What's New - 2003 Archive
yellow diamondNews: Resumption of coal shipments boosts railroad's revenues - 12/30/03
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand's photos of baggage #58 - 12/29/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added power car #10 - 12/29/03
yellow diamondRosters: More photos of the First Locomotive - 12/29/03
yellow diamondRosters: Keith Ardinger has graced us with an additional four superb photos: #1502, freight car ARCX #2002, #1078 in Portage and #1516 in the Anchorage Yard - 12/29/03
yellow diamondIndustries: More Pat Durand photos for the stub track section - 12/29/03
yellow diamondSnowfighting: Added photos from Lloyd Tesch (ballast regulator #22) and Bruce Gough (Jordan Spreader #9) - 12/29/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: In honor of the holiday season, we got nineteen of them! - 12/29/03
yellow diamondOn the rails: Keith Ardinger sent in three fine photos as holiday presents for you: #1500, #1612, #2504 - 12/25/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad plans on adding coaches, first-class option - 12/23/03
yellow diamondNews: Whittier tunnel reopens after 6,000 pound rock removed - 12/22/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Keith Ardinger's photo of a passenger train in Healy - 12/22/03
yellow diamondIndustries: I started a section on Alaska Mill and Feed three years ago, but it wasn't until Pat Durand interviewed its president to get operational information that I was able to complete this section. - 12/21/03
yellow diamondNews: Emergency Closure of the Whittier Tunnel - 12/19/03
yellow diamondJohn's Bio: For those who are incredibly infatuated with my persona, I have made a bunch of updates to this section. - 12/18/03
yellow diamondModeling: Added more photos of roof shots - 12/18/03
yellow diamondModeling: Started a section of Alaskan trees to help model railroaders make their own - 12/18/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of Art Chase's oil train to the "on the rails" roster - 12/17/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of Jordan Spreader #1 with caboose 1039 to the MOW roster - 12/17/03
yellow diamondModeling: Started a photo list of roof shots of locomotives and passenger cars to help model railroaders make their own - 12/17/03
yellow diamondStories: Art Chase's Spirit of the North Pole - 12/17/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A passenger train pulled by a powerful SD70MAC passes through Talkeetna - 12/15/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos of 500, 522 and 523 to passenger car roster - 12/11/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad's profits top forecasts - 12/10/03
yellow diamondNews: GPS device keeps trains on track, on time, out of danger - 12/10/03
yellow diamondAdmin: I've received a lot of responses regarding my thumbnail survey so far. Therefore, in an effort to make them more readable and helpful, I have changed the format and added descriptions. Let me know what you think. - 12/9/03
yellow diamondRosters: The freight rosters were updated to 11/03 versions - 12/9/03
yellow diamondModeling: Steve Wintermeier's Paint Stripping Tips - 12/8/03
yellow diamondRosters: Major modifications done here including an image map (click directly on the words) and adding pointers to already existing pages. This should make a few of you very happy. Thanks for your input! - 12/8/03
yellow diamondNews: Seward Christmas Special - 12/8/03
yellow diamondPhoto/Audio/Video: Seward Christmas train special video by Pat Durand - 12/8/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Switch maintainers removing snow in -39° F in the Fairbanks Yard - 12/8/03
yellow diamondNews: Cement hopper lease - 12/4/03
yellow diamondBuildings: Added a little additional information regarding the Lumber Storage Shed - 12/4/03
yellow diamondNews: 2004 ARRC poster - 12/3/03
yellow diamondHistorical: Added some insight from Curt Fortenberry on the Command Train - 12/3/03
yellow diamondHistorical: During the cold war, USAF and Army commands went "mobile" and created the Command Train - 12/2/03
yellow diamondOn the rails: A 1973 era photo of a passenger train southbound from Fairbanks at Ester - 12/1/03
yellow diamondBuildings: Added a submission from Pat Durand of the Lumber Storage Shed - 12/1/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No's.2007 and 2008 heading to Fairbanks from North Pole - 12/1/03
yellow diamondIndustries: Pat Durand submitted an awesome section on continuous welded rail - 11/28/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad tracks on Fort Richardson lose curves - 11/24/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 2005 lead a Jordan Spreader and a string of Difco Dump cars loaded with gravel under the Tanana River Bridge and past the Nenana Depot - 11/24/03
yellow diamondNews: Panel says Alaska ferry system should be run like a business - 11/23/03
yellow diamondNews: Distributed power, locomotive modifications, SD70MACs - 11/20/03
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's 2-6-0 #601 - 11/20/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Added another paint scheme for F7A #1520 - 11/20/03
yellow diamondNews: Bridge update - 11/20/03
yellow diamondCreations: And you thought you were an Alaska Railroad railfan. Check out Bob Garner's automobile license plates! Who will be the next to get their custom plates?!? - 11/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Williams sells Alaska holdings - 11/18/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Glacier Discovery train in the tunnel district - 11/17/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad opens new track on Fort Richardson - 11/16/03
yellow diamondNews: Distributed power update - 11/13/03
yellow diamondNews: ARRC to build operations center - 11/11/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Rich Holzapfel's work train - 11/10/03
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage Historic Properties holds benefit - 11/8/03
yellow diamondNews: State courts economic partner - 11/6/03
yellow diamondNews: Leader's visit sparks hopes of more trade wuth Taiwan - 11/6/03
yellow diamondNews: Of Taiwan and 2800s - 11/5/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad eyes link to Delta - 11/5/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Pat Durand sent in photos of numbers 701 and 801 - 11/4/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Made a correction..."coal train" changed to "gravel train." Thanks to Matt L. and Robert K. who caught this error! - 11/4/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Late season 80 car coal train behind numbers 3001, Leasing Corp 2275 and 3004 - 11/3/03
yellow diamondStories: I love "land of the lost" kind of stories. So I am sure you'll enjoy Pat Durand's trip to the Railroad Bone Yard - 11/1/03
yellow diamondMOW: Old photos of rotary #1 and the Russell plow in front of the Curry Hotel- 10/30/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Added steam locomotives #620 and #702 and F7 #1500 - 10/30/03
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks has turn in railroad debate - 10/29/03
yellow diamondModeling: Pat Durand provided a list of existing units for modeling steam locomotives - 10/29/03
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a short section on the leased airdump cars - 10/29/03
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli mine resumes coal shipments to South Korea - 10/28/03
yellow diamondNews: Task force unveils Interior railroad ideas - 10/28/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A roadworthy cab control car # 32 at MacHugh Creek trailing the Whittier train - 10/27/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Troop sleeper number 116 and some containers on flat cars - 10/20/03
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli resumes shipments to South Korea- 10/17/03
yellow diamondNews: Task force to reveal Interior railroad ideas - 10/15/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 4001 at the Noyes bridge - 10/13/03
yellow diamondCreations: You'll go bug-eyed when you see Pat Durand's section on how to create your own E9 #2401! - 10/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Group proposes rail changes - 10/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Accident at railroad crossing - 10/13/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: My favorite lady, number 3015 pulling the passenger train through Talkeetna - 10/6/03
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick custom created for me bicentennial caboose #1776 - 10/3/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska coal once again begins moving to Korea - 10/1/03
yellow diamondAdmin: My mother passed away Sunday so I am currently swamped with various related details (viewing, service, burial, visiting relatives, etc.). I have received lots of stuff from fellow railfans, but it will be several days before I have time to get it online. Please bear with me. - 9/30/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: North Pole's 50th anniversary dinner train - 9/29/03
yellow diamondOn the rails: North Pole's 50th anniversary dinner train - 9/29/03
yellow diamondNews: Northern railway concept earns mixed Ottawa reviews - 9/26/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad settles with state for '99 spill - 9/26/03
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli rehires 6 formerly laid-off employees - 9/25/03
yellow diamondNews: Seward's Centennial Celebration - 9/22/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Seward cruise ship train at Potter- 9/22/03
yellow diamondNews: Contract means Healy coal in Korea - 9/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad to purchase a patrol boat - 9/17/03
yellow diamondLinks: Added John Bagley's 2003 Photo Journal link - 9/17/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad receives $10 million to upgrade tracks - 9/15/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 502 at Nenana depot - 9/15/03
yellow diamondIndustries: Concrete tie siding - 9/11/03
yellow diamondMOW: As per the Picture of the Week, Rich Holzapfel has sent in four new photos (1, 2, 3, 4) - 9/9/03
yellow diamondNews: Extra lane near airport's train tracks will speed traffic - 9/9/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Picking up an excavator at Indian- 9/8/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Added steam locomotive 702 - 9/5/03
yellow diamondMOW: Pat Durand's photo of locomotive crane #110 - 9/3/03
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Photo of a tank car by Jack Klingbeil - 9/3/03
yellow diamondHistorical: Added a Van Cleve (Durand collection) 1906 construction photo of the loop (Warning: This file is 1.2 MB in size) - 9/3/03
yellow diamondHall of Fame: Added Harold Emerick to John's Alaska Railroad Web Page Hall of Fame - 9/1/03
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick strikes while the iron is still hot. Check out his F40 #32! - 9/1/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Tourists arrive at the airport via the Alaska Railroad - 9/1/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad reminds you: please stay off tracks - 8/30/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad signs on for collision avoidance system - 8/26/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A winner of a diorama - 8/25/03
yellow diamondNews: Stevens wants bridge, tracks - 8/20/03
yellow diamondRoster: Here's an article on McKeen cars, Born Thirty Years Too Late - 8/19/03
yellow diamondRoster: Added Bob Focht's photo of #32 to the locomotive roster - 8/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Cab cars, coaches and carmen - 8/18/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Numbers 3011 and 3010 amidst the Seward fireweed - 8/18/03
yellow diamondStories: Added Tom Smith's 2003 Alaska Rail Adventure - 8/14/03
yellow diamondNews: Train depot at fair means big changes -- next year - 8/12/03
yellow diamondNews: Colorado Railcar promotes self-propelled car in Alaska - 8/12/03
yellow diamondRoster: Added Bob Focht's photo of #31 to the locomotive roster - 8/11/03
yellow diamondOn the rails: Bicentennial locomotives at Garner Tunnel - 8/11/03
yellow diamondHistoric News: Added an entry from an October 14, 1919 Alaska Railroad Record entitled, Work of Building Snowshed at Mile 75 is Rapidly Progressing - 8/11/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad thanks Salvation Army with donation - 8/11/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 3011 in the lead on a wintry day - 8/11/03
yellow diamondNews: Keen on a McKeen - 8/9/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought - 8/7/03
  yellow diamondMOW: Tom Smith's photo of locomotive crane #55 - 8/6/03
  yellow diamondFormer roster: Added Tom Smith's photos of 1001, 1027, 1028, 1070, 1500, 1514 and 7123 - 8/6/03
  yellow diamondFormer passenger cars. Tom Smith added photos of numbers 10, 45, 59, 61, 91 and 92- 8/6/03
  yellow diamondCreations: Mike Ferguson has added three new Alaska Railroad creations, GP38 #2005, GP35 #2501 and two hoppers - 8/6/03
yellow diamondNews: The new face of commuter travel? - 8/5/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: David Reed's photo of the tracks at Clear Station - 8/4/03
yellow diamondNews: Former governor named to railroad board of directors - 8/3/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A photo from Wayland's Fairbanks rail excursion - 7/28/03
yellow diamondStories: Added Wayland Ferreira's Denali Star photo journal - 7/27/03
yellow diamondNews: Diesel bus on tracks - 7/27/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought - 7/27/03
yellow diamondStories: Added Tom Smith's 1970 Alaska Rail Adventure - 7/24/03
yellow diamondNews: "New Self-Propelled Passenger Railcar Visits Alaska Railroad" press release - 7/22/03
yellow diamondNews: Washout photos - 7/22/03
yellow diamondFreight/passenger: Began creating a list of former ARR passenger cars. Please help me with additions to this list! - 7/22/03
yellow diamondNews: DMUs, SD70MACs and Cab Cars - 7/21/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought - 7/21/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Jack Klingbeil's 1.7 scale SD70MAC - 7/21/03
yellow diamondCreations: Jack Klingbeil's 1.7 scaled SD70MACs- 7/21/03
yellow diamondNews: Rain disrupt Anchorage-to-Fairbanks train service - 7/20/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad washouts - 7/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Rail travel a washout - 7/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Rain, snow flood Denali area - 7/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Lionel to produce new F3 locomotives - 7/17/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad to buy 8 new locomotives - 7/15/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Mate 2 in the Anchorage yard - 7/14/03
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added Gary Rich's email address - 7/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Whittier reaches agreement with cruise company - 7/10/03
yellow diamondMicrosoft train simulator: Added four new Matt Lestico add-ons, ARR 10161, ARR 10987, ARR 10834 and USA 10913 - 7/8/03
yellow diamondLinks: Added Matt Lestico's "riding the rails" link - 7/8/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad eliminates 'clickety-clack' - 7/8/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad updating track - 7/8/03
yellow diamondNews: HCR2 passes - 7/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Downtown merchants sing the railroad blues - 7/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad receives good, bad news on projects - 7/7/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New cab control unit #31 - 7/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Locomotive rebuilds - 7/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Athearn to create HO scale SD70MAC - 7/7/03
yellow diamondNews: ARRC to buy more SD70MACs - 7/7/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Spreading ballast at Ship Creek flats - 6/30/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two Whittier train scene photos - 6/23/03
yellow diamondNews: Princess to construct docks in Whittier - 6/19/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added the business car Caribou Creek plus an older photo of the business car Denali - 6/18/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought - 6/16/03
yellow diamondSD70MAC: Added production photos to this page - 6/16/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: SD70MAC production photo - 6/16/03
yellow diamondNews: Gas lines moves forward - 6/13/03
yellow diamondFreight/passenger: Added photos of 11 of the 13 orginal Westours rail cars (click on link of each car name). Can anyone send me photos of the Tanana (#512) and the Knik (#56)? - 6/12/03
yellow diamondStories: Excerpts from Charlie Rainwater's Memoirs - 6/12/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos of 2802, 2402 and 1029 - 6/10/03
yellow diamondMaps: Added a PDF map of the new south Anchorage extension - 6/10/03
yellow diamondNews: New track to be placed in service - 6/10/03
yellow diamondNews: Airport depot cleearance issues - 6/10/03
yellow diamondNews: AIDEA sells terminal to railroad - 6/10/03
yellow diamondNews: Gamble: Railroad's role unchanged - 6/9/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Leased power in the Anchorage Yard - 6/9/03
yellow diamondNews: The art of juggling trains - 6/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Airport train terminal is for visitors only? - 6/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Latest scuttlebutt - 6/7/03
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick has added three new Alaska Railroad passenger cars to his roster - 6/6/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 3014 at the fairbanks Depot - 6/2/03
yellow diamondNews: Latest scuttlebutt - 6/1/03
yellow diamondPhoto/Audio/Video: Ten historic video clips by Albert Bailey - 6/1/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska World Trade Center lunch - 5/30/03
yellow diamondCreations: Robert Garner has begun working on steam locomotive number 751/752 - 5/28/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought - 5/29/03
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick has been cranking out a bunch of new HO scale models, P-7, boxcar 10828, 1503 and an anniversary decal for 2005 - 5/28/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added numbers 114 and 303 - 5/28/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad plans Ship Creek development - 5/27/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad's Palmer project on track - 5/27/03
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added Terry Moor, Alaska Railroad heavy equipment mechanic, to my email addresses list - 5/27/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Aerial photo of the Seward coal terminal - 5/26/03
yellow diamondIndustries:The Seward Coal Terminal - 5/26/03
yellow diamondNews: Depot welcomes first tourists  - 5/25/03
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added lobby cards for the movie Runaway Train - 5/20/03
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's HO scale Baldwin #1300 - 5/20/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad gears for $70 million in capital projects  - 5/20/03
yellow diamondNews: Airport train depot open for business  - 5/19/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 3051 in Anchorage - 5/19/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad to test collision avoidance system  - 5/13/03
yellow diamondRosters: Added front and back of the builder's specification card to rotary #3 roster shot - 5/14/03
yellow diamondHistorical: After working on this rascal off and on for almost nine months, I have finally completed it... a section on the famous "Loop" district - 5/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad closer to terminal purchase  - 5/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli plans new power plant  - 5/13/03
yellow diamondHot Link: Get the latest news on what is shakin' at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry at MATI Trains of Thought  - 5/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Dirt and airport depot run  - 5/12/03
yellow diamondNews: Latest scuttlebutt  - 5/12/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Setting a box car on river ice - 5/12/03
yellow diamondNews: ARR open house report  - 5/7/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought  - 5/7/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Freight at Nancy Lake in 1950 - 5/5/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad opens its doors  - 5/4/03
yellow diamondStrange Freight: Andy Tejral sent in an unusual load that I can't identify. Can you? - 5/2/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Added Keith Ardinger's photos of former Alaska Railroad locomotives 1510 and 1512 on the Verde Canyon Railroad - 5/2/03
yellow diamondNews: Terminal buy is on track  - 5/1/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad Corporation hosts open house  - 4/29/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI Trains of Thought  - 4/28/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Keith Ardinger captures a fully loaded rock train at Palmer - 4/28/03
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli deals with year of upheaval  - 4/27/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad gears for $70 million in capital projects  - 4/23/03
yellow diamondIndustries:Central Paving Products Pit - 4/21/03
yellow diamondBuildings:Tunnel section house - 4/21/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A new McKinley Explorer railcar being loaded onto an Alaskan bound barge in Seattle. - 4/21/03
yellow diamondNews: Pipeline could spur railway, Manning says  - 4/19/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Historic P. S. Hunt's photo of No. 265 - 4/18/03
yellow diamondOn the rails: I finally added my photo of the four tunnels - 4/18/03
yellow diamondMOW: Pat Durand's photo essay on the Knik River Bridge Rebuild - 4/16/03
yellow diamondBuildings: Added a submission from Keith Ardinger of the Wasilla Depot painted in bicentennial colors - 4/15/03
yellow diamondNews: Senate backs Fort Greely railroad plan - 4/14/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Keith Ardinger filled in nine from the "Missing Roster Members" list, 1055, 1503, 1515, 1518, 1521, 1523, 1524, 1609 and 1612, - 4/14/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Keith Ardinger also added six photos to the former roster, 1803, 1804, 1806, 1809, 1826 and 1831- 4/14/03
yellow diamondNews: Obituary for Robert Davison - 4/14/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Aerial photo of a new realignment. - 4/14/03
yellow diamondAdmin: Sorry, but my web host service was down for most of the day on April 13. - 4/10/03
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added more information about Runaway Train - 4/11/03
yellow diamondAdmin: I have modified all non commercial e-mail addresses on this site to help combat the junk e-mail problem. Certain companies regularly scan all web pages on the Internet looking for e-mail addresses. They then use this list to send out mass unsolicited e-mail. My solution is to add ARR to the beginning of every e-mail address. After clicking on the email address, please remove the ARR at the beginning. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I am just trying to do my part. - 4/10/03
yellow diamondNews: Whittier's nuisance hulk may become plush resort - 4/9/03
  yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a page for the new McKinley Explorer railcars - 4/9/03
  yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick's gondolas - 4/9/03
  yellow diamondMOW roster: A locomotive crane and cement mixer are part of the refurbishment of the Knik River Bridge - 4/8/03
  yellow diamondStrange Freight: Added Pat Durand's photo of a mangled hopper on a flat car - 4/8/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad considers buying Seward coal terminal - 4/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad posts $9 million profit - 4/7/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad projects aim for efficiency - 4/7/03
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added additional information about the movie Runaway Train - 4/7/03
yellow diamondNews: New cab cars - 4/6/03
yellow diamondNews: Coal facility may reopen - 4/6/03
yellow diamondNews: Why the Alaska Railroad is leasing locomotives this summer - 4/3/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Ooopppss!  I forgot to put up the POTW.  Here are the next two plus a bonus. - 4/3/03
  yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad hauls in 35 percent higher profit - 4/3/03
  yellow diamondNews: Talks could bring back Usibelli coal shipments - 4/3/03
  yellow diamondBibliography: Added to two magazines (gifts from Bob Garner) to the Alaska Railroad periodical bibliography section, Mainline Modeler 3/91 and Model Railroading 3/90 - 4/3/03
yellow diamondCabooses: Added a photo of a string of four cabooses - 4/3/03
yellow diamondNews: Locomotive lease - 4/3/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad cut costs, had profit in 2002 - 4/3/03
yellow diamondMy HO Roster: Added rotary #3 and caboose 1085 - 3/28/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Added #1511 - 3/28/03
yellow diamondCabooses: Added #1070 - 3/28/03
yellow diamondCabooses: Pat Durand contributes a photo of 1022 - 3/27/03
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added remarks from a Vice President from Colorado Railcar concerning the passenger cars in the movie Under Siege II - 3/27/03
yellow diamondBibliography: Added to two books to the Alaska Railroad book bibliography section, A Portrait of the Alaska Railroad and Lavish Silence, A pictorial chronicle of vanished Curry, Alaska - 3/25/03
yellow diamondNews: New HALX cars on the move I - 3/25/03
yellow diamondNews: New HALX cars on the move II - 3/25/03
yellow diamondNews: usibelli hopes coal will head to Korea - 3/25/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New railcars heading to their new home - 3/24/03
yellow diamondAdmin: Let's break out the champagne and celebrate!  John's Alaska Railroad Web Page has reached 100,000 hits! - 3/19/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Keep on truckin' - 3/17/03
yellow diamondNews: Non-exclusive use permit signed - 3/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Trying to resurrect Seward coal export - 3/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Westours railcar update - 3/13/03
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick's cement hopper #14601 - 3/13/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Albert Bailey's photo of two passenger extra's meeting at Windy - 3/10/03
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick's boxcar #10807 - 3/5/03
yellow diamondNews: Road, rail rumors put to rest - 3/5/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad reaches settlement with EPA on fuel spill - 3/5/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad study might help with traffic snarl - 3/4/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Helicpoter view of the Anchorage yard - 3/3/03
yellow diamondNews: Model trains aren't just child's play - 2/24/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Work train locomotives at MP 310 - 2/17/03
yellow diamondNews: Passenger trains get OK in study - 2/20/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad offers to haul snow for Iditarod - 2/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad roadmaster chooses outdoors over desk job - 2/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad bridge work begins - 2/18/03
yellow diamondMy HO Roster: Added two custom painted covered hoppers (14600 and 14607) from Harold Emerick and one agricultural hopper from Frank Dewey bringing my total count to 111 - 2/17/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Steamer 802 in front of the Curry roundhouse in 1950 - 2/17/03
yellow diamondHistorical: Added Albert Bailey's photos of the Lookout to the Curry Hotel - 2/11/03
yellow diamondNews: Derailment, funds and a slip - 2/12/03
yellow diamondCreations:Cement hopper by Harold Emerick - 2/11/03
yellow diamondHistorical: Added Albert Bailey's memories to the Curry Hotel - 2/11/03
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Added Matt Leistico's Microsoft Train Simulator GP30 #2504 add-on - 2/11/03
yellow diamondNews: Bridge work may cut access to Campbell Creek trail - 2/11/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad predicts reduced profits - 2/11/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week:  Work train engine no. 3007 in Whittier during one of their rare sunny days - 2/10/03
yellow diamondHistorical: The Curry Hotel - 2/8/03
yellow diamondHistorical: Bob Yost's photos of the Gold Creek fuel spill - 2/7/03
yellow diamondNews: ARRC to haul Korean coal? - 2/6/03
yellow diamondMOW: ARR extra gang foreman Rich Holzapfel took this beautiful reflection photo of a MOW train at the Portage Y- 2/5/03
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's awesome collection of RS-1s - 2/5/03
yellow diamondNews: Final phase of Alaska's double-track project to begin Feb. 10 - 2/5/03
yellow diamondMOW: ARR engineer Bob Yost sends us photos of Rotary #3 in the old paint scheme, both sides of the Russell Plow and locomotive crane #58- 2/3/03
yellow diamondCabooses: Bob Yost contributes 1018 and 1025 - 2/3/03
yellow diamondOn the rails: Bob Yost's "Snow Face" - 2/3/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Bob Yost contributes photos of 820, 833, 1603, 1611, 1714, and P7 - 2/3/03
yellow diamondStories: Retired Senior Engineer Mike Kopcha shares his career story, "Working on the Alaska Railroad" - 2/3/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week:  Whittier Shuttle exiting portal 3 into Bear Valley on 4/3/99 - 2/3/03
yellow diamondNews: Latest Alaska Railroad Scuttlebutt - 2/1/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad begins DPU testing - 1/29/03
yellow diamondFormer roster: Michael Patrick sent in two photos of 45 tonners #7331 and #7324 and 7249 - 1/29/03
yellow diamondMissing Members List: And Randy Thompson pulls into the lead by submitting seven photos (561, 606, 1501, 1519, 1525, 1831 and 3000) to the "Missing Members List."  - 1/28/03
yellow diamondMOW roster: Casey Durand's photo of a brush cutter.  Can this be considered FRA repellent? - 1/28/03
yellow diamondCreations: Man, I am doing updates to this web site as fast as my little legs will carry me.  Here is Harold Emerick's Williams tank cars and UCM hopper. - 1/28/03
yellow diamondCreations: Here is Harold Emerick's step-by-step guide to kit bashing a GP38 in the new paint scheme - 1/28/03
yellow diamondModeling: Pat Durand has added modeling tips on paint masking - 1/28/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad eyes route to Greely - 1/27/03
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad receives multiple On Board Services awards - 1/27/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No. 3011 in Seward - 1/27/03
  yellow diamondRailroadiana: I added timetables #87, #104 and #105 to my railroad museum - 1/24/03
  yellow diamondNews: Rail bills on track - 1/23/03
  yellow diamondMissing Members List: Pat Durand takes the lead on the race for the "Missing Members List" by contributing 501, 552, 554, 610 and 1   He also sent in a photo 902 and an addition for the strange freight page. - 1/22/03
  yellow diamondModeling: Pat Durand provides tips to add radiator curtains to locomotives - 1/21/03
  yellow diamondFormer roster: Here is a different look to locomotive 1825- 1/21/03
  yellow diamondAlaska Memorabilia: Added "Alaskan Quake" to my museum - 1/21/03
yellow diamondMissing Members List: Michael Patrick ties up the race for the "Missing Members List" by contributing 1608 and 243.   He also sent in photos of GE 45 tonners 7249 and 7356. - 1/20/03
yellow diamondModeling: Master model builder Pat Durand has added modeling tips on adding snow plows and Harriman number boards to locomotives - 1/20/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: GP7L number 1826 in Whittier during September 1968 - 1/20/03
yellow diamondMissing Members List: And Randy Thompson pulls into the lead by submitting another photo (this time of No. 751) to the "Missing Members List."  - 1/18/03
yellow diamondNews: Artist on track - 1/18/03
yellow diamondMissing Members List: Yes!  Another submission to my "Missing Members List." Randy Thompson sent in a photo of 902. - 1/16/03
  yellow diamondHistorical Features: Created a page to hold James Sava's and Don Prince's photos of the 1952 Healy Roundhouse fire - 1/16/03
  yellow diamondRailroadiana: I added timetable #61 to my railroad museum - 1/16/03
  yellow diamondHO Roster: I added another agricultural hopper to my roster. Also, Randy Thompson sent me two McKinley Explorer railcars so I know have all 13! - 1/16/03
yellow diamondMissing Members List: Pat Durand was the first to make a submission to my "Missing Members List" with a photo of 1827 - 1/13/03
yellow diamondNews: MATI preservation plan - 1/13/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad to straighten track - 1/13/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Three photos of rotary #2 - 1/13/03
  yellow diamondSpecial Features: New feature called Alaska Railroad on Film - 1/9/03
  yellow diamondNews: ARRC Project Open House and locomotive update - 1/9/03
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Robert Krol provides a snowy view of the leased Amtrak units and a flat car of engines - 1/6/03
yellow diamondNews: ARRC Project Open Houses begin next week - 1/4/03
yellow diamondMain page: Added the Whittier cam to the main page.  This camera looks toward the loading area and barge.  Use the tracking link on that page to know when a barge comes in so you can view Alaska Railroad barge operations. - 1/3/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad expects drop in revenue - 1/2/03
yellow diamondNews: Railroad projects revenues to drop - 1/2/03

 

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