McKenzie got us a beautiful photo of Eielson AFB's GP40 #4902 - 5/11/04
yellow diamondNews: House OKs railroad bond sale - 5/11/04
yellow diamondPhoto/Audio/Video: Mike Ferguson provides a great view of an SD70MAC coupling to a string of tank cars - 5/10/04
yellow diamondNews: Two railroad bills clear key votes - 5/10/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A barge leaves the docks in Seattle - 5/10/04
yellow diamondIndustries: Randy Thompson has helped me start a section on ARRC's Seattle Docks. Does anybody have additional information? - 5/9/04
yellow diamondNews: Greely railroad extension steams forward - 5/9/04
yellow diamondNews: ARR to buy bi-level cars - 5/8/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #4 - 5/8/04
yellow diamondModeling: Fred Trimble sent in this very fine roof shot of #1553 - 5/7/04
yellow diamondNews: Back on board - 5/7/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad's exemption questioned - 5/7/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad to operate gravel train through Wasilla in summer 2004 - 5/5/04
yellow diamondIndustries: Added Quality Asphalt Products - 5/5/04
yellow diamondStories: Six ARR retirees gathered together while I was in Alaska to share their stories with me: The Bum, Otis Harrington, The Missing FRED, Jonesville Runaway and Railroad Accidents. One of my web site objectives is to preserve the history of the Alaska Railroad for future generations. I believe these stories are a perfect example of this effort. - 5/3/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Matt Leistico covers the Alaska Railroad's open house - 5/3/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad link to Fort Greely possible - 5/1/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad looks to stretch its tracks - 5/1/04
yellow diamondNews: Defense Department eyes rail link to Fort Greely - 4/30/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #3 - 4/29/04
yellow diamondMOW: Added an update to the Knik River Bridge - 4/29/04
yellow diamondNews: Final pass - 4/29/04
yellow diamondNews: Ground broken for new terminal - 4/28/04
yellow diamondNews: Senate OKs bill to look at railroad expansion - 4/28/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #2 - 4/28/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Steve Andereggen's G scale train in the snows of Oregon - 4/26/04
yellow diamondNews: SD70MAC delivery information #1 - 4/22/04
yellow diamondLinks: Added a link to an ARR GPS article entitled "A Sense of Place" - 4/22/04
yellow diamondLinks: Added Richard Elgenson's Glacier Discovery Train link - 4/22/04
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added Richard Elgenson, railfan, writer and photographer - 4/22/04
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's 1949 edition of caboose 1021 - 4/20/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Easter train! - 4/19/04
yellow diamondMy layout: After 18 years, I am shutting down and disassembling my HO scale layout. We have bought a new house!!! Therefore, I have decided to run a competition to help design my new layout. - 4/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Whittier's new dock arrives just in time for summer - 4/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad garners unexpectedly strong profits in 2003 - 4/13/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad ridership declines - 4/13/04
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Just for fun, I added a section on satellite photos of the Alaska Railroad. I don't know what the bottom two links ("Gravel Pit 12 Miles North of Anderson" and "Long Bridge North of Eklutna") are. If you do, how about enlightening me! - 4/13/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad profits up in '03 - 4/13/04
yellow diamondNews: Transportation bill would bring more dollars to Alaska - 4/13/04
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Alaska Railroad Heavy Equipment Mechanic Jeff Debroeck is now back online! Click on "Email Addresses" to view his new address. Don't forget that all e-mail addresses on that page are proceeded by ARR. You must remove that from the address before sending your message. This is an effort by me to stop web crawling bots from harvesting your e-mail address for spam marketeers. Anyway, got an ARR mechanical question? E-mail it to Jeff! - 4/13/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No. 3051 getting a rebuild - 4/12/04
yellow diamondCreations: Here is a submission from Germany, Thorsten Schulz's bicentennial #1510 - 4/10/04
yellow diamondEngineering drawings: Rotary numbers 1, 2, 3, gas cars 107, 114 and 303 and RS-1 1000-1001 - 4/8/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added the cover and first page of Equipment Register No. 18 of the Alaska Northern Railway to the "Building the Railroad" section. I'm sorry for the large size of the files, but I wanted to make sure you could scale down and print these with a readable resolution. - 4/8/04
yellow diamondEngineering drawings: I've begun the daunting task of adding the corresponding engineering drawings for each roster entry: Numbers 1, 221, 301, 501-502, 551-556, 557, 601-620, 701-703, 751, 801, 802, 901, 902. I'll add more locomotive engineering drawings sometime in the future. - 4/7/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added Fred Wing's photo of this hopper. Does anybody have any information on it? - 4/6/04
yellow diamondStrange Freight: It took three flatcars to transport this large crane - 4/6/04
yellow diamondFormer passenger cars. Added number 7032 by Fred Wing - 4/6/04
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added Fred Wing's photos of a tank train car to the "Tank Train" page - 4/6/04
yellow diamondYards: Here is seven of Gary Munsey's photos taken in various yards and sidings - bicentennial units 1510 and 1512, bicentennial unit 1512, a fried 1514, a young Frank Dewey (locomotive engineer) aboard 1605, smoking 1606, MRS-1 numbers 1605 and 1610 and 1802 on the Whittier shuttle - 4/6/04
yellow diamondOn the rails: More Gary Munsey photos for you: #1530, #3005 at Bird Creek and a passenger train crossing the Eagle River - 4/6/04
yellow diamondLocomotive roster: Oldie, but a goodie of No. 3015 by Gary Munsey (found at bottom of the page) - 4/6/04
yellow diamondFormer locomotive roster: Added photos from Gary Munsey of Amtrak 430 (found at bottom of the page), 1818, 2056 (ARR 1607) and 7249 - 4/6/04
yellow diamondPhoto/Audio/Video: Mike Ferguson catches 4000 south at Sheep Creek crossing - 4/5/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Added a Fred Wing story board photo of the Command Train - 4/5/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Amtrak no. 434 just after arrival in Anchorage in September 1981. This would later become no. 2404 - 4/5/04
yellow diamondNews: Public Affairs Officer and BC Rail articulated flats - 4/1/04
yellow diamondNews: Holland America to sell most of its Pullman and Budd cars - 4/1/04
yellow diamondStories: John Combs' 2004 Alaska Railroad trip journal - 3/30/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The best thing about the Alaska Railroad is the people! - 3/29/04
yellow diamondExcitement!: Thanks to Jody Moore who bird dogged these photos of SD70MAC #4317 unpainted outside of the London, Ontario EMD factory - 3/25/04
yellow diamondVideos: I'm getting close to finishing my trip journal. In the meantime, I have posted 14 Quicktime videos (17.2 MBs!) to keep you distracted until I get my journal done. My apologies to those with 33KB and 56KB modems. - 3/24/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Here's one from my recent trip to Alaska - 3/22/04
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand sent in model construction information for his Motor Baggage Passenger Car #214 - 3/17/04
yellow diamondCreations: A blast from the past! Pat Durand's Motor Baggage Passenger Car #214 - 3/17/04
yellow diamondMOW: Added a Shane Durand photo spread showing the realignment work that took place on Fort Richardson last summer - 3/17/04
yellow diamondVideos: Matt Leistico sent in video from a southbound passenger train at Potter and a moose sighted from a passenger car - 3/17/04
yellow diamondCreations: Added three more photos of Steve Katkus' 1.8 scale RDC-3 #701 - 3/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Link Alaska, Canada railroads for security - 3/17/04
yellow diamondModeling hobby stores: Charlie's Alaska Trains in no longer in business (except for his online store) so I removed it from the hobby stores page - 3/16/04
yellow diamondAdmin: Yes, I have returned! I'm extremely busy right now, but page updates should start trickling in soon. - 3/15/04
yellow diamondNews: Motor vehicle accident - 3/4/04
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be offline from March 3 through 13 - 3/3/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Since I am going to be gone to Alaska March 3-13, here is the next three POTWs - 3/1/04
yellow diamondRosters: More mouth dropping photos from Jason Kuehn: numbers 1500 and 1503 arriving at the Anchorage depot, numbers 1502 and 1530 northbound on Riley Creek trestle, termination dust is evident as no. 3015 crosses Riley Creek, the 1508 & 1507 lead a SB passenger train thru Denali Park, Spreader number 8 derailed just north of Denali Park, and roof shots of 1505 and bicentennial unit 1510 - 2/25/04
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added Jason Kuehn's photos of bicentennial logos plus a few other photos - 2/24/04
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's bicentennial F7A #1512 - 2/24/04
yellow diamondOn the rails: Mark Lembersky's Picture of the Week "of coal and cruise ships" is so darn good I added it to this section - 2/24/04
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: Added current photos and information of former ARR passenger car number 5443 - 2/24/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad looking for locomotive engineers - 2/24/04
yellow diamondCurrent locomotive roster: Engineering drawing of locomotive P-31 as a .PDF - 2/23/04
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: Here's a .PDF of a 1957 engineering drawing of the Denali - 2/23/04
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: Jason Kuehn provided me with such a great synopsis of the Alaska Railroad's 1973-1984 passenger car information that I decided to include it here on the web site. - 2/23/04
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: Added some information from Jody Moore to the history of the ex-Southern Pacific Bilevel Commuter Cars on the Alaska Railroad - 2/23/04
yellow diamondHobby shops: Robert Krol informed me Steve Booth has sold Craftsman Hobbies in Soldotna, AK. Therefore, I have removed this store from my hobby shop listings. - 2/23/04
yellow diamondModeling: Robert Garner sent us modeling tips on both the HO scale Atlas caboose and the SD70MAC - 2/23/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Of coal and cruise ships - 2/23/04
yellow diamondCreations: Photos of the finished GP40-H from Mike Ferguson- 2/17/04
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: Added some information from Robert Krol to the history of the ex-Southern Pacific Bilevel Commuter Cars on the Alaska Railroad - 2/17/04
yellow diamondNews: Seward may get veneer facility - 2/16/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Ice teeth on a Jordan spreader - 2/16/04
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: With the new HO scale SP Bilevel cars getting ready to hit the hobby shops soon, there is a lot of talk about the prototypes. Thanks goes to Pat Durand who has taken a crack at the history of these ex-Southern Pacific Bilevel Commuter Cars on the Alaska Railroad! - 2/15/04
yellow diamondCreations: Lots of creative people this month. Check out this ultra cool kitbashed GP40-H from Alaska Railroad employee Mike Ferguson - 2/15/04
yellow diamondCreations: Here is Steve Katkus' custom HO scale collection. I grouped everything on one page to save time. Hey, I need lots of time to get ready for my Alaska trip! LOL - 2/15/04
yellow diamondCreations: Added more photos of Steve Katkus' 1.8 scale RDC-3 #701 - 2/15/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad expands on ski train idea to draw summer riders - 2/14/04
yellow diamondCreations: Added Steve Katkus' awesome 1.8 scale RDC-3 #701 - 2/12/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Fairbanks Yard crane - 2/9/04
yellow diamondNews: City Council backs railroad extension bill - 2/8/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska-Canada railroad awaiting resolution - 2/7/04
yellow diamondBuildings roster: Matt Leistico hops on the band wagon by sending us a photo of the Anchorage yard's sand tower - 2/3/04
yellow diamondNews: PM engineers support for railway study - 2/3/04
yellow diamondBuildings roster: Added Pat Durand's snapshot of the Fairbanks yard's sand tower - 2/2/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A warming trend in Fairbanks - 2/2/04
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Wanna talk to an Alaska Railroad railfan from France? Just drop Cyril Ospital an e-note and welcome him onboard! Remember that I have added an ARR to the front of all the e-mail address to help stop spam. Please remove the ARR before sending the message. - 2/1/04
yellow diamondVideos: Alaska Railroad employee Mike Ferguson sent us an awesome video of the rumbling thunder of two SD70MACS Nos. 4009, 4012 at the south end of the Fairbanks yard - 2/1/04
yellow diamondNews: Railroad spurns scholarship bill - 1/28/04
yellow diamondRosters: Okay railfans, hang on to your hats! Jason Kuehn sent us five stunning photos to drool over. Check out A-B-A set of the repainted F-7's, numbers 1506, 1503, and 1500 in work train service, northbound passenger departing Anchorage, southbound freight crossing the Riley Creek Trestle and LC-105 cutting back an embankment. Yowza!- 1/26/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Stunning sunrise on Beluga Point - 1/26/04
yellow diamondNews: Announcement on gas line expected - 1/22/04
yellow diamondNews: Governor Receives Application to Build Gas Pipeline - 1/22/04
yellow diamondIndustries: Added Insulfoam and Anchorage Ocean Dock - 1/22/04
yellow diamondHistorical: Did you know the Alaska Railroad operated out of Valdez during the pipeline boom? - 1/22/04
yellow diamondCreations: This one will really knock your socks off. A model of the Alaska Railroad's original steam locomotive, #1 - 1/19/04
yellow diamondStories: Pat Durand sent us a story about his step dad "Wild" Bill Stewart - 1/19/04
yellow diamondFormer passenger car roster: Updated info on passenger car 5443 - 1/19/04
yellow diamondNews: Decision on railroad depot due soon - 1/19/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Andy Tejral adds three photos of the recent snowbound passenger train - 1/19/04
yellow diamondNews: Rail talk picks up steam - 1/16/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaskan, Canadian officials discuss possible rail link - 1/16/04
yellow diamondNews: Pipeline deal could pay for railroad fixes - 1/13/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A double shot this week; Jeff Turkel catches the Fairbanks tank train while Robert Krol snaps one of the the cut-off snowbound passenger train sitting in Portage. - 1/12/04
yellow diamondNews: Depot decision due soon - 1/10/04
yellow diamondNews: Avalanche blocks return of tourism train - 1/10/04
yellow diamondModeling: Mike Ferguson sent in a roof shot of the new GPS style antenna atop No. 2008 - 1/9/04
yellow diamondVideos: Mike Ferguson also sent in a video of Number 2008 pulling out of Quadra Chemical on the Fairbanks airport branch - 1/9/04
yellow diamondRosters: Moved the miscellaneous section up to the rosters page and added motor car N to it - 1/9/04
yellow diamondNews: New dome cars - 1/8/04
yellow diamondNews: Train derails near Wasilla; traffic tied up for an hour - 1/6/04
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Want to converse with an Alaska Railroad HO scale modeler from England? Then use Ian Langley's e-mail address found on my Email Addresses page. - 1/6/04
yellow diamondNews: Freight train derailment - 1/6/04
yellow diamondNews: Public gets chance to weigh in on projects at Friday meeting - 1/6/04
yellow diamondCreations: Mike Ferguson's Difco dump car - 1/5/04
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The tank train getting ready to leave North Pole, 32 below, 1300 local, New Years Day. - 1/5/04
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad releases 2003 print - 1/3/04
yellow diamondAdmin: Happy New Year! - 1/1/04

 

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