Welcome to John's Alaska Railroad Web Page!
I fell in love with the Alaska Railroad (ARR) after my wife and I rode it in the summer of 1986. We rode from the Anchorage station to Denali National Park where we backpacked and camped for several days. We returned to Anchorage with a long stop due to Federal Hours of Service Law. The crew had worked its 12 hour shift and a new crew had to be sent in. Not long after returning to my home in Ohio, I began modeling a 12' x 16' ARR HO layout in my basement.
This is an unofficial Alaska Railroad web site. For the official site click here or to make passenger reservations click here.
Please be advised that all Alaska Railroad yards, sidings, section houses, tunnels, access roads, etc. are posted no trespassing and that entering them without permission is very dangerous and also a violation of law.
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hot stuff
Steamers auction Hurricane Turn tickets - 8/29/10
The Alaska Live Steamers are auctioning two tickets on a reserved passenger coach on the Hurricane Turn on October 7. Please note 100% of the auction winnings go towards the event to support the Alaska Live Steamers 501(c)3 mission. You'll find the listing is under ebay item #120614821984.
HO scale S-160 survey update - 8/24/10
Attention Steam Fans! Your input is needed in determining the potential market for an HO scale ready to run version of the US Army Transportation Corp. S-160 consolidation 2-8-0 locomotive. For the latest project status report click here.
Do you know what eventually happened to #902? - 8/14/10
Railfan Andrew Donaldson is trying to discover the disposal details for steam locomotive #902. If any of you historians can shed a little light on this then please forward your info on to me.
Whittier barge slip towers removed - 8/17/10
It is indeed the end of an era - the Whittier barge slip towers, which stood for almost 50 years, were removed and replaced with an hydraulic system. More
ARRC selects 2011 poster artist - 8/14/10
Palmer artist Douglas Girard was selected to create the artwork for the 2011 ARRC poster. He proposed to portray freight train crossing the Matanuska River Bridge.For more information see the ARRC Community Ties.
ARRC to purchase ERP system - 8/6/10
An IT audit found the core administrative systems lagging behind industry standards and suggested ARRC would benefit from implementing a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Therefore the ARRC put out an invitation to bid on it. More
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POTW Australia comes to Whittier

Alaska weather:
wunderground
- weather.com
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CC's interactive map. 
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satellite image

Alaska webcams:
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4th Ave & G St, Anchorage
- Alaska Marine Lines
- Anchorage port, Anchorage
- Cushman Bridge, Fairbanks
- FAA weather cams
- Whittier
- Whittier dock

Miscellaneous:
- Virtual Guidebook.
- ARR event calendar
- Alaska Railroad Flickr Group
- ARRrailfans Group
- Railpictures.net (ARR)
- Alaska's Digital Archive
- My past polls

This web site is dedicated in memory of Jeff Childs (1959-2000), railfan, friend and mentor.
Jeff was my inspiration and driving force during the initial creation of this web site.
Jeff's love for the Alaska Railroad was very contagious and will be greatly missed.

And in Memory of...


Page hits since 4/28/97

The Alaska Railroad Logo is copyrighted and used with permission from the Alaska Railroad Corporation
All photos and graphics on this web site are protected intellectual property.
Thanks to Ed Timko for this page's banner image (and for updating the logo!).

© 1997-2009 John Combs unless otherwise noted
Now with over 3,000 photographs!

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