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| 01/06 | Pat Durand | This image is really not a photo per se. It is composed of millions of data points consolidated from some 40 3D scans taken at the 557 engine house on November 18, 2019. PDC engineering is working with 557 Restoration Company, generating a virtual presentation of the locomotive. Read all about it in the December 2019 Engine 557 Progress Report. Submitted by Patrick Durand |
| 01/13 | Jonathan Fischer | On June 6, 2014 ARR 4324 & ARR 4320 lead the northbound Denali Star. First photographed crossing Riley Creek, just south of the Denali Park depot, the train was also photographed just north of the depot, approaching the grade crossing. For more from this series click here. |
| 01/20 | Frank Keller | Along Frozen Turnagain Arm - Having departed Seward around 1100 a unit frac sand train, something new for the ARR, follows the frozen contours of Turnagain Arm at Indian MP 88 on the Kenai Sub. In the background are the Kenai Mountains, the crew would witness a fabulous sunset as they counted off the remaining 26 miles to Anchorage Yard. This is new business for the Alaska Railroad and hopefully there is more to come. The frac sand was off loaded in super sacks and loaded onto 89’ flats and side dump cars and then covered with tarps for the trip north. The last 6 cars is an equipment move for a local contractor. Taken on January 14, 2020 |
| 01/27 | Frank Keller | Arrival Girdwood - Although the road was plowed for cars they left a bit of a pile on the tracks which 3004 obliterated on impact. While making good speed here they would soon slow to a crawl as they traversed the slide zones ahead. Taken on January 3, 2020 |
| 02/03 | Frank Keller | Broad Pass Meet - The pride of the Alaska Railroad passenger fleet meet at Broad Pass on a daily basis during the summer months. Upon arrival the trains will swap train crews and on board staff so each can return to their respective home terminals. Taken on June 22, 2019 |
| 02/10 | Chris Nuthall | A Seward freight sits in Anchorage Yard just ahead of an evening cloud bank on August 10, 1985. Awaiting departure are 3017, 3012, 3019 and 3002. |
| 02/17 | Frank Keller | Caboose 1092 tags along on the rear of the company work train. Today hauling ballast but this train does it all and is the catch all on the railroad. Whether it be dumping ballast, earthquake related activities or helping the B&B crews the work train gets the job done. In addition it is the only train on the system that covers every piece of the Alaska Railroad, from Seward to Fairbanks to include all of the branches. Seen here at Girdwood beneath the mighty Chugach Mountains. May 19, 2013 |
| 02/24 | Jack Klingbeil | Jack Klingbeil says of his photos, "The Death of 2504. Sitting in the Alaska Metals yard I watched them tear apart a great loco. When the pinchers of the excavator tore into her cab she resisted. After awhile she gave in and with a whoosh of air it was over. However, her prime mover was saved and somewhere in this world is powering another locomotive. This according to the surgeon with the torch." (1, 2, 3) Alaska Railroad employees added the following commentary: Chuck Tenney: "She was a good old Chevy. Loved the big cab on this one." Bill Haggart: "It was more a small living room than a cab, it was the best snow fleet or work train motor huge cab for gear." Ian Frazier: "That’s exactly what I was thinking Bill. We packed a lot of gear in that motor for weeks long work trains. Good memories." Andy Gekeler: "I believe Jason Dennis and I ran it out to scrap in winter 2002. We had to run a white airline hose around it. Scrapped a lot of cars that winter. Camp cars mainly." Bill Haggart: "Andy I just don’t remember when they departed, surprised nobody bought it those old motors always had 1 more rebuild left than in them." Jason Dennis: "I remember hauling that hospital train out there. It was a giant pain in the butt. Had fun working with you thou. Had to chain the knuckles and the whole 9 yards on that." Steve Drassler: "I think at one time there was a couch and two recliners in the cab, it was so roomy. Enjoyed running that old and interesting loco." Bill Haggart: "Fireman’s seat was a recliner pinch bolt removed heater behind that seat slide it forward to your desired back angle." Chuck Tenney: "When Pete Fleming was the engineer and this engine was making the trip . It was always the lead unit . Number one engineer gets what he wants." |
| 03/02 | Frank Keller | Winter's Best - In Alaska the weather can be uncooperative for weeks at a time. Lord knows the Alaska Railroad runs few trains during the short daylight windows during the winter, yet when it all comes together, schedule, train, decent weather, it can be hard to beat. ARR 3003, has a short manifest in tow as they make their way to Whittier. Once in Whittier they will load and unload the Canadian National Barge and then return to Anchorage. All in a 12 hour days work, 33% of which occurred while the sun was above the horizon. February 16, 2020 |
| 03/09 | Todd Shechter | Todd says of his photos, "These photos (1, 2, 3, 4) are of the winter mid-week passenger train preparing to depart the Anchorage depot on the morning of Tuesday 25 February 2020 during a beautiful winter sunrise. 4328 was on lead, with 4327 at the rear." |
| 03/16 | Stefanie Coppock | On March 8, 2020 Stefanie Coppock took the Winter Aurora train and snapped a few pictures that she thought we might enjoy. This photo is the coaches waiting for passengers to board. For more photos from her trip report click here. |
| 03/23 | Brian Reed | Brian Reed says of his photo, "This is the Alaska Railroad picking up some tank cars that we loaded at Crowley that are destined for Eielson Air Force Base." September 14, 2016 |
| 03/30 | Todd Shechter | This pair of locomotives (1, 2) were in the Anchorage yard and had the snow plows attached. The photos have an interesting perspective as they were taken from the C Street bridge. 2/23/20 |
| 04/06 | Frank Keller | Back in the Last Frontier - My first shots since exchanging sand, warmth and the ocean for snow, cold and the ocean. The tide is out along Turnagain Arm as the freight makes its way north to Anchorage a mile or so north of Indian on the Kenai Sub. Quite the winter landscape if you ask me. Glad to be back....I think. Taken on March 13, 2020' |
| 04/13 | Frank Keller | Bridge Over ARR Waters - The bridge crew has removed one span and will set over and replace it with the new span. The bridge that was removed goes back to WWII. It was quite the operation to observe. Knik River, taken on March 21, 2019' |
| 04/20 | Dave Blazejewski | Modern Day RDC? - At first it seems a bit ungainly and dare I say ugly, but after a bit it really does kind of grow on you. I imagine this is how fans felt in 1949 when they gazed at the first Budd RDC polishing the high iron. I probably should have titled this photo "Can you believe I get paid to do this!?" On Thursday the 29th the US Forest Service needed to take a dozen people in to inspect their construction sites at Spencer and Grandview where they are building a series of "whistle stops" and trails only accessible by rail. Since I hadn't been in there in a while I was real interested to see the progress as this is a real exciting project that should draw a lot more people to the railroad. Also, I talked to the ARR's head of passenger marketing about doing some promotional shots of the DMU for future railroad PR use since we weren't on a schedule and there were no conflicting train movements. All in all a great day out on the railroad visiting with employees, our Forest Service partners, and enjoying the stunning fall scenery. For those interested in a bit more detail, this particular spot is the southernmost of five tunnels that come in quick succession between MP 52.7 and 51.8. After exiting this last and final tunnel on the southward climb trains immediately cross the gorge over the Placer River on a 133 foot deck truss bridge all while climbing a steady 2.1% grade. Note: the photographer is a railroad employee with permission to be on the property and was wearing all required PPE while taking this photograph. MP 51.8, September 29, 2011. |
| 04/27 | Robert Krol | Robert Krol made an unusual sighting in the Portage yard on April 24, 2020. I think this would make a great modeling project! ARR 97843 is B&B’s high car for tunnel work. In the past it was used it for placing clearance templates for the DMU and double stack cars. One employee referred to it as "the hunting platform". ARR 97706 is the Continuous Welded Rail's welding plant. One employee referred to it as the "coho duck hunting blinds". Both units on the rails. |
| 05/04 | R. J. McKay | Alaska Railroad EMD GP40-2 with Passenger Extra South, train No. 1 at Houston, Alaska as seen from Passenger Extra 3015 North, train No. 2 on June 19th, 1986. Photo by Alaska Railroad Fireman R.J. McKay. |
| 05/04 | Frank Keller | More than a few summers ago I shot this photo of the Denali Star as they roared through Elmendorf AFB a few miles away from the end of their 12 hour trip from Fairbanks. 2016 |
| 05/04 | Deane Motis | The gods must have liked F7B #1517 as it languished on the line while its brothers and sisters when to F-unit heaven or the lower 48. Anchorage, August 9, 1981. |
| 05/04 | Mike Gerenday | Broad Pass Changeover. Conductors Grant Johnson and Wanda Robinson take the short ride on the front of the northbound Denali Star at Broad Pass after changing crew. Every day in the summer, passenger train crews change at the meet, and both crews end their runs at their home terminal. 9/19/19 |
| 05/04 | Steve Drassler | Work Extra 1522 is in the hole at Girdwood to let southbound freight pass by. 1976 |
| 05/11 | Frank Keller | Standing Tall - After 10 days of gloomy weather I expected more of the same on the first day of my weekend, Friday April 24, 2020, however it turned out to be a spectacular day. As luck would have it I had chores to do and wouldn’t be able to get out for any pictures until Saturday. Looking at the weather forecasts it appeared I might be in luck as my weather app was showing another day of clear skies. As it turns out that is exactly what happened. After waking up and finishing up my final chores and did some checking and discovered the south freight out of Fairbanks was running very late. The train was re-crewed at Hurricane, MP 281.4, and had departed at 0830. It was currently 0915 and my goal was to catch the train at MP 206.4 as they emerged from the woods with Denali standing tall in the background. I live in South Anchorage, roughly at MP 105, so I needed to go north 101 miles before the freight traveled the 76 miles south to arrive at the same destination. By the time I left my house it was 0920. It was a calculated risk but I was fairly confident I could beat the train here. I also knew the train had to traverse a few slow orders so that was in my favor. Luck was on my side, but just barely, I arrived at my desired location at 1100 and the train rolled past at 1105. Pretty good timing I say. As this was the only train on the system, I headed for home. Of course that was the same direction the train was heading so I was able to capture a few more shots along the way. This shot shows Denali and Hunter with the train. Earlier I posted a shot with just Denali and the train. I think I like this shot a bit better. At 20’308 tall Denali stands tall and dominates the background in either view. |
| 05/18 | Chris Paulhamus | Chris says of his photo, "ARR 3001 and ARR 3006, two of the last three remaining Alaska Railroad Geeps to sport the as-delivered black and yellow paint scheme, have been paired together for the past few weeks and tend to hang out near the railroad's engine shops. Photo taken with a Canon Powershot ELPH 300HS." Anchorage Yard, June 16, 2012 |
| 05/15 | Steven Mckay | I'm missing me some passenger trains! Let's hope we see them resume in July. Until this COVID-19 thing gets worked out and tourists begin to reappear we will just have to be content with Steven Mckay's Coastal Classic photo. "The Coastal Classic is northbound towards Anchorage with it's engineer on his final trip before retiring. I met up with Frank Keller and Dave Blaze to chase this train from Portage to Anchorage to capture his last trip. As typical for the days prior to this the sun has once again ducked below the all day clouds and cast an amazing golden light on the train." Portage 9/3/14 |
| 06/01 | Curt Fortenberry | I was coming back from Anchorage today [5/27/20] I just happened to catch the Fairbanks coal train (1, 2) just north of Nenana. When I looked closer I see my reflection in the cab front window standing on the overpass. This was taken at the Parks highway overpass, just north of Nenana, about highway milepost 308 or so. Just south of the Monderosa grill which is MP 309. |
| 06/08 | Dave Blazejewski | Here is an exceedingly rare freight coming north having originated at the very south end of the Alaska Railroad in Seward. This was actually a non revenue move of company bridge girders arriving from the Pacific rim for upgrades to several of the ARRC's aging structures hence it was operating as train 590W a work train symbol. It was cold, windy, and brilliantly clear the train rolled north behind twin SD70MACs swings around the gentle curve at MP 75.5 north of Girdwood with the glacier bedecked peaks of the Chugach Mountains rising beyond at the head of Girdwood Valley. Girdwood, Alaska Saturday March 4, 2017 |
| 06/15 | Earthquake repairs on Potter Hill (around MP104). December 2018 | |
| 06/22 | Art Chase | SD70MAC #4318 sitting in the early morning light waiting to head south with the Aurora. 9/28/06 |
| 06/29 | Ryan Rodriguez | Today (6/28/20) Terry and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary! I am truly blessed to have found my soul mate and best friend. In case you didn't know, she is the reason why this website exists. In April of 1997 my HO scale layout had a wide variety of road names and several serious model railroaders called me out on that fact. So I decided to concentrate on just one road name. What would it be? I asked Terry what she thought. "We loved our Alaska Railroad train ride in 1986 so maybe you could model it." Great idea! Unfortunately, there was only one HO scale locomotive (3015!) and very few cars. Maybe there was more out there and I just wasn't finding them. The Internet was just becoming the rage with everyone so I thought I would create a website to see if others could help me locate more. And the rest, as they say, is history..... Would you do me one favor? Please send Terry a word of congratulations to TerryCombs@woh.rr.com. She would get a big kick out of it! |
| 07/06 | Bill Hess | Finally, for the first time since Sancho (his drone) suffered his mishap, I was able to get drone shots of the train again: Sancho Too at work (1, 2) as ARR Locomotives “The Spirit of North Pole” and “The Denali Star” and the other “Denali Star” keep on chugging up the tracks toward Fairbanks. I still itch from the mosquito bites I suffered while shooting these images. I don’t care - it’s just part of being in Alaska in summertime. Wasilla, Alaska 6/20/20 |
| 07/13 | Brian LeRoy | No. 4317 meandering her way through Healy Canyon along side the Nenana river just as she crosses Bison Gulch. I feel a great sense of accomplishment with today's photos. As some of you know I first scouted this spot long before break up this year. Every time I've been back it's been a different route bushwhacking the entire way. MP-353.8 The railroad is using their single level dome cars as a diner for Adventure class so GoldStar can have their own dining room again and they can spread people apart due to COVID-19. |
| 07/20 | Alex Legrismith | Alex Legrismith says of his photos (1, 2), "The Alaska freight train comes through Healy every morning at a bit before 5 AM. Thought you might enjoy some photos from just a minute ago!" 7/1//20 |
| 07/27 | Bill Hess | Drone footage of the frac sand train at Palmer Hay Flats. 7/8/20 |
| 08/03 | Frank Keller | Jackpot on a nice summer’s eve. While the forecast had been for clouds and rain by evening some pretty big sucker holes had developed. So I grabbed by gear and headed out. My last shot of the night was this one of the Whittier Freight rolling by the work train at Brookman. 7/11/20 |
| 08/10 | Frank Keller | Geep Renaissance: The Alaska Railroad powered a rail train with 5 Geeps. Seen here at Brookman with 3 GP40-2s and 2 GP38-2s in 3 separate paint schemes. To make things even better the rear of the train sported caboose 1093. Brookman, June 27, 2020. |
| 08/17 | John Combs | Well my week did NOT go exactly as planned. I had a non-life threatening health issue arise which landed me in the E.R. The fix? Antibiotics, Vicodin and rest. Rest?!? I have too many things I want to do and rest would just get in my way of accomplishing them. However, extreme pain is an INCREDIBLE teacher so I conceded to spending two days sitting in a chair in front of my computer. Being an armchair railfan gave me an opportunity to rem in en se through my 2000 and 2002 Alaska trips. Forgive my arrogance, but I've done so many incredible things over the past 20 years that I forgot how it all began. My dear friend Randy Thompson was the magical person who really initiated and immersed me into "hands on" Alaska Railroad railfanning. He packed in dusk to dawn ARR activities for 13-14 days straight which took us up and down the line and everything in between. So many things we did back then no railfan would be able to do today. Safety, security and liability have taken their toll. With that said, I am grateful to so many people who gave me opportunities that created memories that last a lifetime. My first "working vacation" was in 2000 and I switched between using a traditional 35mm film (slides) camera and as well as something that had just entered the market for the first time.....a digital camera. This item was more of a novelty as the resolution wasn't very good and it did strange things to bright colors. Two years later technology had perfected these digital cameras significantly, but they were still had a long way to go. For my Alaska 2002 trip I invested in a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F707. Looking back today I realized I should have stuck with my old 35mm camera as significant cloud cover (i.e. lack of bright light) made for murky shots. When I had good light the colors would sometimes be off. This is the case for my July 30, 2002 photo of an oil train at MP 346. The SD70MAC yellow is too bright and slightly funky. A Frank Keller or Dave Blazejewski Adobe PhotoShop session could turn this photo into an ARRC calendar contest winner, but I like it the way it is. Even though the DSC-F707 fell short, the photo fondly reminds me of those times were I was walking with giants. As with some many of our activities, Randy knew EXACTLY where and when we needed to be. Two SD70MACs pulling tank cars against a mountainous Alaskan backdrop was truly an awesome sight. Williams Oil was one of the largest customers of the Alaska Railroad, shipping an average of about 100 cars per day of refined petroleum products from their North Pole refinery down to the Anchorage terminal. The bulk of the rail cars -- some 80 a day -- carry jet fuel for use at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. In 2001 the Alaska Railroad set daily, weekly, monthly and annual records moving more than 710 million gallons of fuel along its rail line without incident. Petroleum made up most of the freight revenue for the railroad, about $35.7 million in 2001. Ah, the memories! |
| 08/24 | Bill Hess | I BLEW THE ASSIGNMENT! But I kind of like the picture, anyway. The assignment was to shoot a Sancho the drone picture from about 100 feet in front of the train, looking over the top all the way to the last car. The only place I could think of with a long enough straight away was the Palmer Hay Flats, from the trestle over the Knik River to the curve pictured here - about two miles. I drove to a spot near the curve and launched Sancho for a preliminary look. The light was just wrong. It would have come in at the train from a hard right angle and the setting sun would have been so low that the trees to the west of the tracks would have put the train completely in the shadows. I packed Sancho back up and bugged out to this place. I wanted to drive the trail at left as far as I could, but the only way onto it was through a narrow gap through concrete over a mound of earth of no consequence to a four-wheeler, but which I felt certain my Ford Escape would high center on. I parked and walked the trail as Sancho flew just on the other side of the wall of trees, high enough for me to keep him in sight. The trail ended at a concrete retaining wall rising over a pond just beyond the bottom edge of this picture. I flew Sancho out over the pond, turned his eye to look down the track and saw the tiny headlights of the train, coming fast. I positioned Sancho as best I could and pushed the shutter button at the last instant. Many cars followed those you see here. I have another idea on how I might yet get them all in one picture but due to diminishing daylight have only a few days at best for the right conditions to come together. 8/17/20 |
| 08/31 | Elizabeth Pohjola | Operation Lifesaver needs to holds seminars for bears as it appears they are unaware train tracks are private property; it's illegal trespass and highly dangerous. Elizabeth Pohjola caught these very unique photos (1, 2, 3, 4) at the Ship Creek Trail on July 4, 2020. She commented she missed the shot when they entered the trail right next to her!  |
| 09/07 | Todd Shechter | Here are a few photos from the morning of July 16, 2020 as the northbound Aurora prepares to depart Anchorage. The northbound is running Saturdays and Mondays until September 13. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
| 09/14 | Frank Keller | Alaska Denali Star Summit - The pride of the Alaska Railroad passenger fleet curves the beautiful fall colors just north of Summit Alaska just a few miles south of Cantwell, Alaska taken on September 6, 2008. |
| 09/21 | Dave Blazejewski | Chasing the Sun Fall is short in the last frontier and the opportunity to shoot trains in brilliant colors is limited to a week or maybe two at best. With passenger service cut back from daily in each direction to one north to Fairbanks on Saturday and returning south to Anchorage on Sunday the chance of shooting one with great color is usually a one shot deal. This particular September I got lucky and as the first Winter Aurora (train 235S) was coming south on Sunday afternoon I headed up north of Eklutna to a location about 30 miles north of Anchorage for this shot. I mucked in through the permafrost bog to get trackside near MP 143 and waited. The train's scheduled time came and went due to them getting hung up by a MofW crew. With but seconds of light left they finally curled into view and I lucked out with the last light turning the scene aglow. Here two MACs lead 4 cars (two coaches, a diner, and a bag car) past the foothills of the Chugach Mountains ablaze in fall colors as the mile high peaks beyond are already shrouded in snow. Eklutna, Alaska |
| 09/28 | Steve Brown | Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3012 (built 1978) leads the Fairbanks to Anchorage Aurora passenger train across the Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska. June 25, 1991. |
| 10/05 | Brian LeRoy | Brian LeRoy grabs a fairly unique shot of a potassium nitrate delivery along Healy Spur Road near the Golden Valley Electric Association's Healy Clean Coal Plant. 10/1/20 |
| 10/12 | Moe Odell | The Alaska Railroad purchased some brand spanking new flat cars. These are 100 ton 89’ general service flat cars allowing for the loading of four (4) 20 foot containers and combinations of 20, 28, 40, 45, 48 and 53 foot containers. Numbers 18601-18607 arrived on the barge 10/7/20 while numbers 18608-18617 will arrive around 10/21. For more photos click here. |
| 10/19 | Tonia Burrough | Under the category, Photographs I wish I had taken, is Tonia Burrough's eye popping shot, "Afternoon hike along the Turnagain Arm was glorious!" 10/11/20 |
| 10/26 | Brian LeRoy | Under the category, photographs I wish I had taken, is Brian LeRoy's eye popping shot. He says of his photo "The setting sun is providing just the right amount of light for this shot, but the days are getting shorter, soon this part of the canyon will be too dark for photos." The winter passenger train with several gondolas added for the U.S. Air Force added to the end makes its way through Nenana Canyon at Bison Bridge. 10/18/20 |
| 11/02 | Frank Keller | Wider View of Healy Canyon It seems like the railroad is constantly working in, on or around Healy Canyon. This relatively short Canyon is full of numerous side canyons that the railroad has to cross. These crossings are a constant source of maintenance as when it rains the side canyons will often send a barrage of rocks causing either a rock or mud slide. Taken on September 11, 2012 |
| 11/09 | Brian LeRoy | SD70MAC #4319 doing its impersonation of a steamer in -20 degree temperatures. This picture is just a humorous composition as the steam is from the stacks at the power plant in the distance behind it. Healy yard, 11/02/20. For more photos of this shoot click here. |
| 11/16 | Bill Hess | This afternoon, I posted a picture of rain, falling on our snow, ruining it. I mentioned the rain was forecast to turn back into snow and expressed my hope it would. It did. Alaska Railroad Locomotive 4317, leading the Aurora Winter Passenger Train through Wasilla en route to Anchorage on the once-a-week return trip from Fairbanks. I took some pictures of the passenger cars that followed. They appeared to be empty, except for one passenger - a spooky looking passenger. I’ll save that one for tomorrow. Wasilla, 11/9/20 |
| 11/23 | Frank Keller | On Solid Ground - It is difficult to catch a freight in good light in Healy Canyon. As the freights generally run at night only on the longest days of summer does one get the opportunity. And of course then you need cooperation from the weather Gods. Well it all came together on the morning of June 22 around 5:45 AM the sun had cleared the mountains and brightened the canyon floor. The train has just passed the Garner section house and is on the new section of railroad built to bypass the tunnel below me. Healy Canyon is an extreme maintenance issue for the railroad with the exception of this section of fairly newly rebuilt rail. Taken on June 22, 2019 |
| 11/30 | Chris Starnes | Export coal loads from the Usibelli coal mine south of Fairbanks roll across the glacier-fed waters of Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, Alaska on a beautiful late summer day. September, 2010 |
| 12/07 | Brian Saul | Bryan Saul says of his photo, "A train of Seaway trailers snakes its way through the loop district on its way to Seward in the 1980" Mike Gerenday adds, " This photo really shows the elevation gain in the loop, awesome!" Frank Keller adds, "Sure wish that business still existed." Bryan Saul replies, " It was unfortunate that it was so short lived. Seward was a busy port in those days. Suneel, reefers of fish, Harbor fuel, ship loads of pipe for the slope, export logs, etc." Pete Mejia asks, "Why did Sealand dock in Seward and not in Anchorage back then?" Bryan Saul replies, " Seaway Express was an entirely different company. They operated a weekly triple decked barge service from Seattle. They were only in business for a few years, ending service around 1986." Steve Drassler adds, "Dynamic brakes were a godsend coming down that hill. Going up the hill was tough. One time, on a work train with 20 loaded air dumps and underpowered with two or three of the old F7 covered wagons, we stalled on that hill. I had RFE Weaver Franklin with me. Weaver said "let's back up and take another run at it." I thought "Oh, No, not a good idea. " The conductor said "I'll be standing on the rear step with my handset, ready to bail off if you get going too fast and I'll wave at you as you go by." We assaulted that hill three times, didn't make it, wound up doubling over to Hunter on the other side. That was a long and interesting day. " |
| 12/14 | Mike Gerenday | The AuRoRa Polar Express. It was a cold morning at the Historic Anchorage Depot with temperatures at 0 degrees (30 below 0 at my home). As it's become tradition the locomotives that pull the weekend trains are decorated with Christmas lights and wreaths for the month of December. Saturday was the first run of the festive units. Folks along the railbelt, keep an eye out for our Alaskan Polar Express. 12/05/2020. Please note that these photos were taken on the public side of the platform. |
| 12/21 | Brian LeRoy | Brian LeRoy says of his photo, "North bound AuRoRa looking rather festive this evening." Riley Creek Trestle, 12/5/20 |
| 12/28 | Dave Blazejewski | Holiday Cheer In The Last Frontier - It's a half hour before sunset but with low clouds hanging in the mountains and fresh falling snow it's pretty dark at about 3:15 PM. An afternoon Holiday train has made the scenic journey south from Anchorage along Turnagain Arm about 25 miles to Indian. Here the crew is pausing to swap ends before starting back north. SD70MAC 4318 imparts a festive holiday mood bedecked in red and green flashing lights and wreath on her nose. Indian, Alaska Saturday December 3, 2016 |
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