What's New - 2004 Archive | |
Rosters: Pat Durand has provided some additional steam roster information - 12/31/04 | |
Rosters: Added a photo of the Glacier Pass (Denali) to the retired passenger car roster - 12/29/04 | |
News: Nonprofit wants National Guard to help keep animals off tracks - 12/29/04 | |
Rosters: Added a photo of a rotary at Curry in 1948 to the MOW roster - 12/28/04 | |
Misc 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 | |
Rosters: Added a photo of #7072 to the retired passenger car roster - 12/28/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Spreader number 7 clears snow at Hurricane - 12/27/04 | |
News: Usibelli ships second load of Healy coal to Chile - 12/21/04 | |
News: Healy mine earns second Chile coal deal - 12/21/04 | |
Rosters: Added two photos to the former locomotive roster nos. 1502 and 2000 (both found at the bottom of their respective pages) - 12/21/04 | |
News: Ted Stevens envisions seamless tourist transport - 12/20/04 | |
Picture of the Week: It should come as no surprise to find Santa has chosen an SD70MAC over a sleigh - 12/20/04 | |
Rosters: Added two Pat Durand photos of caboose 1039E and 1043E - 12/17/04 | |
Rosters: Added three Jeff DeBroeck photos of caboose 1069E and 1084 - 12/16/04 | |
Creations: Pat Durand's caboose 1039E - 12/15/04 | |
Rosters: Added a photo of P-5 to the power car roster. Can anyone provide me with details on this unit? - 12/14/04 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added more information and photos to the Letroporter section - 12/14/04 | |
Picture of the Week: A very unique way to submit a POTW - 12/13/04 | |
HO 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 | |
Rosters: Randy Thompson sent me eight steam locomotive photos taken by John Henderson, 551, 552, 556, 556, 557, 557, 562, 562 - 12/7/04 | |
Buildings roster: Although it no longer exists, Pat Durand provides us with a portal to the past for the Wasilla Section House - 12/7/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Alaska Railroad's new passenger cars - 12/6/04 | |
News: Railroad to have remote controls - 12/2/04 | |
Rosters: Added a new section to the former locomotive roster called Slugs - 12/1/04 | |
News: New museum, train house in the works - 12/1/04 | |
News: Distributed power - 12/1/04 | |
Route Map: Added four cicra 1916 photos of Matanuska Junction - 11/29/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Rich Holzapfel's work train - 11/29/04 | |
News: Tank train to consolidate - 11/27/04 | |
News: Train accident report - 11/26/04 | |
News: Alaska's transportation system hard hit by high fuel prices - 11/26/04 | |
News: Garner tunnel blasting bid - 11/26/04 | |
Rosters: Repeater Air Car (RAC) added to the former freight roster - 11/26/04 | |
Rosters: 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 | |
Rosters: Replaced photo of #4319 with a fine Mike Ferguson photo of #4319 - 11/23/04 | |
Alumni: Brian Fritz sent us current photos and information regarding F7 No. 1502 - 11/23/04 | |
News: ‘Uncle Ted’ tucks gifts for Alaska into last bill as chairman - 11/23/04 | |
News: ARR getting a little closer to Canada - 11/23/04 | |
News: McKeen car status - 11/23/04 | |
Rosters: Added another photo of caboose 1069 - 11/22/04 | |
News: ARR coach #5437 for sale - 11/22/04 | |
News: Tractor trailer collides with train - 11/22/04 | |
News: 4008 joust - 11/22/04 | |
News: Lumber truck hit by train - 11/22/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Two Shane Durand work photos - an excavator and a flat car load of ties - 11/22/04 | |
Bibliography: 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 | |
News: Murkowski pushes Taiwan coal sales - 11/18/04 | |
News: 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 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added two photos and information on the Ortner hoppers in the Hopper Section - 11/16/04 | |
Industries: Added Columbia Lumber Company - 11/15/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Oren in Seward - 11/15/04 | |
Rosters: Created a new section called bridges. Only one entry so far, but there will be more to come! - 11/9/04 | |
Creations: 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 | |
News: Road, rail work will start port expansion - 11/9/04 | |
Historical: Added eighteen more photos to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. and decided to create a page two for them - 11/8/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Winter arrives on the Alaska Railroad - 11/8/04 | |
News: Wanted: Interior Decorator - 11/4/04 | |
News: Military Society of Model Engineers Fall Expo - 11/3/04 | |
News: Bid for two baggage cars - 11/1/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Twenty Mile Bridge - 11/1/04 | |
News: SD70MACs haul North Pole oil - 11/1/04 | Creations: Museum grade work on Pat Durand's RS-1 #1000 - 10/31/04 |
Rosters: Add three Daniel Napoliello photos, P-11, caboose 1024 and spreader 5 - 10/30/04 | |
Historical: Added two memorabilia items to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/25/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Maintenance of Way in the Portage area - 10/25/04 | |
Historical: Don Marenzi sent us an aerial view of Valdez during the pipeline boom - 10/20/04 | |
Awards: Check out the latest of what others are saying about John's Alaska Railroad web page - 10/20/04 | |
Historical: Added three more photos to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/20/04 | |
Picture of the Week: 1950s work train - 10/18/04 | |
News: New passenger cars - 10/15/04 | |
Historical: Added five more photos to Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/14/04 | |
News: New Alaska Railroad passenger cars - 10/13/04 | |
News: New MACs to receive head end power - 10/13/04 | |
Picture of the Week: The Loop - 10/11/04 | |
Historical: Michael and Carolyn Nore's Postcards, etc. - 10/8/04 | |
News: New Holland America railcars - 10/8/04 | |
John's Railfan Page: Finally added a section on my TGV Eurostar experience - 10/7/04 | |
Historical: 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 | |
Freight/Passenger: Thanks to Pat Durand for submitting a section on Letroporters - 10/6/04 | |
News: Of realignments and new MACs - 10/6/04 | |
News: Passenger car refurbishment - 10/6/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Brill #216 - 10/4/04 | |
Creations: Mike Ferguson continues to crank out the creations with an E8B P-30 - 9/29/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Six GP49s crossing the Knik overflow bridge - 9/27/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 3015 makes an end of season appearance in Denali - 9/20/04 | |
News: Officials agree: Railroad is far off - 9/15/04 | |
News: GM EMD SD70MACs are not a piece of crap - 9/14/04 | |
News: A changing tide of tourism in Seward - 9/13/04 | |
Rosters: 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 | |
Rosters: Replaced photo of #4318 with a fine Shane Durand photo of #4318 on the lead of a gravel train - 9/13/04 | |
Picture of the Week: MOW equipment on a siding south of Curry and a northbound passenger train at Hurricane Gulch - 9/13/04 | |
News: Summer on the rails - 9/12/04 | |
Rosters: Added a Clayton Tinkham photo of RS-1 #1001 - 9/9/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Rich Holzapfel adds two pix of unloading the continuous welded rail - 9/9/04 | |
Stories: Pat Durand submits an incredible historical feature entitled, Bill Stewart, Three Decades in Engine Service - 9/9/04 | |
News: More ships has meant more traffic, business for Whittier - 9/8/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Loading 1000 ft. rail strips of continuous welded rail onto flatcars - 9/6/04 | |
Rosters: Added Col Mears gas car - 9/2/04 | |
Historic News: Added an entry entitled Side Trip to the Chickaloon Mine - 9/2/04 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added a photo and information on coal hoppers to the Hopper Section - 9/2/04 | |
News: Commuter rail gives fair visitors nice ride, no traffic - 8/30/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Northbound passenger train at Eagle River Bridge - 8/30/04 | |
News: Fair-goers may ride from Anchorage to snazzy new train station - 8/27/04 | |
News: Passenger car shop modifications - 8/24/04 | |
News: Latest passenger car info - 8/24/04 | |
Stories: Virginia Gray tells us A Tour Guide's Most Funny or Embarrassing Moments - 8/24/04 | |
Links: Added a link to Richard Elgenson's Coastal Classic Train photo journal - 8/24/04 | |
News: Kenai Fjords ends contract - 8/24/04 | |
Historical: Jason Kuehn's recollections of Whittier in the 1980's and 1990's - 8/24/04 | |
News: City holds off on support for new railroad route - 8/24/04 | |
Rosters: Pat Durand gives us the one two punch with caboose photos of 1039 and 1043E - 8/23/04 | |
Creations: Mike Ferguson submits cylindrical cement hopper #14508 - 8/23/04 | |
Historical: Don Marenzi sent us a track chart page showing the rail lines in Valdez during the pipeline boom - 8/23/04 | |
News: Stored GP49s - 8/23/04 | |
Rosters: I replaced the roster photo of #4324 with one from Shane Durand - 8/23/04 | |
News: Railroad route on agenda - 8/23/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Work train at mile 310 going towards Summit, on a beautiful July day - 8/23/04 | |
News: Traffic advancements tackle fair crowds - 8/22/04 | |
News: Railroad issues ultimatum to Wasilla - 8/20/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Infinite oil tank cars - 8/16/04 | |
Stories: Virginia Gray gives us the inside scoop on How to Become a Tour Guide - 8/15/04 | |
Stories: Virginia Gray, Alaska Railroad tour guide, submits a story entitled A Day in the Life of a Tour Guide - 8/14/04 | |
News: Railroad says extension to Greely top priority - 8/12/04 | |
Admin: I'm back online at my new home! Updates to be posted in the next day or so. - 8/11/04 | |
Admin: 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 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 3010 pops out of the Whittier tunnel - 8/9/04 | |
Former passenger cars. Added engineering drawings submitted by Pat Durand of passenger cars 5, 90, 91 and 92 - 8/6/04 | |
Creations: Pat Durand's kitbashed #801 is drop dead gorgeous - 8/6/04 | |
Miscellaneous alumni: John D. Jones has bird dogged the current location of ex-SP gallery coach 601 - 8/6/04 | |
Stories: A new trip report from Matt Leistico - 8/6/04 | |
News: Railroad extension to Greely given priority - 8/4/04 | |
News: Near-collision a warning for railroad track users - 8/3/04 | |
News: Huge ice slab perplexes railroad engineers - 8/3/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Two MOW shots from ARR extra-gang foreman Rich Hozapfel - 8/2/04 | |
Admin: 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 | |
Rosters: I replaced the roster photo of 2804 with this beauty from Randell Carnley - 7/30/04 | |
On 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 | |
Rosters: 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 | |
Links: Added a link to Ron Niebrugge's awesome photo journal - 7/30/04 | |
Picture of the Week: New fairgrounds depot - 7/26/04 | |
News: Usibelli to ship coal to Chilean power plant - 7/21/04 | |
On the rails: W. A. Gibson Jr.did a nice photo shoot on the Palmer Fair Special 1956 - 7/20/04 | |
Industries: Rich Hozapfel added some photos and information to the continuous welded rail section - 7/20/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Number 1510 on Turnagain Arm - 7/19/04 | |
Rosters: 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 | |
Video: Mike Ferguson provides two videos of the new SD70MACs - 7/14/04 | |
News: Alaska governor pitches $23.5 billion road, rail, pipeline links with Canada - 7/14/04 | |
News: New MAC status report - 7/12/04 | |
Former locomotive roster: Added a few technical notes regarding Alaska Railroad F units from Dan Napoliello - 7/12/04 | |
Email Addresses: Added Dan Napoliello, ARR Railfan/Modeler (Fort Wainwright 1971-1973) - 7/12/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad tests equipment to detect rail breaks - 7/12/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Current status of caboose 1776 - 7/12/04 | |
News: T-16 FRA inspection vehicle - 7/7/04 | |
News: MATI Trains of Thought - 7/7/04 | |
Admin: 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 | |
Picture of the Week: Whittier barge ramp - 7/5/04 | |
Creations: Jeff Deboeck's GP49 #2801 and GP40 #3010 - 6/14/04 | |
Special Features: Added a section on hobbyist motorcars and speeders on the Alaska Railroad - 6/14/04 | |
Alumni: Robert Ulberg sent us a photo of caboose 1082 at its current resting place - 6/14/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Here are the POTWs for 6/14, 6/21 and 6/28 - 6/14/04 | |
Stories: Rick McKinley sent us a good overview story of his work as Whittier Terminal Manager for Alaska West Express - 6/14/04 | |
Admin: 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 | |
Admin: 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 | |
News: Canada joins push for rail link from B.C. to Alaska - 6/1/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Here are the POTWs for 5/31 and 6/7 - 6/1/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #12 - 5/26/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #11 - 5/26/04 | |
News: Rockslide derails passengers' plans to Seward - 5/25/04 | |
News: Rock slide shuffles passengers - 5/25/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #10 - 5/24/04 | |
Stories: 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 | |
Picture of the Week: A cruise ship arrives in Whittier - 5/24/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #9 - 5/20/04 | |
Admin: Just closed on my new house today. - 5/18/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad agrees to full EPA pollution survey - 5/18/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad agrees to pollution cleanup plan - 5/18/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #8 - 5/17/04 | |
News: Cruise ships bring tourists back to Whittier - 5/17/04 | |
News: Princess' 2005 Gulf of Alaska program debuts "Direct to the Wilderness" rail travel - 5/17/04 | |
Picture of the Week: New SD70MACs arrive in Seattle - 5/17/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad begins passenger service - 5/16/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #7 - 5/14/04 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added Mike Ferguson's photo of an ex BC Rail hopper the ARR recently acquired. - 5/14/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #6 - 5/13/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #5 - 5/12/04 | |
Alumni: Jack Klingbeil sent us a photo of caboose 1082 at its current resting place - 5/11/04 | |
Locomotive roster: Troy McKenzie got us a beautiful photo of Eielson AFB's GP40 #4902 - 5/11/04 | |
News: House OKs railroad bond sale - 5/11/04 | |
Photo/Audio/Video: Mike Ferguson provides a great view of an SD70MAC coupling to a string of tank cars - 5/10/04 | |
News: Two railroad bills clear key votes - 5/10/04 | |
Picture of the Week: A barge leaves the docks in Seattle - 5/10/04 | |
Industries: Randy Thompson has helped me start a section on ARRC's Seattle Docks. Does anybody have additional information? - 5/9/04 | |
News: Greely railroad extension steams forward - 5/9/04 | |
News: ARR to buy bi-level cars - 5/8/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #4 - 5/8/04 | |
Modeling: Fred Trimble sent in this very fine roof shot of #1553 - 5/7/04 | |
News: Back on board - 5/7/04 | |
News: Railroad's exemption questioned - 5/7/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad to operate gravel train through Wasilla in summer 2004 - 5/5/04 | |
Industries: Added Quality Asphalt Products - 5/5/04 | |
Stories: 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 | |
Picture of the Week: Matt Leistico covers the Alaska Railroad's open house - 5/3/04 | |
News: Railroad link to Fort Greely possible - 5/1/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad looks to stretch its tracks - 5/1/04 | |
News: Defense Department eyes rail link to Fort Greely - 4/30/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #3 - 4/29/04 | |
MOW: Added an update to the Knik River Bridge - 4/29/04 | |
News: Final pass - 4/29/04 | |
News: Ground broken for new terminal - 4/28/04 | |
News: Senate OKs bill to look at railroad expansion - 4/28/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #2 - 4/28/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Steve Andereggen's G scale train in the snows of Oregon - 4/26/04 | |
News: SD70MAC delivery information #1 - 4/22/04 | |
Links: Added a link to an ARR GPS article entitled "A Sense of Place" - 4/22/04 | |
Links: Added Richard Elgenson's Glacier Discovery Train link - 4/22/04 | |
Email Addresses: Added Richard Elgenson, railfan, writer and photographer - 4/22/04 | |
Creations: Pat Durand's 1949 edition of caboose 1021 - 4/20/04 | |
Picture of the Week: The Easter train! - 4/19/04 | |
My 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 | |
News: Whittier's new dock arrives just in time for summer - 4/17/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad garners unexpectedly strong profits in 2003 - 4/13/04 | |
News: Railroad ridership declines - 4/13/04 | |
Special 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 | |
News: Railroad profits up in '03 - 4/13/04 | |
News: Transportation bill would bring more dollars to Alaska - 4/13/04 | |
Email 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 | |
Picture of the Week: No. 3051 getting a rebuild - 4/12/04 | |
Creations: Here is a submission from Germany, Thorsten Schulz's bicentennial #1510 - 4/10/04 | |
Engineering drawings: Rotary numbers 1, 2, 3, gas cars 107, 114 and 303 and RS-1 1000-1001 - 4/8/04 | |
Historical: 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 | |
Engineering 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 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added Fred Wing's photo of this hopper. Does anybody have any information on it? - 4/6/04 | |
Strange Freight: It took three flatcars to transport this large crane - 4/6/04 | |
Former passenger cars. Added number 7032 by Fred Wing - 4/6/04 | |
Freight/Passenger: Added Fred Wing's photos of a tank train car to the "Tank Train" page - 4/6/04 | |
Yards: 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 | |
On the rails: More Gary Munsey photos for you: #1530, #3005 at Bird Creek and a passenger train crossing the Eagle River - 4/6/04 | |
Locomotive roster: Oldie, but a goodie of No. 3015 by Gary Munsey (found at bottom of the page) - 4/6/04 | |
Former 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 | |
Photo/Audio/Video: Mike Ferguson catches 4000 south at Sheep Creek crossing - 4/5/04 | |
Historical: Added a Fred Wing story board photo of the Command Train - 4/5/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Amtrak no. 434 just after arrival in Anchorage in September 1981. This would later become no. 2404 - 4/5/04 | |
News: Public Affairs Officer and BC Rail articulated flats - 4/1/04 | |
News: Holland America to sell most of its Pullman and Budd cars - 4/1/04 | |
Stories: John Combs' 2004 Alaska Railroad trip journal - 3/30/03 | |
Picture of the Week: The best thing about the Alaska Railroad is the people! - 3/29/04 | |
Excitement!: Thanks to Jody Moore who bird dogged these photos of SD70MAC #4317 unpainted outside of the London, Ontario EMD factory - 3/25/04 | |
Videos: 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 | |
Picture of the Week: Here's one from my recent trip to Alaska - 3/22/04 | |
Creations: Pat Durand sent in model construction information for his Motor Baggage Passenger Car #214 - 3/17/04 | |
Creations: A blast from the past! Pat Durand's Motor Baggage Passenger Car #214 - 3/17/04 | |
MOW: Added a Shane Durand photo spread showing the realignment work that took place on Fort Richardson last summer - 3/17/04 | |
Videos: Matt Leistico sent in video from a southbound passenger train at Potter and a moose sighted from a passenger car - 3/17/04 | |
Creations: Added three more photos of Steve Katkus' 1.8 scale RDC-3 #701 - 3/17/04 | |
News: Link Alaska, Canada railroads for security - 3/17/04 | |
Modeling 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 | |
Admin: Yes, I have returned! I'm extremely busy right now, but page updates should start trickling in soon. - 3/15/04 | |
News: Motor vehicle accident - 3/4/04 | |
Admin: I will be offline from March 3 through 13 - 3/3/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Since I am going to be gone to Alaska March 3-13, here is the next three POTWs - 3/1/04 | Rosters: 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 |
Special Features: Added Jason Kuehn's photos of bicentennial logos plus a few other photos - 2/24/04 | |
Creations: Pat Durand's bicentennial F7A #1512 - 2/24/04 | |
On 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 | |
Retired passenger car roster: Added current photos and information of former ARR passenger car number 5443 - 2/24/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad looking for locomotive engineers - 2/24/04 | |
Current locomotive roster: Engineering drawing of locomotive P-31 as a .PDF - 2/23/04 | |
Retired passenger car roster: Here's a .PDF of a 1957 engineering drawing of the Denali - 2/23/04 | |
Retired 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 | |
Retired 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 | |
Hobby 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 | |
Modeling: Robert Garner sent us modeling tips on both the HO scale Atlas caboose and the SD70MAC - 2/23/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Of coal and cruise ships - 2/23/04 | |
Creations: Photos of the finished GP40-H from Mike Ferguson- 2/17/04 | |
Retired 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 | |
News: Seward may get veneer facility - 2/16/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Ice teeth on a Jordan spreader - 2/16/04 | |
Retired 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 | |
Creations: Lots of creative people this month. Check out this ultra cool kitbashed GP40-H from Alaska Railroad employee Mike Ferguson - 2/15/04 | |
Creations: 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 | |
Creations: Added more photos of Steve Katkus' 1.8 scale RDC-3 #701 - 2/15/04 | |
News: Railroad expands on ski train idea to draw summer riders - 2/14/04 | |
Creations: Added Steve Katkus' awesome 1.8 scale RDC-3 #701 - 2/12/04 | |
Picture of the Week: The Fairbanks Yard crane - 2/9/04 | |
News: City Council backs railroad extension bill - 2/8/04 | |
News: Alaska-Canada railroad awaiting resolution - 2/7/04 | |
Buildings roster: Matt Leistico hops on the band wagon by sending us a photo of the Anchorage yard's sand tower - 2/3/04 | |
News: PM engineers support for railway study - 2/3/04 | |
Buildings roster: Added Pat Durand's snapshot of the Fairbanks yard's sand tower - 2/2/04 | |
Picture of the Week: A warming trend in Fairbanks - 2/2/04 | |
Email 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 | |
Videos: 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 | |
News: Railroad spurns scholarship bill - 1/28/04 | |
Rosters: 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 | |
Picture of the Week: Stunning sunrise on Beluga Point - 1/26/04 | |
News: Announcement on gas line expected - 1/22/04 | |
News: Governor Receives Application to Build Gas Pipeline - 1/22/04 | |
Industries: Added Insulfoam and Anchorage Ocean Dock - 1/22/04 | |
Historical: Did you know the Alaska Railroad operated out of Valdez during the pipeline boom? - 1/22/04 | |
Creations: This one will really knock your socks off. A model of the Alaska Railroad's original steam locomotive, #1 - 1/19/04 | |
Stories: Pat Durand sent us a story about his step dad "Wild" Bill Stewart - 1/19/04 | |
Former passenger car roster: Updated info on passenger car 5443 - 1/19/04 | |
News: Decision on railroad depot due soon - 1/19/04 | |
Picture of the Week: Andy Tejral adds three photos of the recent snowbound passenger train - 1/19/04 | |
News: Rail talk picks up steam - 1/16/04 | |
News: Alaskan, Canadian officials discuss possible rail link - 1/16/04 | |
News: Pipeline deal could pay for railroad fixes - 1/13/04 | |
Picture 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 | |
News: Depot decision due soon - 1/10/04 | |
News: Avalanche blocks return of tourism train - 1/10/04 | |
Modeling: Mike Ferguson sent in a roof shot of the new GPS style antenna atop No. 2008 - 1/9/04 | |
Videos: Mike Ferguson also sent in a video of Number 2008 pulling out of Quadra Chemical on the Fairbanks airport branch - 1/9/04 | |
Rosters: Moved the miscellaneous section up to the rosters page and added motor car N to it - 1/9/04 | |
News: New dome cars - 1/8/04 | |
News: Train derails near Wasilla; traffic tied up for an hour - 1/6/04 | |
Email 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 | |
News: Freight train derailment - 1/6/04 | |
News: Public gets chance to weigh in on projects at Friday meeting - 1/6/04 | |
Creations: Mike Ferguson's Difco dump car - 1/5/04 | |
Picture of the Week: The tank train getting ready to leave North Pole, 32 below, 1300 local, New Years Day. - 1/5/04 | |
News: Alaska Railroad releases 2003 print - 1/3/04 | |
Admin: Happy New Year! - 1/1/04 |
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