Winging Out Hurricane A late fall snow storm in 2015 dumped a a lot of snow on interior Alaska necessitating the ARR to call out a snow fleet. After running south down the main nosing out the flanges and cutting the bank they have extended the wings and are now reversing direction and running north to clear the siding of the snow they'd pushed over from the main. The two GP40-2s 3007 and 3010 are bracketed by Alaska Railroad Spreaders #9 (built 2000) and #8 (built 1976) in this view looking south at about MP 281.4. The signals at the south end of the 5976 foot Hurricane siding which is a CTC island in otherwise dark territory can be seen glowing red in the distance. Hurricane, Alaska Photo courtesy of Dave Blazejewski |
