Alaska Railroad Videos

MPegs by Harold Emerick (June 1999)

01: No. 3014 leading a passenger train

02: Six locomotives pulling hoppers

03: Locomotive and power car pull a passenger train up a hill

Quicktime videos by John Combs (July 2002)

01: Northbound Seward passenger train crossing Twenty Mile Bridge (160x120, 192KB)

02: Interior of the business car Aurora (160x120, 192KB)

03: Southbound Seward passenger train in a scenic curve (320x240, 704KB)

04: Overhead view of Northbound Seward passenger train passing through a tunnel (160x120, 512KB)

05: Overhead view of Denali Star from overpass at Healy yard (160x120, 656KB)

06: Piggy packer loading a trailer onto a flat car (160x120, 652KB)

07: SD70MAC leads passenger train into Fairbanks depot (160x120, 544KB)

08: Southbound Coastal Classic crossing Snow River Bridge (160x120, 832KB)

09: Aerial view of Healy coal tipple (320x240, 1.7MB)

10: Driving into the Anton Anderson Memorial tunnel heading to Whitter (320x240, 1.1MB)

Quicktime videos by Stewart White

01: Moose Gooser - last steam engine on the line; Kiwanis shipped up for Alaska centennial; #16 on Labor Day 1967; (320x240, 1MB)
02: Moose Gooser - last steam engine on the line; Kiwanis shipped up for Alaska centennial; #16 on Labor Day 1967; (320x240, 724KB)
03: Engineer Stu White blowing horn (320x240, 620KB)
04: Old dormitory at Curry (320x240, 972KB)
05: Rotary throwing snow (320x240, 1.2MB)
06: Rotary throwing snow (320x240, 760KB)
07: Rotary throwing snow (320x240, 780KB)
08: Rotary throwing snow (320x240, 996KB)
09: No. 3002 after hitting a pickup truck (320x240, 600KB)
10: Grandview wreck ? tried to single a double with a bunch of light flats on the head and they string lined them; should have doubled the hill (320x240, 6.1MB)

Quicktime videos by Pat Durand

01: The Alaska Railroad operated a Christmas Special to Seward on December 6, 2003 Three locomotives with 3014 in the lead along with P-30 delivered a 12 car train to the Alaska Railroad Cruise Ship Terminal in Seward. The passengers were greeted to a holiday bazaar in the terminal building and free shuttle bus service to local Seward retailers. The weather was cloudless and 20°F in Seward.The video clip was taken in the shade at Crown Point just after the train crossed the Trail Lakes Bridge. It was 4°F in the Moose Pass area as the train passed through. (320x240, 10MB)

02: On Sunday, July 17th the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad celebrated the 100th anniversary of railroading in Fairbanks by operating 106 year old TVRR Engine #1, downgrade (320x240, 10MB)

03: On Sunday, July 17th the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad celebrated the 100th anniversary of railroading in Fairbanks by operating 106 year old TVRR Engine #1, upgrade (320x240, 10MB)

Mpeg videos by Mike Ferguson

01: Number 2008 pulling out of Quadra Chemical on the Fairbanks airport branch. Number 2008 had just pulled a empty tank and spotted a loaded one in its place. She is crossing a South Lathrop street with horn and bell going. (160x112, 122KB) January 2004
02: Hear the rumbling thunder of two SD70MACS Nos. 4009, 4012 at the south end of the Fairbanks yard. (160x112, 284KB) January 30, 2004
03: 4008 south at Sheep Creek Crossing. (160x112, 636K) March 2004
04: SD70MAC coupling to a tank car. (160x112, 492K) April 2004
05: SD70MAC 4323 pulling a south freight out of Fairbanks. (160x112, 775K) June 2004
06: SD70MAC 4324 starting up. (160x112, 391K) June 2004
07: Four SD70MACs split for distributed power; Sheep Creek crossing about 2:30 pm and the temperature is about -35 (160x112, 1.3MB) January 17, 2005

Mpeg videos by Matt Leistico

01: This was taken at Potter when I was coming back form Girdwood, and wanted to stop to check out the Potter station and happened to catch a southbound train. (320x240, 3.7MB) August 1, 2003
02: A moose as seen from our passenger car from our Seward trip. (320x240, 688KB) June 24, 2003

Quicktime videos by John Combs (March 2004)

01: Chasing 4003 north: 4010 south meeting 4003 north at Birchwood (320x240, 904KB)
02: Chasing 4003 north: 4003 north at Hurricane (320x240, 3.1MB)
03: Chasing 4003 north: 4003 north at Broad Pass (320x240, 1.4MB)
04: Chasing 4003 north: 4003 north just south of Windy (320x240, 644KB)
05: Aurora - Fairbanks to Anchorage: Crossing Mears Memorial Bridge (320x240, 1.6MB)
06: Aurora - Fairbanks to Anchorage: Healy Canyon (320x240, 3.5MB)
07: Aurora - Fairbanks to Anchorage: Approaching Garner Tunnel (320x240, 616KB)
08: Snowfleet north of Anchorage: Clearing snow at Montana (320x240, 700KB)
09: Snowfleet north of Anchorage: View out the front window of Jordan Spreader #9 (320x240, 532KB)
10: Snowfleet north of Anchorage: Clearing the siding at Houston (320x240, 640KB)
11: Snowfleet south of Anchorage: View along Turnagain Arm, "Just another day in paradise" (320x240, 848KB)
12: Snowfleet south of Anchorage: Engineer Frank Armstrong using joystick to control movement of spreader wings (320x240, 636KB)
13: Snowfleet south of Anchorage: View of spreader wing from the rear of the spreader (320x240, 588KB)
14: Snowfleet south of Anchorage: Spreader 9 clearing snow from Spencer siding, "Save the camcorder!" (320x240, 1.4MB)

Quicktime videos by John Combs (August 2005)

01: Whittier barge: unloading freight cars (320x240, 1.8MB)
02: Whittier barge: forklifts unloading containers (320x240, 3.4MB)
03: Whittier barge: forklift unloading an underground tank (320x240, 2.4MB)
04: Feeding a fox cheese crackers and peanut butter in the Anchorage Yard (320x240, 2.2MB)
05: A. S. & G. gravel unloading (320x240, 1.4MB)
06: Southbound Denali Star at Birchwood (320x240, 1.6MB)
07: Work train: Randy riding in thecaboose (320x240, 648KB)
08: Work train: unloading concrete ties (320x240, 2MB)
09: Work train: as close as you'll ever get to a northbound oil train (320x240, 1.6MB)
10: Northbound passenger train at the Ferry bridge (320x240, 2.6MB)
11: Southbound passenger train from the Healy overpass (320x240, 2.1MB)
12: Usibelli tour: Ace in the Hole (320x240, 4.5MB)
13: Usibelli tour: Explosion to remove overburden (320x240, 1.1MB)
14: Jack's MACs: Two scale SD70MACs pull us through the woods (320x240, 1.2MB)
15: Jack's MACs: crossing a wooden trestle (320x240, 1.8MB)
16: Northbound Coastal Classic at West Chester Lagoon (320x240, 844KB)

Quicktime videos by John Combs (November 2006)

01: Whittier barge: unloading pipe gondolas (320x240, 3.2MB)
02: Work train: Old Glenn Highway Overpass (320x240, 4.1MB)
03: Work train: Milepost 206 (320x240, 1.9MB)
04: Work train: Hurricane (320x240, 2.6MB)
05: Work train: Colorado (320x240, 1.7MB)
06: Dwight west four-wheeling it out of Colorado (320x240, 2.5MB)
07: Work train: Between Summit and Broad Pass (320x240, 4.1MB)
08: Work train: New Summit crossing (320x240, 1.1MB)
09: Distributed power on a coal train (320x240, 9MB)
10: Letroporter piggy packer (320x240, 4.7MB)

WMV videos by Andy Tejral

01: Gravel train timelapse taken from the maintenance building (320x240, 2.1MB)
02: Tower cam in Wasilla (at Home Depot parking lot) captures an oil train (320x240, 3.8MB)
03: Pair of locomotives from the Channel 2 Live Van mast camera, 42' in the air. 6/20/06 20 (320x240, 452KB)
04: Passenger train at the Old Glenn Highway overpass 11/11/06 (320x260, 1.8MB)
05: SB freight at Beach Lake Road 12/06 (640x480, 2.6MB)

AVI video by Raymond Hamm

01: Oil can on the Tanana Valley Model Railroad club's layout (2.2 MB)

YouTube video by Steven Katkus

01: Denali Star at Talkeetna 9/2/06
02: Budd RDCs at Talkeetna 9/2/06
03: Denali Express Princess Cruise Train at Talkeetna 9/2/06
04: McKinley Explorer Princess Cruise rail at Talkeetna 9/2/06

Last run of Rotary #3 by Rick Leggett

01: Rotary #3 at Talkeetna 3/2/90 (480x360, 3.7MB)
02: Rotary #3 at Sherman 3/2/90 (480x360, 4.3MB)
03: Rotary #3 at Hurricane 3/3/90 (480x360, 2.4MB)
04: Rotary #3 at Colorado 3/3/90 (480x360, 2.2MB)
05: Spreader #8 at Colorado 3/4/90 (480x360, 2.8MB)
06: Rotary #3 at Colorado 3/4/90 (480x360, 2.5MB)
07: Spreader #8 at Broad Pass 3/4/90 (480x360, 2.5MB)

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