2002 Pictures of the Week
|
Date
|
Photographer
|
Photograph
|
| 01/07 |
Ken Brovald |
The Black Maria - Hyrail Vehicle #ARR
260 is a 1966 Chrysler Town and Country Station Wagon and now resides at
MATI. |
| 01/14 |
Pat Durand |
Matanuska Junction (and water
tank) at the south end of the wye in 1942. The foundation and pump
sump for this structure still remain today. |
| 01/22 |
John Waide |
Caboose number 1077 in the Fairbanks
Yard in November 1988. |
| 01/29 |
Albert W. Bailey |
No. 1072 at the Curry Hotel in 1950 and
MRS1 no. 1809 in front of the Anchorage Depot. |
| 02/04 |
Bob Focht |
Rebuilt/repainted no. 3015 in the locomotive
shop and its HEP panel/controls. (01/2002) |
| 02/11 |
Albert W. Bailey |
Steamer 802 at the Curry
Roundhouse and number 801 after
its wreck at Nenana. 1950 |
| 02/18 |
Gene Adoline |
Kicking off the addition of the Gene Adoline collection to my web site with
his photo of steamer #703 (1950) |
| 02/25 |
Don Prince |
Three photos (1, 2, 3) from the Healy Roundhouse fire (5/10/1952) |
| 03/04 |
James Sava |
Three photos from the James Sava collection: RSD1 #1054,
SW1 #1202 and Alco RSD1 #1032 (1952, 1951, 1951) |
| 03/11 |
Don Prince |
A troop train south at the Fairbanks depot
loading for the port of Whittier. (151 or 1952) |
| 03/18 |
James Sava |
Four photos (1, 2, 3, 4)
from the Healy Roundhouse fire (5/10/1952) |
| 03/25 |
Robert Krol |
A record breaking snow of 28.7 inches in a 24 hour period coats the
little steam engine in front of the Anchorage Depot. March 2002 |
| 04/01 |
Wayland Ferreira |
Wayland built a second ballast plow car, #12551.
March 2002 |
| 04/01 |
Bob Focht |
The Nordic Ski Club's ski train at Grandview pulled by 3013, 3014, and 3009. February 2002 |
| 04/08 |
Andy Tejral |
The Easter train gliding across the
frozen Alaskan landscape. 3/31/02 |
| 04/15 |
John Waide |
A string of GP40s in the Fairbanks yard.
December 1997 |
| 04/22 |
Robert Ulberg |
Former ARR caboose number 1070 in Washington.
April 2002 |
| 04/29 |
Shane Durand |
Rebuilt GP40-2 number 3009 pulling passenger
cars out of Whittier. (4/29/02) |
| 05/06 |
E.D. Motis |
Alaska Railroad's idea of 'Army Surplus', MRS1 1604 at Anchorage. July 1985 |
| 05/13 |
Andy Tejral |
The tank train on Post Road near the old
Chugach generating plant. March 2002 |
| 05/20 |
James Sava |
Two photos (1 and 2)
of Rotary number three slicing through the snow. |
| 05/27 |
Clara Elge |
The Short train on Trail Lake is just about
to cross Falls Creek and head into the Crown Point siding. |
| 06/03 |
Shane Durand |
Boats! Boats! Boats! On a railroad flatcar, is there anything
more Alaskan in appearance than a boat?
Whittier, 7/18/01 |
| 06/10 |
Shane Durand |
Boat on a flatcar with the Begich Towers
in the background. Whittier, 8/10/01 |
| 06/17 |
Don Marenzi |
ARR 12678 with car &
trailer load. Picture taken at the Puget Sound - Alaska Van Lines yard
in Seattle, WA in September 1968 |
| 06/24 |
Jack Klingbeil |
The Anchorage Roundhouse in 1922. |
| 07/01 |
Matt McCullor |
While Matt was coming back to Anchorage from Fairbanks, he passed these two troop cars with the sign "FOR RENT".
June 2002 |
| 07/08 |
Jim Somerville |
Aerial view of the Anchorage shops.
June 2002 |
| 07/15 |
Mike Cragen |
Aerial view of a passenger train in Moose
Pass. 7/1/02 |
| 07/22 |
Daniel Bowers |
Fairmont motor car, Honolulu, coffee time.
July 1949 |
| 07/29 |
John Henderson |
A Baldwin 2-8-2T originally brought to Anchorage
for the 1967 Alaska Purchase Centennial . |
| 08/05 |
James Sava |
No. 1050-1051 in front of the yard office
(no longer there) in Fairbanks yard, going out on south freight #25.
Summer 1951 |
| 08/12 |
John Combs |
A proud passenger train crossing
Riley Creek trestle and rounding a curve. 7/31/02 |
| 08/19 |
Cindy Lemon |
Four passenger coaches getting a
rebuild at Talgo LRC |
| 08/26 |
Pat Durand |
Summer passenger service to Whittier in 2002 is a
fine string of equipment; a far cry from the hand me downs used for
the past 30 years. 5/30/02 |
| 09/02 |
Don Prince |
Rear view of the rotary snowplow clearing
the line between Anchorage and Seward. March 1969 |
| 09/09 |
Matt McCullor |
The Whittier Shuttle at Bird Creek rest
stop on Labor Labor Day. 9/2/02 |
| 09/16 |
Robert Krol |
The cold outside air and the warm air inside the coach made this condensation
pattern on the outside of a Grandview coach.
September 2002 |
| 09/23 |
Richard Wise |
A northbound Whittier
freight holds at the Portage wye for the empty southbound Seward Passenger
train. 9/15/02 |
| 09/30 |
Kenny Riancho |
Winning caption contest entry: "Excuse me
Sir, I have to get up to the engine so we can leave." June 2000 |
| 10/07 |
Shane Durand |
Two rail barges came in to Whittier.
After the first train and barge departed, the CN barge tied up. 7/5/01 |
| 10/14 |
Carl Freshour |
While in the 714th Railway Operating Battalion, Carl took this photo of number 224 on the rails. 1944 |
| 10/21 |
Jeff Terkel |
Here's my idea of the job I want to do for
the Alaska Railroad. 2002 |
| 10/28 |
Jeff DeBroeck |
Locomotive crane number 109 getting
ready to perform some Maintenance of Way work. 2002 |
| 11/04 |
Mike Presley |
William's Oil Co.'s new switcher CLCX 02113.
October 2002 |
| 11/11 |
Nathan Holmes |
A pair of SD70MACs pulling the southbound
oil express (OX) at Healy, May 23, 2002. |
| 11/18 |
John Henderson |
Rotary fleet moving to the refueling tower
after running to Seward and back April 12, 1969. |
| 11/25 |
Ken Brovald |
The longest passenger train on record
passing through Bird Creek. 9/15/79. |
| 12/02 |
Unknown |
1940s vintage photographs of the Tunnel section
house and the cross over point of the Loop. |
| 12/09 |
Pat Durand |
No snow, no frost, no ice, 47F as Alaska Railroad # 2001 basks in the mid day low sun. 12/6/02 |
| 12/16 |
Jaimie Jones |
Here is the first photo of the ACL 1804 on
Gold Coast Railroad property. November 2002 |
| 12/23 |
Jack Klingbeil |
No. 1050 skirting a snowy Carlo, 1949 |
| 12/30 |
James Sava |
Fairbanks passenger depot in 1951. Both photos (1, 2) are taken from the end of the
track on the main line looking south. |
