What's New 1998 Archive
 
Yellow DiamondNews: Locomotive and Pick-up Truck Collide - 12/30/98
Yellow DiamondFreight and Passenger Cars: Added FREDs, EOTDs and defect detectors to the Caboose page - 12/28/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad Isn't Trail System - 12/28/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Three pix this week - 12/28/98
Yellow DiamondHall of Fame: By virtue of his tireless contributions to these pages, Robert Krol is hereby added to the John's ARR Hall of Fame - 12/21/98
Yellow DiamondJohn's Alaska Railroad Page: Main page has received 10,000 hits! - 12/21/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Mystery Theater: What happened to this caboose? - 12/21/98
Yellow DiamondEmail Addresses: Added Stefan Nicolai's Christmas card photo to his email address listing - 12/19/98
Yellow DiamondNews: MOW crews look for pull-aparts; ARRC holds Christmas Party - 12/17/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Casey Durand's photo of #3007 - 12/16/98
Yellow DiamondFreight and Passenger Cars: Added another photo to the gondola page - 12/16/98
Yellow DiamondFreight and Passenger Cars: Added TankTrain section - 12/16/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: One of Rich Holzapfel's great MOW shots! See the ARR Photos section for more - 12/14/98
Yellow DiamondAt a Glance: Association of American Railroads 1996 Summary of the Alaska Railroad - 12/11/98
Yellow DiamondEmail Addresses: Welcome onboard to Frank Armstrong, ARR Conductor - 12/10/98
Yellow DiamondMaps: Added Clear, Eielson, Whittier and Seward Yard maps plus updated Fairbanks - 12/8/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Rich Holzapfel's second installment of extra-gang 1998 - 12/8/98
Yellow DiamondNews: ARRC Approves $5 million to straighten track - 12/8/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Robert Krol's photo of the ARRC HQ building in Anchorage - 12/7/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: An excellent pair of Randy Thompson pix! Old POTW moved to the photos page - 12/7/98
Yellow DiamondStories: Bad news in the saga of Shane Stoddard being hired by the ARR - 12/5/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Rich Holzapfel's first installment of extra-gang 1998 - 12/5/98
Yellow DiamondEmail lottery: Announced the winners for the month of November - 12/1/98
Yellow DiamondMcKinley Explorer: Added all eleven car histories - 12/1/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: MRS-1 #1605; moved last week's potw to photos section - 11/30/98
Yellow DiamondStories: Latest update to "Hired by the Alaska Railroad" - 11/27/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Rescanned my pix of 3015 and the old Denali Depot - 11/27/98
Yellow DiamondModeling: Added a Z scale modeling section with photos - 11/25/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Mike Barton's 1976 photo of number 1804 - 11/23/98
Yellow DiamondEarthquake: New section! How the 1964 Good Friday earthquake affected the Alaska Railroad - 11/20/98
Yellow DiamondIndustries: Sea-Land - 11/20/98
Yellow DiamondNews: ARRC to Consider Selling Locomotives - 11/19/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Added link to Chris Vaill's Alaska Railroad Photos - 11/19/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Added link to Northwest Rails which supplies some tidbits regarding the Alaska Railroad - 11/18/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Caboose roster by Randy Thompson - 11/17/98
Yellow DiamondStories: Latest update to "Hired by the Alaska Railroad" - 11/16/98
Yellow DiamondNews: ARRC to Use Positive Train Separation System - 11/16/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Russ Watson's pic of the ARR in British Columbia - 11/16/98
Yellow DiamondStories: Rich Stoler's trip report - 11/13/98
Yellow DiamondNews: "Sheriff, it looks like there's a new railroad in town!" - 11/10/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Added link to Alaska Video Pictures (has ARR and WP&YR videos - 11/9/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Post your caption for Robert Krol's photo - 11/9/98; Kevin Kwiat's photo (former potw) moved to photos section.
Yellow DiamondAlaska Facts: Gave this section a little shot in the arm (additions are shown in red). For kids cramming to get a last minute report done, this page is a dream come true! - 11/4/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Kevin Kwiat's photo of number 1508 in New York - 11/2/98
Yellow DiamondLottery: Announced two winners for October - 11/1/98
Yellow DiamondNews: New money fuels Ship Creek basin projects - 10/29/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Extra MAPCO Train Nixed - 10/27/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Derailment press release and publishing status of Nicholas Deely's latest book - 10/27/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Articles now listed newest first - 10/26/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: A pair of Robert Krol pix. Ken Reuben's pictures of the week moved to the photographs section - 10/26/98
Yellow DiamondMy HO layout: Added Difco dump car to my HO roster (custom painted and assembled by Robert Krol using Curt Fortenberry's custom decals - 10/25/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Derailment Cleared - 10/25/98
Yellow DiamondEmail addresses: Added Ben Butler, ARR ticket agent in Whittier, AK - 10/24/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Equipment Update, More on the Derailment - 10/24/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Adam Flores' O scale roster - 10/24/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Southbound Whittier Train Derailment - 10/24/98
Yellow DiamondStories: Continuing Saga of Shane Stoddard Pursuing ARR Employment - 10/22/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Randy Thompson's 1503, 1802, 2801, 2802, 2807, 2809, 3019 and Matt McCullor's 3003 and 3020 - 10/22/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Railroad Hits the Jackpot - 10/22/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Ken Reuben's WWII era photos - 10/19/98
Yellow DiamondBibliography: Added Alaska Railroad Cab Ride video - 10/16/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Added GM EMD link - 10/14/98
Yellow DiamondEmail addresses: Added Louis Friend from Worthington, PA - 10/14/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Randy Thompson's Denali NP photo; moved old potw to photographs section; sorry the potw was late - I had server problems! - 10/12/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Thumbnails return!!! - 10/9/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: New pix of 2005 (2), 3006 and 3017 - 10/8/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Whittier Man Arrested for Driving in Tunnel - 10/7/98
Yellow DiamondBibliography: Added 6 new videos and pictures of some items - 10/6/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Added four new links (3 photo, 1 software) - 10/6/98
Yellow DiamondEmail addresses: Added from Robert Krol Whittier, AK - 10/5/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Jeff Child's command cars; moved old potw to photographs section - 10/5/98
Yellow DiamondAward: My ARR site won the TrainNet Web Gem Award! (see main page)- 10/3/98
Yellow DiamondModeling: Nothing new, just reworking pages for simplicity - 10/2/98
Yellow DiamondNews: New item on Leasing ARR locomotives - 10/2/98
Yellow DiamondFreight and passenger cars: New pix on Difco dump car and gondola pages - 10/1/98
Yellow DiamondARR Freight and Passenger Cars: Halliburton Pneumatic Railcar: - 9/30/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Added Jeff Child's nos. 2502, 2805 and 3014 - 9/29/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Robert Krol's pix of sold locos; Ken Reuben's 1944-45 ARR RS-1 photo moved to ARR photos page - 9/28/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Added P30, no. 3004 and no. 3015 - 9/26/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Added item on SD70MAC delivery - 9/25/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: Added spec sheets for locomotives - 9/25/98
Yellow DiamondLinks: Added eight new interesting links - 9/23/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs: I have completely revamped the pix section; new photos, enlargement of most of the smaller photos, page is broken down into categories, eliminated thumbnails for faster loading (will probably add a thumbnail link for each photo later on). The scanner is smoking! - 9/19/98
Yellow DiamondMy HO Layout: I got an IHC snow plow! - 9/14/98
Yellow DiamondPicture of the Week: Matt McCullor's ARR boxcar - 9/14/98
Yellow DiamondEmail addresses : Added Thomas Koole from Springfield, OH - 9/6/98
Yellow DiamondTerminology: Added section on train crews - 9/4/98
Yellow DiamondMisc: New banners for history, stories, what's new pages; enhanced Hall of Fame page - 9/4/98
Yellow DiamondWeb Page Operations: Fixed several bad links, wrong backgrounds, etc. - 9/4/98
Yellow DiamondRoute Maps: Added Anchorage maps and Adobe Acrobat link; removed .eps files - 9/4/98
Yellow DiamondRoute Maps: Page still under testing (feedback needed) - 9/3/98
Yellow DiamondEmail addresses : Added Adrian Walby from England - 9/3/98
Yellow DiamondWeb Page Operations: Fixed page bar (for good?) - 9/3/98
Yellow DiamondEmail Lottery: September's email lottery winners - 9/2/98
Yellow DiamondIndustries -UCM: Added coal tipple info - 9/2/98
Yellow DiamondMy HO Layout : Got a new N scale boxcar - 8/31/98
Yellow DiamondStories : Jan Wertz's 1998 Trip Report - 8/31/98
Yellow DiamondStories : Frank Dewey's Gravel Train Operation - 8/31/98
Yellow DiamondPhotographs : Moved Matt McCullor's POTW to photo section. - 8/28/98
Yellow DiamondWeb Page Operations: Changed page buttons to page bar. - 8/26/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Added item on GP-7s and More - 8/26/98
Yellow DiamondNews: Added item on scrapped locomotives - 8/24/98
Yellow DiamondEmail addresses: Added John Bienkiewicz from Australia - 8/23/98
Yellow DiamondWhat's New Page: Added this page. Do you like it or not? - 8/23/98

 
 

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