News: Curry
rebirth? -
12/29/05Stories:
Remembering Curry was
a story submitted nine days ago by Ralph Omholt. Well, he decided to supersize
it for you. It now has over 13,000 words and almost 30 photographs and drawings.
Enjoy! - 12/28/05Bonus:
Here is an extra Art Chase photo of three
new SD70MACs pulling a southbound oil train -
12/26/05
Picture
of the Week: 16 photos
of the December 20-21, 2005 North Pole oil train -
12/26/05News:
Budget calls for railroad link analysis -
12/23/05Rosters:
Added engineering drawings for
1503, 1551-1154, 2003-2008,
2801-2804, 3001-3015
- 12/22/05
Classified
Ads: Bachman HO Alaska Railroad
Diesel Express - 12/20/05News:
Carlile meets growing demand with Tacoma facility -
12/20/05News:
Binkley joins GOP race -
12/20/05Retired
Passenger Cars: A December 22, 1949
letter requesting
retirement of coaches nos. 20 through 24 - 12/19/05Stories:
Remembering Curry by
Ralph Omholt - 12/19/05Picture
of the Week: Six photos
of my favorite lady GP40 #3015 - hopefully my future Christmas present! -
12/19/05Special
Features: Added an article
on the bicentennial caboose
to the Bicentennial Colors section - 12/17/05Historical:
Added a letter regarding
the conditions of the buildings to the historical section on Curry
- 12/17/05Retired
Passenger Cars: A.E.C. 1922 purchase
order for three passenger cars from the Great Northern Railway Co. -
12/17/05
News:
Christmas train -
12/17/05News:
Air Marshals to Guard Trains, Ferries -
12/14/05Stories:
Jerry Peters, retired ARR Master Mechanic, tells two stories of working
on the snow fleet - 12/14/05Rosters:
Added commentary by Jerry Peters to
#1065 - 12/14/05Creations:
Robert Krol's HO scale
F units -
12/13/05News:
Northern rail extension update -
12/12/05Creations:
Robert Krol's GP49 #2808 -
12/12/05Classified
Ads: Herald King Alaska Railroad
loco decals - 12/12/05Picture
of the Week: Generous
John provides three historic photos from the Jack Klingbeil collection -
12/12/05Freight/Passenger:
Curt Fortenberry sent a photo of ASGX
#606 for the hopper car section - 12/7/05
Picture
of the Week: Station
men at work in rock cut, mile 37, Turnagain Arm division, AEC Railway -
12/5/05Picture
of the Week: Passenger
train on ice -
11/28/05News:
Moose struck by trains to become food for needy -
11/26/05Rosters: Added
four Pat Durand bridge photos to my bridges
roster,
Tunnel Divide, Seward
Highway Underpass Divide, Seward
Highway Overpass, Seward
Highway Underpass Primrose - 11/24/05News:
Refinery expansion plans scrapped -
11/24/05Modeling:
Here's section 7 of
Pat Durand's 550 series Class Consolidation assembly instructions. Now that
you have all his instructions, get building! - 11/21/05Alumni:
Jody Moore paid a visit to caboose #1070 and sent us two
photos of our wandering girl -
11/21/05Picture
of the Week: Railroad
graffiti -
11/21/05Rosters:
Jerry Peters sent us an engineering
drawing for locomotive #23 -
11/18/05
News:
Scrap passenger cars -
11/17/05News:
Kenai fertilizer plant looks to coal to keep operating -
11/17/05Classified
Ads: Copper River and Northwestern
items - 11/15/05Rosters:
Adding another piece to the historic puzzle, #23 -
11/14/05Picture
of the Week: A
postcard showing Seward before the 1964 earthquake -
11/14/05News:
ARR's new passenger cars status -
11/13/05News:
One dead, 20 injured in Seward Highway accidents -
11/12/05Rosters:
Additional photos of #1505
and #1839 -
11/11/05Creations:
Pat Durand keeps cranking out those quality HO scale steam
locomotives. This time it's 4-6-2 #902 -
11/10/05Modeling:
Pat Durand submitted an article on Adding
Extra Electrical Pickup -
11/9/05Creations:
Here's a very clever idea by Stian Sørby - build an
HO scale model of No. 1500
from the movie Runaway Train -
11/7/05Industries:
Thanks goes to Pat Durand for submitting UNIVAR
USA -
11/7/05Picture
of the Week: Snow
plow -
11/7/05Admin:
Pat on the back time...my main page has surpassed a quarter of a
million hits! -
11/6/05Rosters:
Added 19 Anchorage Museum of History and Art (AMHA) building
photos: Anchorage car shop,
Fairbanks
coal tipple, Fairbanks depot,
Healy looking north,
Matanuska, Matanuska
water tank, Matanuska
water tank, McKinley Park
Station, and section houses: Dunbar,
Gold Creek, Healy,
Honolulu, Hurricane,
Pitman, Sherman,
Summit, Talkeetna
and Whitney - 11/4/05Rosters:
Added 10 AMHA former freight photos: boxcar
#809, flatcar #2099,
dump cars, gondola
#50056, gondola #6076,
kitchen cars, gondola
#13289, piggyback,
gondola loaded with cars,
tank cars - 11/4/05Modeling:
Started a new section which provides large prototype
photos for modeling purposes -
11/3/05News:
Rails to smooth work at port -
11/1/05Rosters:
Added 27 AMHA loco photos: 6,
213, 224,
266, 301,
315, 315,
401, 551,
552, 554,
555, 557,
557, 557,
562, 601,
610, 618,
620, 801,
801, 1018,
1508 and 1514 -
11/1/05Picture
of the Week: Virginia Gray's "reflections" and Jim Somerville's
aerial shots - 10/31/05News:
Dearly departed still carouse in some of city's popular haunts -
10/29/05Historical:
Seven Anchorage Museum of History and Art (AMHA) photos were
added to the "Building
the Railroad" section - Anchorage
terminal yards looking west,
Anchorage
harbor, passengers
from Anchorage walking over snow, passengers
walking over snow, Anchorage
terminal yard and Farmer
John Whitney - 10/27/05Rosters:
More AMHA photos: Nice aerial photo of the Anchorage
yard in 1952 and Number
2000 at Bird Creek
, "At
Your Service" delivery trucks -
10/27/05Rosters:
Fourteen AMHA photos of cabooses - 1006,
1010, 1025,
1065, 1066,
1071, 1072,
1072, 1073,
1075, 1083,
1776, eight
in a row, interior
- 10/27/05Rosters:
Here are two AMHA photos of locomotive #152
- 10/26/05Rosters:
Adding two AMHA Russell
photos
- 10/26/05Rosters:
Adding six AMHA bridge photos to my bridges
roster,
Healy, Hurricane
Gulch, Milepost 350.3,
Riley Creek Trestle 1
and 2 and Talkeetna
- 10/26/05Rosters:
I scoured my site to connect all the bridge related photos
to my bridges roster
- 10/25/05News:
Rebuild units in Galesburg - 10/24/05News:
McKinley Explorer railcars spotted - 10/24/05Links:
Added a link to Richard
Elgenson's Glacier Discovery Train photo journal - 10/24/05Picture
of the Week: Watching a northbound train of cruise ship passengers pass
by - 10/24/05Rosters:
Stewart Sterling's photo of a burned out #1514
- 10/21/05News:
Units arrive for rebuild - 10/19/05Freight/Passenger:
updated all cruise ship passenger cars services - Holland
America, Princess, Royal
Celebrity - 10/19/05Snowfighting:
Additional photos of the recoiless
rifle - 10/17/05Current
passenger car roster: Added photos of MRRT #353
- 10/17/05Strange
Freight: A fire
truck on a flat car
- 10/17/05Stories:
Wanna know what the ARR's Glacier Discovery trip is like? Then check out
Matt Leistico's trip report
for a glimpse of what's in store. - 10/17/05Picture
of the Week: Three photos from unknown photographers
- 10/17/05Retired
passenger car roster: Snatched a photo of #5413
off eBay - 10/16/05
Rosters:
Caboose #1072 in
red paint
- 10/16/05Creations:
A drop dead awesome HO scale #301
kitbashing project by Pat Durand - 10/15/05News:
More Princess cars spotted - 10/15/05Rosters:
Added a photo of a Purcell
security truck to the MOW section
- 10/14/05Rosters:
Two "on the rails" photos from my August trip -
inside the tunnel and Princess
cars crossing the Alaskan wilderness
- 10/14/05News:
Princess cars spotted - 10/14/05Industries:
Added Flint Hills Resources
- 10/13/05Special
Features: Added Kim's
Forest Bed and Breakfast to the lodgings
section - 10/13/05Creations:
Here is three of Robert Krol's latest
projects - 10/12/05Rosters:
Some of my building photos from my August trip - Whittier
passenger terminal, Anchorage
depot, Fairbanks depot
and Anchorage Operations Center (AOC)
- 10/11/05Rosters:
Here are some of my photos from my August trip - caboose 1074e,
MP15
#1554 and SD70MACs #4320,
#4321, #4322,
#4323 - 10/11/05Picture
of the Week: Rail welding train -
10/10/05News:
Senate approves billions for military -
10/9/05News:
Consist changes - 10/8/05Creations:
Pat Durand's commissioned
passenger train - 10/7/05Rosters:
Todd Schannuth
submitted a little additional trivia on P-32
- 10/7/05News:
"Yard Goat" gets a makeover -
10/7/05Video:
Andy Tejral took this
ultra-cool timelapse of the gravel
travel unloading (2.1MB) - 10/5/05News:
Alaska Railroad to build new facility in Cantwell -
10/6/05News:
Papa Pilgrim arrested - 10/6/05Current
passenger car roster: Replaced 19 old passenger car photos with ones
from my August 2005 trip - 10/4/05Rosters:
R.J. McKay sent us a slew of photos! Here are a few for your enjoyment:
#3015 at Windy, himself
at the end of track in Fairbanks, getting
water at Garner, himself
at the controls, Whittier
shuttle at Portage, RDCs
at end of track in Seward, #3014
emerging from a tunnel, Whittier
shuttle, #3006 after
a derailment, #2401,
Tour Alaska domes cars in
the Anchorage yard. and a land
advertising boxcar. - 10/4/05Modeling:
Here's section 6 of
Pat Durand's 550 series Class Consolidation instructions - 10/4/05Picture
of the Week: Planes and trains -
10/3/05Internet
web camera petition: Everyone needs to sign this online
petition so we can convince the ARRC to install an Internet web camera!
- 10/2/05Rosters:
Added photos of Denali
(new) and Anchorage depots
- 10/1/05News:
Students get inside look at Alaska Railroad
- 10/1/05Stories:
After working on my Alaska Railroad August
2005 trip journal for over a month, it is finally ready for you to enjoy!
- 10/1/05Creations:
More HO creations from Nigel
Curtis - 9/29/05Video:
Sixteen videos from my
August 2005 adventure - 9/27/05Creations:
UK resident Nigel Curtis shows off his GP49
#2809 - 9/27/05Picture
of the Week: Aerial view of the Grandview train - 9/26/05News:
Rebuild locos on the move - 9/23/05News:
'Rambo Range' is shutting down - 9/23/05News:
Authorities attempt to clean up Peterson Creek area
- 9/23/05Rosters:
Thanks to Don Marenzi, we now have online photos of numbers 20,
208, 239,
285 and 614
- 9/22/05News:
Former McKinley Explorer railcar deliveries -
9/22/05News:
MRRT dome car scuttlebutt
- 9/22/05Picture
of the Week: I have had multiple people send me information on Rotary
#4, the current POTW. However, Jason Kuehn remarks seem to be all encompassing
so I posted them. - 9/20/05Rosters:
Added a little additional historical information to #301
- 9/20/05News:
Updates to the article, "Royal
Gorge Route Railroad purchases Holland America railcars"
added in red - 9/20/05Rosters:
Stewart Sterling sent a photo of MRS1 #1715.
If anyone can send me a photo of #1717 then I will have a complete online
photo collection of all the MRS1s. - 9/19/05Picture
of the Week: Rotary #4 - 9/19/05News:
Former McKinley Explorer railcars
purchased by Alaska Rail Tours - 9/17/05News:
Royal Gorge Route Railroad purchases
Holland America railcars - 9/17/05Creations:
Harold Emerick has finished his HO scale layout.
Now you can see efforts from start to finish! - 9/16/05News:
More on Princess refurbishing - 9/16/05News:
Princess refurbishing - 9/13/05Rosters:
Added to the caboose roster 1070
and 1081 - 9/12/05Creations:
Added current photos and information for Steve Katkus' 1.8
scale RDC-3 #701 - 9/12/04Freight/Passenger:
John Taubeneck continues
to research Alaska Railroad cranes and I have made his current updates to
his historic locomotive crane roster.
- 9/12/05Email
Addresses: Added the email address for ARR railfan Steve Katkus - 9/12/05Picture
of the Week: Yes, I know I haven't posted any web page updates this
week. I've been busy working on my online ARR trip journal. Maybe in another
week or so I'll have it ready for your review. In the meantime, to keep
you happy, I have posted two POTWs. Now put down that baseball bat! - 9/12/05Classified
Ads: Portland and Montreal Passenger/Tourist
Service - 9/11/05Picture
of the Week: Delivering new concrete ties - 9/5/05Railroadiana:
Added photos of all the new ARR memoribilia I got while in Alaska: posters,
pins, hats, clothing, historic brochures, mugs, corporation documents, etc.
- 9/3/05Creations:
Robert Krol's HO scale MP-15 #1551
- 9/3/05News:
Locomotive rebuilds - 9/2/05News:
Enjoying the ride to the fair - 9/1/05News:
Latest rumors and scuttlebutt - 9/1/05News:
State, railroad aim to smooth Wasilla rail traffic - 9/1/05News:
Workers on last full-service rail road in U.S. love their jobs - 9/1/05Admin:
I'm back from Alaska! - 9/1/05Admin: I
will be gone until August 30 riding the rails in Alaska! Don't cry now,
but there will be no updates until I return. - 8/13/05Picture
of the Week: Since I will be in Alaska for the next two weeks, here
are the next three Pictures of the Week (and a little early too!) - 8/13/05Rosters: Two
Keith Christenson photos of numbers 1 and 225 -
8/13/05Classified
Ads: Out-of-print "Railroad" and "Traction" books -
8/10/05Rosters:
Marv Miller sent us an awesome photo of a WWII railmobile
- 8/8/05Email
Addresses: Added the email address for ARR railfan Stewart Sterling
- 8/8/05Picture
of the Week: A pair of color photos of steam locomotive #902 - 8/8/05News:
Train station may be in city's future - 8/7/05News:
ARRC Names Seward Passenger Dock to Honor Former Railroader - 8/3/05News:
Alaska Railroad tightens security - 8/3/05News:
Alaska Railroad launches TrackWatch - 8/3/05Picture
of the Week: To help you cool down as you begin the month of August,
how about a pair of cool Keith Ardinger photos! - 8/1/05Links: Added
a link for RailServe which
provides links to over 10,000 web sites all over the world - 7/31/05 Modeling: Here's
section 5 of Pat Durand's 550 series Class Consolidation
instructions - 7/27/05Admin: Condolences
to my wife Terry whose cousin was one of the Scout leaders killed in
the tragic National Jamboree accident. - 7/26/05News: Industrial
access a concern in Fairbanks rail realignment - 7/25/05Picture
of the Week: Passenger car #5206 is in need of some repair - 7/25/05Video: Two
videos of 106 year old TVRR number 1 - 7/22/05Modeling:
Pat Durand's latest installment (section
4) on building an Alaska Railroad HO scale 550 series Class Consolidation
using the new TC S160 kit - 7/21/05News:
Engine #1 spry at 106 - 7/19/05Freight/Passenger:
John Taubeneck has
been doggedly researching Alaska Railroad cranes. I have made updates to
his partial historic locomotive crane
roster. Can anyone add more entries to this??? - 7/18/05Picture
of the Week: Another stunner from Rich Holzapfel, a work train at Riley
Creek trestle - 7/18/05News:
Friends, family mourn death of Willow teen - 7/17/05News:
Teen was sleeping on train tracks - 7/17/05News:
Friends mourn boy killed in train accident - 7/17/05News:
Boy was sleeping on tracks - 7/17/05News:
Boy hit by passenger train - 7/16/05News:
Boy killed by train - 716/05News:
Passenger train kills boy sleeping on tracks - 716/05News:
Train strikes, kills 13-year-old - 716/05Rosters:
Thanks to Bob Garner, we now have photos of retired passenger cars #87,
#5416,
#7008, #7073,
#7074 - 7/13/05
Freight/passenger
cars: Bob Garner also sent a bunch
of boxcar photos (8012, 10351,
10717, 11402,
11723, ARCX
3011) which I added to the boxcar page
- 7/13/05
Rosters:
E9A #2402 in its previous life as MILW #202A,
#32A and Amtrak #434.
He also provided us with a color photo of Mate
1 as well as cabooses 1078
and 1079. - 7/13/05
Sounds:
Stewart Sterling sent us a nice collection of 1981-1982
Alaska Railroad sounds - 713/05News:
Ice carving contest group reaches agreement with railroad
- 711/05Picture
of the Week: Supersize that model layout, please! - 7/11/05Rosters:
I'm beefing up some of the photo rosters: First, a brand new photo of
#1, Next, you'll find new photos at the bottom of these pages: #570,
#3015, #3013,
HEP-1, #1512/1510
and #1502. Also added photos
of dome 7021 and
boxcar 10474. Thank you eBay!
- 7/9/05
John's
Railfan Page:
Well, it only took me seven years, but I finally added a few photos from
our Durando &
Silverton and Glacier
Express trips - 7/9/05News:
Low Speed Derailment North of
Talkeetna: Passengers Being Bussed - 7/9/05News:
Repairs and leases - 7/8/05News:
Comparing our super railroad to Amtrak is unfair - 7/8/05News:
Alaska Railroad web site - 7/7/05News:
Secretary Mineta says Alaska knows how to run a railroad - 7/7/05Creations:
A fabulous HO scale steam locomotive #551
by Pat Durand - 7/6/05Classified
Ads: New ad for Prince books - 7/5/05Freight/Passenger:
Thanks to Steve Peck at Colorado Railcar manufacturing for providing construction
photos for ARR nos. 651
and 652, Holland America railcars
and Princess - 7/5/05
Modeling:
Pat Durand has added three
new sections on building an Alaska Railroad HO scale 550 series Class
Consolidation using the new TC S160 kit - 7/5/05Picture
of the Week: Numbers 4014 & 4002 on northbound oil train at MP129
- 7/5/05News:
Passenger train evacuated after smoke spotted - 7/2/05Modeling:
Pat Durand has built an Alaska Railroad HO scale 550 series Class Consolidation
using the new TC S160 kit. Here
is the kick off page for it. Look for step-by-step construction instructions
soon.- 7/1/05Links:
Added a link for the new Alaska Railkroad section at Phil's
Loco Page - 6/29/05
John's
Railfan Page:
Added a section on my recent Rocky
Mountineer trip - 6/28/05Alumni:
Steve Noland spied boxcar No.
10264 in Morton, Washington - 6/27/05News:
Locomotive #1 is beginning to shine - 6/27/05Picture
of the Week: The Glacier Discovery
at Potter's Marsh - 6/27/05News:
Freight train derails near Nenana - 6/17/05Admin:
I will be offline until June 25. The website will remain operational. -
6/15/05Picture
of the Week: Flood plain bridge
- 6/13/05News:
Crews clear out railroad tunnel; traffic resumes - 6/10/05News:
Moody Tunnel clear for travel - 6/9/05News:
ARR passes the 49 MPH limit - 6/9/05News:
Tunnel trouble throws tourism off-track - 6/9/05News:
Railroad worker recovering from work-related injuries - 6/8/05News:
Alaska Railroad employee injured by falling debris - 6/8/05News:
Rock slide blocks tracks near Denali - 6/8/05News:
Tunnel failure an inconvenience for railroad - 6/8/05News:
Rock slide in tunnel closes Alaska Railroad - 6/8/05News:
Rockfall near Denali upsets rail travel - 6/8/05News:
Moody Tunnel collapse - 6/7/05Admin:
I have moved all files from my "Alaska Railroad East" site (German
server) to this server. You should not notice any change. However, if errors
or broken links are found, please be sure to let me know. - 6/7/05Creations:
Harold Emerick has gotten a little farther along on his HO scale layout
- 6/6/05Creations:
Mike Ferguson's tank cars
- 6/6/05Picture
of the Week: Tank train at Honolulu
- 6/6/05Admin:
My Internet Service Provider (ISP) has finished moving my domain to a new
server thus giving me 3GB of storage. All of this should be transparent
to you. However, if you discover problems then please be sure to let me
know. In the days and weeks to come, I will add a few new features. I have
already implemeted a new search engine. I'm toying with the idea of adding
an online chat room and a few other doo-dads. Stay tuned... - 6/2/05News:
A big week for Alaska Railroad - 6/1/05Admin:
On Thursday the website will be going down for 24-72 hours. My Internet
Service Provider is moving me to a new server which will increase my server
space from 500MB to 3GB! - 6/1/05News:
Alaska Railroad is there to help - 6/1/05Alumni:
Ex-Alaska Railroad #51
is alive and well in Oregon - 6/1/05Rosters: Check
out this eye popping photo of tank
cars roaring through Healy -
5/30/05Rosters: Thanks
to a sharp eyed Nathan Holmes we now know where old passenger car
7033 lives -
5/30/05News:
Alaska Railroad awarded $24.8 million to upgrade tracks -
5/30/05Picture
of the Week: Five PsOTW
in honor of Memorial Day - 5/30/05News:
Canyon upgrade - 5/25/05News:
Alaska Railroad Holds Dedication and Open House at New Depot
- 5/25/05Rosters:
Renaud
Chodkowski's photo
of a southbound passenger train approaching the Girdwood area - 5/24/05Rosters:
Stewart Sterling brings us fresh photos! Here are roster shots #1806,
#1807, and a slew of photos
of my favorite babe, Number 3015 - on the rails 3015
along Turnagain Arm, and in the yard with
a 3014 number board and at the Anchorage
Depot - 5/24/05News:
New Alaska Railroad cars offer travel in style
- 5/23/05Rosters:
Added a photo of dome
car #7013 - 5/23/05Strange
Freight: A flat
car full of wheel sets
- 5/23/05Rosters:
Put in an updated photo for #2007
- 5/23/05Picture
of the Week: The MOW train right at the Portage/Whittier
Wye, about 5 miles north of the Portage glacier turnoff.
- 5/23/05Historical:
Added another section on the 714th Railway Operating Battalion - Alfred
Lambert's tour of duty - 5/18/05News:
Montana car status - 5/18/05Picture
of the Week: Locomotive 562 is shown near Birchwood
with Sleeping Lady on the distant horizon
- 5/16/05News:
Cruise ships bring rush of people, money into Whittier
- 5/15/05News:
Passenger car delivery status
- 5/15/05Classified
Ads: New ad added - 5/14/05News:
View just got better on the Alaska Railroad
- 5/12/05Rosters:
Replaced Eielson AFB switcher #4903
photo - 5/10/05Rosters:
Raymond Hamm catches number 3001
used as a switcher at Eielson AFB - 5/10/05News:
Rail link to Yukon finds friends, foes
- 5/10/05News:
Rising coal prices fuel Sutton re-mining project
- 5/9/05News:
Holland America cars leaving Fort Lupton, CO for AK
- 5/9/05Picture
of the Week: A double feature - new McKinley Explorer
railcars and the Fairbanks open house
- 5/9/05News:
Dome car status - 5/7/05In
remembrance: Sad news to report that Albert
Bailey passed away
- 5/6/05News:
ARRC to lease domes -
5/4/05E-mail
Addresses: Added Kevin Grady to our list of contacts
- 5/4/05News:
Denali (ARR #1) status
- 5/4/05News:
Alaska and Canada team for railroad study
- 5/3/05Rosters:
Pat Durand has provided us with eight photos from the Jerry Ware collection,
nos. 266, 312,
313, 501,
505, 552,
555 and a pair
of snow slide shots - 5/2/05Picture
of the Week: Two pix from the ARRC's April 30th
open house - 5/2/05News:
Frank Turpin, railroad, oil leader, dies
- 5/1/05Creations:
Added the finished photos for Pat Durand's fantastic 2-8-0
#562 - 4/29/05News:
ARR 651-652 deliveries
- 4/27/05News:
More ARR domes from CRM
- 4/27/05Rosters:
William Smith has provided some historical information on the two GE
80 tonners at Clear AFS - 4/27/05News:
Princess car usage - 4/27/05News:
UP baggage cars to get ARR colors
- 4/26/05News:
Alaska and Canada to join in railroad study
- 4/26/05Picture
of the Week: The Princess domes have reached the
shores of Whittier - 4/25/05News:
King Salmon Derby cancelled
- 4/24/05News:
ARR 651-652 deliveries
- 4/22/05News:
Ex-Gen. Ralston named to railroad's board
- 4/22/05Alumni:
While on a road trip, Art Chase spotted alumni 601,
602 and 1571
. Looks like they all need a good caretaker! - 4/22/05News:
DPU on gravel trains -
4/19/05News:
Bi-level passenger cars, 651 and 652
status - 4/19/05News:
Groundbreaking ceremony kicks off train depot construction
- 4/19/05News:
Railroad's tough ties save trees
- 4/19/05News:
First gravel train of the season
- 4/19/05News:
Alaska Railroad has a new operation center
- 4/19/05News:
Ties with a twist: Track underpinnings made of concrete
- 4/18/05Picture
of the Week: The Denali in Whittier
- 4/18/05News:
Railroad opens new operations center
- 4/17/05News:
Princess and Denali railcars
- 4/16/05Links:
Added two new links - Find out what trolley transit is like in my home town
of Dayton, Ohio at Tom's Dayton
Trolley Transit page. Also, check out travelling the rails through Alaska
at Alaska Rail Tours.
- 4/15/05 Complete
roster: While in Spain, Philip Wormald did a little
research on the steam locomotives sold to FC Langreo in 1958. You'll find
his information here.
- 4/14/05Picture
of the Week: Work train crossing Riley Creek bridge
in Denali Park - 4/11/05News:
ARR 651-652 deliveries
- 4/6/05News:
Push revived for Canadian rail connection
- 4/6/05Picture
of the Week: A Cat 320C Self propelled Excavator
- 4/4/05News:
Alaska Railroad reports record profits
- 4/3/05News:
Princess Cruise Line ultradomes
- 4/3/05Creations:
Pat Durand's fantastic 2-8-0 #562
using the S160 imported kit- 4/2/05News:
New ARR passenger cars status
- 4/2/05News:
Alaska Railroad Release 2004 Annual Report: Record Earnings top $ 15 million
- 4/2/05News:
Record year on the rails for Alaska’s trains
- 4/2/05Stories:
Nicholas Deely shares an excerpt from a booklet he is writing for his family
entitled, "Pages From The Past." The story is called "On
To Honolulu."
- 4/1/05News:
April Fool's spoof delights railfans
- 4/1/05Freight/Passenger:
Thanks to John Taubeneck for
providing a partial historic locomotive
crane roster. Can anyone add more entries to this??? - 3/28/05Picture
of the Week: The Easter Special
- 3/28/05Modeling:
Pat Durand's FP7 Steam Generator Housing
- 3/25/05Creations:
Harold Emerick has installed bridges on his layout
- 3/24/05News:
Princess cruise lines cars - 3/24/05Historical:
Added another photo to Carolyn Nore's Postcards,
etc. You will find it at the bottom of page
two. - 3/23/05Picture
of the Week: SD70MAC No. 4014 pulls
out of the North Pole refinery heading up a seemingly endless stream of
tank cars - 3/21/05News:
Rails deliver big to state economy - 3/17/05News:
Mayor hops aboard railway bandwagon - 3/17/05Creations:
An O scale GP7 #1805 from
Robert Krol - 3/14/05Picture
of the Week: Ballast train at Happy;
was on it's way to the washout site - 3/14/05Creations:
Harold Emerick's layout
is really beginning to take shape - 3/11/05News:
Locomotive status - 3/10/05News:
Number 4008 at Harbor Island - 3/8/05Historical
Features: Started a section on locomotive
turntables. If you have more information, please contribute to this
section. - 3/7/05Creations:
Randy Thompson makes his mark on the Creations page with his Alaska
freight containers and SW-1
#1203 - 3/7/05Classified
Ads: If you are in need of early
ARRC posters then check out the latest entry in the free classified ads
section - 3/7/05Picture
of the Week: Jordan Spreader No.
9 making the snow fly at Montana - 3/7/05News:
Ex-ARR #1800 gets a repaint - 3/6/05News:
City may add 4 parking garages downtown - 3/3/05Picture
of the Week: Number 3014 heading
up a northbound passenger train at Denali Park Depot, circa 1987. - 2/28/05Creations:
Harold Emerick has kitbashed a whole bunch of HO scale railcars and locomotives.
Finally, he has found a little bit of time to begin working on a layout
to run them. - 2/22/05Strange
Freight: A motorhome
hitches a ride on the train
- 2/22/05News:
Alaska Railroad upgrades to first class with luxury cars - 2/22/05Picture
of the Week: This night shot will
brighten up your day! - 2/21/05News:
ARR 4008 heads home - 2/17/05Email
Addresses: Added John Clum's address.
Although he currently lives in Bellevue, NE, he will be moving to Eagle
River, AK in June. Lucky dog!!! - 2/17/05News:
ARR passenger car bid - 2/16/05News:
More ARR passenger car info - 2/16/05Creations:
Durand's F9Am #1523 and #1524
- 2/15/05News:
A view of the ARR's new passenger car - 2/15/05Creations:
Durand's GP7 #1803 and #1826
- 2/14/05News:
Princess summer railroad runs - 2/14/05Picture
of the Week: Three photos from Trainmaster
Warren Redfearn - 2/14/05Rosters:
Added a Curt Fortenberry photo of #1510
in bicentennial paint - 2/8/05News:
Underground ice slab holds up railroad track work - 2/8/05Admin:
My web hosting service was down for about 12-15 hours. I'm sorry if you
were unable to get your daily dose! - 2/8/05Creations:
Added Harold Emerick's GP49 #2801
and #2809 - 2/7/05Email
Addresses: Added Dave VinZant's
address. If you like his Lego GP38 then you might want to send him an e-mail
requesting the directions. - 2/7/05Creations:
Added Dave VinZant's Lego GP38
- 2/7/05Picture
of the Week: This week's entry is
a mystery. Can you solve it? - 2/7/05Historical:
Added yet another section on the 714th Railway Operating Battalion - A.
J. Reinhardt's photo album - 2/3/05Rosters:
Okay, so I am looking through the ARR items on eBay and see that there are
some slides for sale. I get to thinking that I don't have enough photographs
on my web site for you fine folks to view. So I bought, scanned and uploaded
them for your amusement - #1500,
#1508, #1512,
#1530, #1530,
#1611, #1801,
a bicentennial unit pulling a passenger
train, an A-B-A set,
passenger in beautiful wilderness,
Nos. 1530 and 2501 in the Anchorage
Yard, an unlikely pair,
Nos. 1610 and 1506 and No. 1510
in a very busy Nenana Yard. Besides it gives me the opportunity to label
them "courtesy of the John Combs collection." Yowza! - 2/3/05News:
MEA looks to build new plant - 2/3/05
Email
Addresses: Added Pat Douglas, ex-ARR
locomotive engineer - 2/3/05Creations:
Added Jeff DeBroeck's cabooses #1081
and #1093 - 2/1/05News:
Financial Advisor Services - Tax Exempt Bonding - 2/1/05Picture
of the Week:
Ex-ARR locomotive engineer Steve drassler and one of our bicentennial ladies
- 1/31/05Admin:
Happy birthday to me! I turned 45 today! -
1/29/05Rosters:
Here is a Steve Drassler (ex-ARR locomotive engineer) photo of 7356
- 1/28/05News:
4008 status - 1/28/05Alumni:
Pat Durand spotted a beautifully refurbished 1776
in his hometown of Eagle River, Alaska - 1/24/05Strange
Freight: Why are all these gravel
hoppers over half empty?
- 1/24/05Rosters:
Added two Russ Wood photos of a Bridges
and Buildings truck - 1/24/05Historical:
Added six operations cards to Carl
Freshour's 714th Railway Operating Battalion (see bottom of page) -
1/24/05News:
Noise Relief - 1/24/05News:
The Denali Express - 1/24/05Links:
Added a link to MyAlaskaModelTrains.com
- 1/24/05Picture
of the Week:
A bicentennial F7 unit in the lead of a passenger train in the summer of
1976 - 1/24/05News:
Railbelt utilities may join forces - 1/23/05Video:
Mike Ferguson provides our first
distributed power video using four SD70MACs - 1/18/05Picture
of the Week:
Oil train at the refinery - 1/17/05News:
Building Anchorage -- Alaska Railroad - 1/15/05News:
4008 repair - 1/14/05Admin:
I try not to bore you with the little changes on this web site. Just in
case you're interested I've made a bunch of additions to the following pages
over the last couple of months: awards
(added quotes), periodical
bibliography, Railroadiana,
site index, overview,
historical highlights, mileposts,
snowfighting, O
scale modeling, and I Need Your Help.
So if you're bored then you can check out these tweaks and additions. -
1/13/05Historical:
Added Georgiana Llaneza's earthquake
story (bottom of page) to my earthquake page -
1/10/05News:
Status of Budd dome 512 - 1/10/05News:
SD70MAC HEP test and derailment - 1/10/05Picture
of the Week:
A misty morning in Portage - 1/10/05News:
Alaska Railroad ready to move on Ship Creek -
1/8/05Classified
ads: I am now offering a free classified ad section for railroad related
items only - 1/8/05Route
Map: Added two photos of Rainbow
docks and surrounding area - 1/7/05News:
Railroad looks at growth to Fort Greely, whistle changes -
1/6/05Historical:
Added a brief section on the McKinley
Park Hotel. At one time it was owned by the Alaska Railroad. - 1/5/05News:
Coastal Trail could extend to Ship Creek -
1/5/05News:
Locomotive derails near Talkeetna - 1/5/05News:
Tax fight sends rail cars to winter in Wasilla -
1/5/05Special
Features: Added a Bob Focht photo to the motorcars
and speeders feature
- 1/3/05Rosters:
Added Bob Focht's photo of three
cruise ships in Seward on the same day -
1/3/05Picture
of the Week:
FIVE photos for 2005! - 1/3/05Hall
of Fame: New inductees to John's Alaska Railroad
Web Page Hall of Fame
are Art Chase, Shane Durand, Michael McGowen and Deane Motis - 1/1/05