What's New - 2011 Archive

yellow diamondWhere Are They Now?: Many thanks to Whit Wardell for sending us a current photo of GP49 #2807 - 12/30/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos of 303, railmobile and #1205 - 12/28/11
yellow diamondCreations: The next installment of Pat Durand's ongoing effort to create a #208 Panama Mogul - 12/28/11
yellow diamondSnowfighting: Added photos of old SnoGo equipment - 12/27/11
yellow diamondNews: Ex-ARR 1551 and 1552 status - 12/27/11
yellow diamondFilm: Many thanks to Jonathan Fischer who provided us with actual photos of the consist from the movie Runaway Train - 12/26/10
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Runaway Train - 12/26/11
yellow diamondRosters: Wow! James DeBroeck was kind enough to send us photos of #557 on the barge in Seattle! - 12/23/11
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's ongoing effort to create a #208 Panama Mogul - 12/22/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos from Jeff DeBroeck of preparing #557 for shipment and Richard Olson's photos of it passing through Connell, Washington - 12/20/11
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli expects record-breaking year - 12/20/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Nos. 1506 and 1508 in Idaho - 12/19/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added some additional photos from James DeBroeck of preparing #557 for shipment - 12/17/11
yellow diamondFor sale: The Alaska Railroad by Bernadine Prince for sale. The Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry, Inc. in Wasilla, Alaska offers a set of The Alaska Railroad by Bernadine Prince for sale. The hard bound two volume set is inscribed to Locomotive engineer Brown by Bernadine. There were only 1000 sets printed. The set is clean, little used with tight binding and no broken spine. The paper yellow jacket is in tatters. The set was donated by Mrs Fay Palin, Mr. Browns daughter, for use as a fundraiser. The asking price is $1000.00 and any bonus beyond that amount will be considered a cash donation to the Museum. Contact the Executive Director, Mrs. Sherry Jackson at work 907-376-1211mobile 907-775-3170, email sherryedmati@gmail.com. Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry, Inc., PO Box 870645 Wasilla AK 99687 - 12/16/11
yellow diamondWhere Are They Now?: Added current information on GP49 #2808 - 12/15/11
yellow diamondRosters: Steam locomotive #557 is coming back to Alaska! - 12/13/11
yellow diamondNews: National Railway Historical Society to convene in Alaska - 12/13/11
yellow diamondNews: Driver escapes injury as train demolishes his car - 12/13/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No. 557 returning to Alaska - 12/12/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A new life for our ladies - 12/5/11
yellow diamondHistorical: Added Wreck of 1950 near Nenana, Wreck of 1951 at Moose Pass and Wreck of 1961 at Grandview - 12/2/11
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a photo and article on passenger car numbers 30 and 31 - 12/2/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: ARR domes - 11/28/11
yellow diamondCreations: This guy never ceases to amaze me! Pat Durand (with help from his son Casey) has put together an HO scale Denali business car. - 11/24/11
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Many thanks to Casey Durand for sending updated photos of the Princess railcars - 11/24/11
yellow diamondRosters: Bob Harvey sent two photos of caboose 1076 in Whittier - 11/24/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Whittier shuttle and a boat tote - 11/21/11
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand submitted Globe Trotting Locomotives to the steam roster section - 11/15/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added a 1933 photo of the Rainbow depot - 11/15/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: And you thought it was just a boxcar, eh? - 11/14/11
yellow diamondCreations: Mark Snyder's HO scale layout - 11/8/11
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's F7A #1514 - 11/8/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Go green! - 11/7/11
yellow diamondNews: Ex-ARR MP-15s purchased by GMTX - 11/1/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: End of the Line - 10/31/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos to passenger car roster of numbers 46 and 57 - 10/28/11
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli withdraws permit request for Sutton coal mine - 10/24/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Of trains and cruise ships - 10/24/11
yellow diamondRosters: Here are my recent eBay purchases: GP40 #3016, 2-8-0 #555, 2-8-2 #701, F7 #1512, Mate #1, F7 #1508 and two (1, 2) photos of the shuttle. - 10/22/11
yellow diamondNews: Spooky Train offers free rides to costumed kiddos - 10/21/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: RDC #701 as MoW caboose - 10/17/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: DMU #751 amidst fall colors - 10/10/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added a 1951 era photo of the Railway Express Agency at Moose Pass, a roof shot of an RF1A and a shot of RSD1 #1002. - 10/3/11
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's Alaska Northern Railroad E18 #3401 - 10/3/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Whittier barge ramp - 10/3/11
yellow diamondNews: LaHood Holds Roundtable On Seward Highway Issues - 10/1/11
yellow diamondRosters: I finally located a photo of #559! Hopefully, someday I will have a photo for every steam locomotive on the ARR's roster. Also, here is another photo of #901. - 9/29/11
yellow diamondNews: Tanana River bridge gets 21-shovel salute - 9/29/11
yellow diamondNews: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tours the Alaska Railroad - 9/27/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Fall comes to Hurricane Gulch - 9/26/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added 9 photos to the former passenger car roster: 90, 5437, 46, 72, 57, 66, 47, 6, 5, - 9/22/11
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Many thanks to Curt Fortenberry for a photo and EIF of the 505XX series on the boxcars page - 9/22/11
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks coal bunkers the last of their kind - 9/22/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of #114 at Girdwood - 9/22/11
yellow diamondNews: Into The Wild: Alaskan Train Caters To The Intrepid - 9/20/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Sherman Stebbins Labor Day train ride - 9/19/11
yellow diamondStories: Paul Duncan returns to Alaska after five years and provides us with an awesome trip report complete with 62 photos! - 9/16/11
yellow diamondCreations: Want to see something truly amazing? Check out Casey Durand's HO scale Wilderness Express passenger car! - 9/15/11
yellow diamondNews: Russia Renews Proposal for Siberia-Alaska Rail Tunnel - 9/15/11
yellow diamondNews: Mat-Su Residents Speak About Proposed Wishbone Hill Project - 9/15/11
yellow diamondNews: Speeders — little railroad maintenance cars — are getting put to a new use thanks to a unique tour group - 9/15/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added a nice color photo of steam locomotive #6 - 9/15/11
yellow diamondNews: New hopper status - 9/14/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New hoppers! - 9/12/11
yellow diamondAdmin: Time Warner has fixed the problem and I am back online - 9/11/11
yellow diamondAdmin: I have lost Internet connectivity due to a thunderstorm. I may be offline for a week or so. - 9/5/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Three from Ted Spencer including Along Turnagain Arm - 9/5/11
yellow diamondNews: Work on Tanana Bridge scheduled to start soon - 9/1/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: GP40 #3015 on the cruise train - 8/29/11
yellow diamondNews: Freight car purchase - 8/26/11
yellow diamondMain page: Added Alaska Railroad Depot (Denali national Park) webcam - 8/26/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: River crossing at Salcha, home gate and cabooses - 8/25/11
yellow diamondNews: Open house planned for Tanana River bridge project - 8/16/11
yellow diamondNews: Massive amounts of rock needed for new Tanana River bridge - 8/10/11
yellow diamondNews: Work crews prepare new Tanana River bridge site - 8/10/11
yellow diamondCreations: Many thanks to Andrew Kovak who sent us photos of his locomotives and caboose project. - 8/8/11
yellow diamondCreations: More photos of Jeff McCrea's models; Denali Star meets the Oil Can - 8/8/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Hurricane Turn on Hurricane Gulch Bridge - 8/8/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added more historical information and a more recent photo of ex-ARR steam locomotive #152 - 8/7/11
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's fabulous 1/29 scale Brill #114 - 8/6/11
yellow diamondNews: Officials float idea to extend Pioneer Park train to visitors center - 8/5/11
yellow diamondNews: Sea, rail links both vital - 8/2/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Hurricane Turn on Hurricane Gulch Bridge - 8/1/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Distributed power and MOW at Portage - 7/25/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Rafting trip at Spencer - 7/18/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Export coal train - 7/11/11
yellow diamondCreations: More photos of Jeff McCrea's models - 7/6/11
yellow diamondModeling: Many thanks to Nelson Bailey who provided photos of the N scale Trainworx 100 ton quad hoppers - 7/5/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Palmer Hay Flats and cache - 7/4/11
yellow diamondNews: Canadian firm talks of building railroad from Alberta to Alaska - 7/1/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Many thanks to Daniel Osborne for supplying us with two exciting photos of Brill M-107 - 6/27/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: MoW at Moose Pass - 6/20/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska could see another record in coal exports this year as production grows - 6/14/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska could see another record in coal exports - 6/14/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Passenger train in Seward - 6/13/11
yellow diamondNews: Tanana River bridge gets EPA approval - 6/12/11
yellow diamondNews: Ice park close to securing deal on new home - 6/11/11
yellow diamondNews: EPA signs off on $190 million Tanana River railroad bridge - 6/9/11
yellow diamondNews: Tanana River bridge gets EPA approval - 6/9/11
yellow diamondCreations: Gregory Farley's HO scale layout - 6/9/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad rallying support for proposed Tanana bridge - 6/9/11
yellow diamondNews: Ice Alaska buying property near current location - 6/9/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: MoW equipment at Bird - 6/6/11
yellow diamondStrange Freight: Blake Moore sent us a photo of a rock crusher - 6/1/11
yellow diamondNews: Railroad, agencies juggle Tanana River bridge permits - 6/1/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad 'All Aboard' to Replace Old Rail Ties - 6/1/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Aerial view of Seward docks - 5/30/11
yellow diamondStories: Don Walker's A Tale of Two Baldwins and Me! - 5/25/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Fairbanks open house - 5/23/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad refuses to sell land on which ice park sits - 5/21/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Power car #32 and the Coastal Classic - 5/16/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska state lawmakers back Tanana bridge project - 5/13/11
yellow diamondNews: Gov. Parnell pushes for Tanana River bridge project - 5/13/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Anchorage open house - 5/9/11
yellow diamondLinks: Added a link for Alaska Railroad Tours - 5/4/11
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick's fire suppression tanks - 5/4/11
yellow diamondNews: Ice Alaska preparing another offer for railroad land - 5/4/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: RDC adventure - 5/2/11
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks borough assembly's ice park debate runs late into the night - 5/1/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad turns down Ice Alaska proposal - 4/26/11
yellow diamondLinks: Added Ken Secrest's Alaska Railroad train orders site and a link to historical information on Alco #1034 - 4/26/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: MoW equipment on Bird Point - 4/25/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Double stack well car - 4/18/11
yellow diamondNews: Legislators set to OK $3B capital budget - 4/17/11
yellow diamondNews: GP40 nos. 3007 and 3008 update - 4/16/11
yellow diamondNews: Funding for Tanana River bridge up in the air - 4/15/11
yellow diamondNews: GP40 nos. 3007 and 3008 update - 4/13/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Whittier docks in 1943 - 4/11/11
yellow diamondNews: GP40 nos. 3007 and 3008 update - 4/9/11
yellow diamondRosters: What exciting things are you doing with your Friday night? I am sitting here at home adding eight more steam locomotives to the roster: 31, 221, 272, 275, 277, 310, 319, 1201. Don't you feel sorry for me?!? - 4/7/11
yellow diamondNews: Tampers and spikers - 4/8/11
yellow diamondNews: GP40 nos. 3007 and 3008 update - 4/8/11
yellow diamondRosters: Robert Krol pointed out that former ARR passenger car #4518 at the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, AZ has been refurbished and repainted. The interior is absolutely gorgeous. Check out the Trainorders.com discussion link here. - 4/7/11
yellow diamondCreations: Robert Krol's O scale F7 #1524 - 4/5/11
yellow diamondRosters: I always love it when someone provides a little quality review of the website. Bob Garner found some inaccuracies with the information on power car #10. I went back to ARR historian Don Marenzi who set me straight. You'll find the new information here and here. - 4/5/11
yellow diamondRosters: Railfan Tom Morrow spotted ex-ARR passenger car #7002 at the Illinois Railway Museum last weekend. It appears to be destined to become a permanent addition to their collection. - 4/5/11
yellow diamondModeling: Added the latest painting tips from Pat Durand  - 4/5/11
yellow diamondHistorical: Many thanks to Keith Buck for providing us with photos from the early 1980s - 4/5/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: DPU at Indian - 4/4/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added a few photos from Dave Blazejewski - retired switchers, spreader #9 and Seward coal - 4/1/11
yellow diamondNews: GP40 numbers 3007 and 3008 returning to Alaska - 4/1/11
yellow diamondNews: Rail spur to connect port to main line at Houston - 4/1/11
yellow diamondModeling: Many thanks to Nelson Bailey who provided photos of the N scale Intermountain F7 locomotives - 3/29/11
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's impressive HO scale RSD1 - 3/29/11
yellow diamondNews: Rail spur to connect port to main line at Houston- 3/29/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Whittier Shuttle - 3/28/11
yellow diamondCreations: Check out Pat Durand's HO scale P-30 - 3/26/11
yellow diamondCreations: Randy Thompson's kit bashed TNM hopper - 3/26/11
yellow diamondFor sale: The Alaska Railroad was the subject of the "Railroad Series" of Alaskan artist Cote Sutoer several years ago. Mr. Bob Neitz at 907 884-5633 invested in five prints in the series dated 1992 thru 1996 all are numbered 445/500. The originals were water color approximately 11X14 inches in size and the prints were sold in serial numbered sets, in this case print 445 of 500 made. The prints are reported to be mounted and in like new condition. - 3/26/11
yellow diamondNews: Nordco tampers - 3/26/11
yellow diamondHistorical: Sherman Stebbins, collector of historical Alaska Railroad photographs, has been sending me interesting tidbits for the last year or so. Well I've been waiting for an appropriate place to put them and have given up. So I just created a Sherman Stebbins Collection page. I'll add more photos to this as he sends them. - 3/26/11
yellow diamondHistorical: I spent about a dozen hours finally getting those Walter Strong historical photos online - 3/25/11
yellow diamondRosters: A special thank you to Darren Buss who provided us with Fairbanks Depot construction photos - 3/25/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Freight on Hurricane Gulch - 3/21/11
yellow diamondStories: Tom Smith-Pererson's photo trip to Alaska - 3/20/11
yellow diamondModeling: Many thanks to Nelson Bailey who sent photos for Wheels of Time's new N-scale bi-level commuter coaches - 3/16/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added dates (month) to the #550 class steam locomotives section on the complete locomotive roster page - 3/16/11
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added three photos on the gondolas page and some roster info to the boxcars page - 3/16/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Freight and Mt. McKinley - 3/14/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Walter Strong's photo of #556 - 3/7/11
yellow diamondNews: Locomotive alumni update- 3/2/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Bicentennial MoW train - 2/28/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad upgrading coal cachment system - 2/24/11
yellow diamondNews: University Avenue reopened after train derailment Thursday - 2/25/11
yellow diamondNews: Train derails, blocks University Avenue in Fairbanks - 2/24/11
yellow diamondNews: Railroad seeks permit for herbicide use in Fairbanks railyard and along local tracks - 2/21/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad Corp. gets new chairwoman - 2/21/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad asks state for an additional $44 million for bridge expansion - 2/21/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Rail cycle - 2/21/11
yellow diamondNews: Railroad supports Chena River north bank trail; Ice Alaska controversy remains - 2/16/11
yellow diamondNews: 2012 Commemorative Art Print Contest - 2/16/11
yellow diamondNews: Tanana Valley Railroad stories for 2011 - 2/16/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: GP-7 #1808 crosses a ghost forest - 2/14/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Alaska Coal! - 2/7/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added several of my recent eBay purchases - covered cemet hopper #14500, F7 #1502 leads an A-B-B-B-A lineup, McKinley Park depot, E9 #2401, F7 #1526, and MoW tender #0039M (note that I have begun posting images in 1280 pixels wide format) - 2/2/11
yellow diamondNews: New Alaska Railroad CEO has admittedly 'atypical' career - 2/1/11
yellow diamondNews: Railroad CEO expects improved revenues for fiscal 2010 - 2/1/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: 4005 crosses Glacier Creek - 1/31/11
yellow diamondNews: CEO predicts continued Alaska Railroad economic upturn - 1/29/11
yellow diamondNews: Tanana railroad bridge now estimated to cost $185 million; funding plan up to $60 million short - 1/27/11
yellow diamondModeling: New ARR O scale items are being cranked out so fast that I can't keep up with them. Therefore, I am very thankful that Chris Lord has begun combing my list and sending me updates. He just sent three updates including photos! - 1/25/11
yellow diamondRosters: Robert Krol and Jason Kuehn added remarks to Randy Thompson's GP-7 data sheet - 1/25/11
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad defends plans for $160 million Tanana River bridge - 1/25/11
yellow diamondNews: Latest chatter - 1/24/11
yellow diamondBibliography: Added three more periodicals - 1/24/11
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of a 4-6-2 cockpit - 1/24/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Alaska Railroad Alco RSD-1 # 1034 was moved to the Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia. - 1/24/11
yellow diamondHistorical: From the land down under, James Coy sends us photos of the Harding Car during his 2007 Alaska visit - 1/18/11
yellow diamondRosters: Many thanks to Randy Thompson for sending us his GP-7 data sheet - 1/18/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Of cranes and cabooses - 1/17/11
yellow diamondNews: Seward coal dust lawsuit moves forward - 1/12/11
yellow diamondCreations: Tom Koole sent us several photos of his N scale layout - 1/11/11
yellow diamondNews: Railroad plans 2 public hearings on projects around Southcentral - 1/10/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Five dome cars all in a row - 1/10/11
yellow diamondRosters: Russell plow sold for scrap - 1/4/11
yellow diamondWebmaster's note: Congratulations to my son John for becoming my troop's 50th Eagle Scout! - 1/4/11
yellow diamondRosters: Many thanks to Blake Moore who provided current photos of ex-ARR coach #5416 at the Florida Railroad Museum. Thanks also goes to Don Marenzi in helping track down the history for this car. - 1/4/11
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Winter Aurora train - 1/3/11
yellow diamondHall of Fame: The 2011 inductees to John's Alaska Railroad Web Page Hall of Fame are Albert Bailey, Nelson Bailey, Curt Fortenberry, Blake Moore and Sherman Stebbins. Congrats to all! - 1/1/11
yellow diamondFor Sale: From Margaret Heaven, ""I'm contacting you because I have a signed set of the book, "The Alaska Railroad" by Bernadine LeMay Prince printed in 1964 that I want to sell and I thought you or an organization you belong to might be interested in purchasing it. Or you might know someone else who might be. The yellow jackets are worn but both volumes are in excellent clean condition. With only 1000 sets printed, I know it is pretty rare and valuable and will want fair value for the set. I am asking $1500.00. If you might be interested, please let me know. Margaret Heaven, Wasilla, Alaska 907-376-5679." Alaska Railroad Historian, Pat Durand, has confirmed the condition of this set and is a personal friend of Mrs. Margaret Heaven. Her late husband, LeRoy Heaven, was totally engaged in historical preservation activities and this set is from his reference library.
yellow diamondWebmaster's note: Happy New Year! - 1/1/11

 

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