What's New - 2006 Archive
yellow diamondHistorical: Thanks to Don Prince for providing newspaper photos of the 1972 truck/train collision at Houston, and the documents Winter Operating Conditions on the Alaska Railroad (circa 1963), History of the Army's Assistance and Operation of the Alaska Railroad during World War II, - 12/28/06
yellow diamondNews: More Whittier info - 12/27/06
yellow diamondNews: Merry Christmas from buried Whittier - 12/26/06
yellow diamondNews: Transportation department, railroad agree to split grant - 12/26/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Not a creature was stirring - 12/25/06
yellow diamondStories: Virginia Gray's latest journal entry., Switching Cleaning 101 - 12/22/06
yellow diamondNews: ARR to purchase DMU - 12/22/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad will clean boats and cars fouled when oil spewed from engine - 12/19/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad puts the torch to old oil diesel spill near Bird Point - 12/19/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Palmer Colony Christmas train - 12/18/06
yellow diamondNews: GP49s sold - 12/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Rail spur project fueled by coal ambitions - 12/13/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad removes contaminated soil - 12/12/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: P-31 flanked by fall colors - 12/11/06
yellow diamondStories: Sherry Hetzler shares two historical stories, "Railroad Brats" and "Life at 20 Mile" - 12/8/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Added Sherry Hetzler's earthquake story - 12/8/06
yellow diamondStories: Working the coal train: Check out Virginia Gray's latest journal entry. - 12/7/06
yellow diamondVideo: Andy Tejral's winter freight train clip from Beach Lake Road - 12/5/06
yellow diamondNews: Locomotive hits rock, spills fuel on Alaska Railroad tracks - 12/5/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad accident - 12/5/06
yellow diamondNews: Train Strikes Rock Causing Locomotive Fuel Tank Leak - 12/4/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad diesel spill misses Turnagain Arm - 12/4/06
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Updated Pat Durand's email address - 12/4/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A pair from railfan Robert Krol...of serpents and paint schemes - 12/4/06
yellow diamondNews: The Denali business car returns! - 12/1/06
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage port could move coal for Agrium switch - 11/28/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Fairbanks depot night shot - 11/27/06
yellow diamondNews: Congressional bill includes Fort Wainwright provisions - 11/26/06
yellow diamondStories: Excitement! Virginia Gray graduated from the National Academy of Railroad Sciences as a student conductor and is returning to Alaska! Check out her latest journal entry. - 11/25/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two from Bob LaMay's June 2006 railfan trip - 11/20/06
Yellow DiamondRoute Map: Thanks to Ken Rice (and Mark Earnest) for providing these aerial photos of Whittier. These can be found at the bottom of the page. - 11/17/06
yellow diamondAdmin: In the near future I will begin making major organizational changes to this website. Parts of it have become too convoluted or unwieldy so I am going to due a total reorganization. Pardon the dust during this construction process. - 11/17/06
Yellow DiamondRoute Map: Added photos of forklifts loading containers onto a barge - 11/15/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest adds (at the bottom of each page) of five hoppers, one flatcar, three tank cars, two boxcars and two gondolas - 11/15/06
yellow diamondVideo: Andy Tejral's winter passenger train clip from the Old Glenn Highway - 11/14/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two from our recent Alaska Railroad trip - 11/13/06
yellow diamondIndustries: Added four interior shots of the Usibelli coal tipple - 11/10/06
yellow diamondModeling: Jeff McCrea adds four more custom made HO scale locomotive to his roster - 11/10/06
yellow diamondModeling: Master modeler Dieter Stehli shares more photos of his HO scale locomotive creations - 11/10/06
yellow diamondNews: The Denali business car to return - 11/9/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be offline until November 9 - 10/31/06
yellow diamondNews: School children take the Sea Train - 10/30/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Next two weeks worth - 10/30/06
yellow diamondNews: Latest SD70MAC order - 10/26/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Rail grinder! - 10/23/06
yellow diamondRosters: Photos of the brand new "temporary" section house at Portage - 10/21/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest has been keeping me very busy with photos (at the bottom of each page) of eight hoppers, one flatcar, nine tank cars, four boxcars and thirteen gondolas - 10/21/06
yellow diamondCreations: Peter Parker's locomotive photos - 10/21/06
yellow diamondHistorical: I've added two more years of Railbelt Reporters - 10/17/06
yellow diamondCreations: Six months later Dominique Ney sends us more photos of his garden layout now featuring his new SD70MAC - 10/17/06
yellow diamondNews: GP49s are on the chopping block - 10/17/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: ARRC's mobile emergency response and training assets - 10/16/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad offers transportation for AFN delegates - 10/13/06
yellow diamondRosters: eBay purchase of #1831 - 10/9/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two from Robert Krol, of semis and saddle bags - 10/9/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Under some foggy skies, Mark Earnest gets photos (at the bottom of each page) of one hopper, one flatcar, one tank car, two boxcars, two gondolas, eight containers - 10/6/06
yellow diamondRosters: Many thanks to Mikel Levine for sharing his collection 1512, 1518, 1522, 1526, 1821, 7109, Mate 2, four GP35s in a row, five black and yellow locomotives in a row, passenger train at Fairbanks Depot, F7 nos. 1514 and 1509, F7s and tank cars - 10/6/06
yellow diamondRosters: eBay purchase of #2401 - 10/6/06
yellow diamondNews: Artrain rolls into Fairbanks - 10/6/06
yellow diamondRosters: Before it is gone forever, Mark Earnest takes some photos of the soon-to-be-replaced Placer Creek bridge - 10/5/06
yellow diamondHistorical: I've added a few more Railbelt Reporters and with help from co-worker Tom Morrow, have improved the viewing format. I hope you like it! - 10/5/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest adds (at the bottom of each page) nine hoppers, nine flatcars, four tank cars, two boxcars, two containers and one gondola - 10/4/06
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added the email address for ARR railfan and HO scale modeler Dieter Stehli from Zurich, Switzerland - 10/4/06
yellow diamondRosters: Thanks to eBay I have added photos of 802, 114 and 555 - 10/3/06
yellow diamondIndustries: More historical industry photos sent by Pat Durand, Eska and Evan Jones coal mines - 10/3/06
yellow diamondHistorical: I've been working hard for you! Here are the first 11 issues of the Railbelt Reporter online. More to come! - 10/2/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two of Andy Tejral's favs from this past summer - 10/2/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska military operations to receive millions in defense bill - 10/1/06
yellow diamondNews: Last Call: Good vibes, prices tossed into The Pit - 9/28/06
yellow diamondNews: Denali business car status - 9/28/06
yellow diamondNews: State seeks federal money for flood repair - 9/28/06
yellow diamondStories: Paul Duncan's trip report complete with 163 photos! - 9/28/06
yellow diamondStories: Jason Kuehn's visit to Zurich - 9/26/06
yellow diamondStories: Walter Zullig's Exploring the Last Frontier By Train & Ship - 9/25/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: Alaska Railroad track- 9/25/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Passenger train along the Parks Highway - 9/25/06
yellow diamondCreations: Dieter Stehli adds another two locomotive photos - 9/23/06
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli sends first regular order of coal to Chile - 9/22/06
yellow diamondNews: Chile customers order more Usibelli coal - 9/21/06
yellow diamondNews: Because of zoning rules, adding rail car to bar is no-go for now - 9/19/06
yellow diamondNews: Artrain in Anchorage - 9/19/06
yellow diamondCreations: Dieter Stehli adds photos of another 13 locomotives - 9/18/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Big rock! - 9/18/06
yellow diamondNews: Railing against herbicide - 9/16/06
yellow diamondCreations: Dieter Stehli from Zurich, Switzerland shows off his Alaska Railroad locomotives - 9/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Bonds to muffle train clickety-clack - 9/15/06
yellow diamondAdmin: Many thanks to retired ARR Train Dispatcher Dave Tempest who has sent me 20 years (1970s and 1980s) of the employee newsletter, the "Railbelt Reporter." I plan on putting these online as time permits. I have scanned a sample of the front page of the July/August 1977 issue. It is 1280 pixels high and 220K. I have scanned them in smaller sizes, but found them hard to read. Since so many of us have broadband Internet access, I figure the 220K per page is not an issue (pun?). However, feel free to express your opinion to me if you disagree. - 9/14/06
yellow diamondRosters: Thanks to eBay I have added photos of LC #37, LC #57, Rotary #4, #3005 at Denali Depot, Anchorage Depot, #1500 at Denali Depot, #3015 delivering coal, #1601, #1601, #1605, #1607, #1611, #1613, #1714, #1715, #1717, 1807, and 2401, 7249 - 9/13/06
yellow diamondStories: Mark Earnest takes the Glacier Discovery train - 9/13/06
yellow diamondStories: Yes!!! Brakeman Virginia Gray has been approved for conductor training! - 9/12/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest adds (at the bottom of each page) one hopper, one boxcar, four flatcars, one tank car and fourteen containers - 9/11/06
yellow diamondNews: Officials to discuss track realignment - 9/11/06
yellow diamondNews: Fort Wainwright soldiers to receive some reimbursement from Army - 9/11/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Hauling large rip rap at Healy Canyon - 9/11/06
yellow diamondStories: Get your latest fix of Brakeman Gray - 9/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad work closing part of Parks Highway - 9/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska-based mine ships coal to Chile - 9/9/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest adds (at the bottom of each page) one gondola, two hoppers, one tank car and fourteen containers - 9/5/06
yellow diamondRosters: Stewart Sterling was kind enough to send us this photo of #1510 which he purchased on eBay - 9/5/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Aquatrain barge - 9/4/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick makes his bid to take over the oil shipment industry with these HO scale MAPCO tank cars - 9/1/06
yellow diamondNews: Train store chugs to a new depot - 9/1/06
yellow diamondRosters: Thanks to an eBay purchase, we now have a color photo of F7-B #1525 - 8/30/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: And for those of you interested in barge container traffic out of Whittier, here is a new section on containers - 8/29/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest adds (at the bottom of each page) two gondolas, seven hoppers, one boxcar, four flactcar and seven tank cars - 8/29/06
yellow diamondNews: Relaxation and convenience make train worth cost - 8/29/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Princess cruise train- 8/28/06
yellow diamondNews: Parks opened; officials warn of 'slow going' - 8/23/06
yellow diamondNews: The rain continues - 8/22/06
yellow diamondNews: ARRC Opens Mainline Track - 8/21/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad reopens main line - 8/21/06
yellow diamondNews: Officials urging railroad to study bypass project - 8/21/06
yellow diamondNews: Valley mop-up under way - 8/21/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Future Alaska Railroad Stars - 8/21/06
yellow diamondNews: Flood Damage Halts Train Traffic - 8/20/06
yellow diamondNews: Flooding and mud slides close Parks Highway, railroad - 8/20/06
yellow diamondNews: Flood waters recede in southcentral Alaska - 8/20/06
yellow diamondRosters: More steam loco photos from the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 801 and 902 - 8/18/06
yellow diamondNews: Artrain set to embark north, to Alaska - 8/17/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I'm doing a little bit of restructuring of the website in an attempt to make it easier to locate things. - 8/15/06
yellow diamondStrange Freight: Four new, different or unusual loads from Casey Durand - 8/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Use of train in Binkley ads puts railroad in uneasy position - 8/15/06
yellow diamondRosters: Ted Spencer was kind enough to submit this little classic, Whittier tunnel with train - 8/14/06
yellow diamondRosters: Anchorage Museum of History and Art (AMHA) MOW photos from Pat Durand; a spreader, steam shovel working at Eklutna and Mogul 208 with work train - 8/14/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Pat Durand sent us some AMHA historic photos for the "Building the Railroad" section, Tunnel No. 1, showing change of roadbed, Grandview section after a light snow - 8/14/06
yellow diamondIndustries: And a couple of historical industry photos sent by Pat Durand, Seward sawmill and the San Wan Fish Cannery . These are just skeletal pages. Hopefully, we'll have more info to come. - 8/14/06
yellow diamondRosters: Retired ARR Train Dispatcher Dave Tempest is gearing up to send us selections from his historical collection. His first submission is Dinky steam locomotive #22. I fail to find No. 22 on my rosters. Can anyone unravel this mystery for me? - 8/14/06
Yellow DiamondEarthquake: Added two (1, 2) Dave Tempest earthquake photos to the bottom of the Seward page - 8/14/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Added Dave Tempest's A.E.C Time Table to the "Building the Railroad" section - 8/14/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Denali Star from 1,000 feet - 8/14/06
yellow diamondNews: Rail officials identify issues with 'southern bypass' plan - 8/13/06
yellow diamondNews: RGR awaits Alaska shipments - 8/11/06
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of steam locomotive #208 - 8/11/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad reopens damaged span, says it's safe to cross for now - 8/11/06
yellow diamondNews: Repairs to Damaged Railroad Bridge Complete - 8/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage-Fairbanks trains back on track - 8/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Repairs completed to railroad bridge - 8/10/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest, our eyes and ears in Whittier, is out snapping more photos for us. We've added (at the bottom of each page) three gondolas, four hoppers , four boxcars, one flactcar and three tank cars - 8/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Rail bridge remains under repair - 8/10/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick puts the finishing touches on his bicentennial locomotives - 8/9/06
yellow diamondRosters: Mark Earnest sent us a nice smattering of photos from Whittier bridge F1.2 - 8/9/06
yellow diamondNews: Accident damages bridge, disrupts trains - 8/9/06
yellow diamondNews: Wreck shuts down trains - 8/9/06
yellow diamondNews: Vehicle-trailroad bridge collision shuts down travel - 8/8/06
yellow diamondNews: Highway collision halts railroad - 8/8/06
yellow diamondNews: Bridge Damage from Truck Halts Train Traffic - 8/8/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad to Issue Tax-Exempt Bonds - 8/8/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Greg Hall sent us an scan of a Railmobile patch from the command train - 8/8/06
yellow diamondRosters: Added a 2005 stats sheet for Eielson locomotives nos. 4902 and 4903 - 8/8/06
yellow diamondCreations: Stacy Chandler's New Zealand layout - 8/8/06
yellow diamondNews: RGR buys another ex-HALX dome - 8/8/06
yellow diamondNews: Flint Hills to lose third of oil supply - 8/8/06
yellow diamondNews: Clear signal against herbicide - 8/7/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Three former McKinley Explorer railcars now on the Royal Gorge Railroad - 8/7/06
yellow diamondStories: Virginia Gray's latest entry will hopefully discourage trespassing on railroad property - 8/4/06
yellow diamondCreations: Jeff McCrea's fantasy ARR steam locomotives - 8/4/06
yellow diamondModeling: Pat Durand kitbashes Walthers World War II boxcars to get them nearly to prototypical perfection - 8/3/06
yellow diamondCreations: Yes, I know it's hot outside. So why not spend a little time modeling in the air conditioning? Check out Pat Durand's GP38u #2005, pick up the parts and get creating! - 8/1/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Robert Krol sent in another photo of number 3015 to add to our tribute. Does anybody else have one to add? - 8/1/06
yellow diamondStories: Charlie Rainwater shares with us a few historic stories of the Hurricane Gulch Bridge - 8/1/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The theme this week is my favorite locomotive number 3015 - 7/31/06
yellow diamondAdmin: My Internet Server Provider has experienced some downtime this week due to the rolling power black-outs in California. Although they have backup power generators they have experienced some problems with them. Sorry for any problems this has caused! - 7/28/06
yellow diamondNews: Officials weigh rail realignment options - 7/28/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Al Lambert sent some additional photos of his father's tour of duty with the 714th Railway Operating Battalion - bridge work 1, 2, 3; unknown 1, 2, 3, 4; around the state Ferry, Anchorage 1, 2, 3, 4 - 7/25/06
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand sent in building photos of Cantwell section office and Willow section building. - 7/25/06
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a small section on the leased AOK hoppers. - 7/25/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick has completed the next step on his FP7 bicentennial locomotives. - 7/25/06
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a section for articulated flatcars - 7/24/06
yellow diamondStrange Freight: Does anyone know what this is??? - 7/24/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Added at the bottom of each page, one gondola, three hoppers, two tank cars and one boxcars - 7/24/06
yellow diamondCreations: Jeff McCrea had Milwaukee Road Train Shop custom make these E9 2400s. Pretty spiffy! - 7/24/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Keep on truckin'! - 7/24/06
yellow diamondRosters: I purchased these four photos of 802 from eBay with just you in mind. - 7/21/06
yellow diamondAdim: The links to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner news articles are now fixed. Special thanks goes to Jon Bourne at the News-Miner for his assistance and modifications. - 7/20/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad helped family race to town to deal with their tragedy - 7/20/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest added (at the bottom of each page) two gondolas, one hopper and four tank cars - 7/19/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: Looking for train DVDs for disable son - 7/19/06
yellow diamondNews: Fire causes minor damage at Usibelli - 7/19/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Four SD70MACs pulling a string of hoppers - 7/17/06
yellow diamondNews: Few residents rattled by use of herbicides along railroad - 7/15/06
yellow diamondCreations: Four GP49s fresh out of Robert Krol's paint booth - 7/12/06
yellow diamondNews: People protest railroad's plan to treat tracks with herbicides - 7/12/06
yellow diamondNews: Comments wanted on railroad herbicide proposal - 7/12/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad invites artists to submit poster ideas - 7/11/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Randy Carnley's final photo: GP49 #2803 - 7/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Tracks got grit from local product - 7/8/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest added four more hoppers and corresponding descriptions. Mark Earnest and Jason Kuehn also provided a description for the Railgon gondola posted on July 6. I'm glad these guys provided you with the info since I haven't a clue! Heck, I'm just the barbeque guy (see photo upper left). - 7/8/06
yellow diamondStories: Two new Virginia Gray entries for Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman - 7/7/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest added (at the bottom of each page) four more boxcars and three gondolas - 7/6/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: Alaska Railroad Prints - 7/6/06
yellow diamondNews: Few details available for Alaska-Canada rail link - 7/6/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Carrie and bear - 7/3/06
yellow diamondHistorical: 1952-1957 bridges and buildings photo album - 7/3/06
yellow diamondNews: Program turns students into state's ambassadors - 7/1/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest added four more covered hoppers (at bottom of page) - 6/28/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mike Humphrey identified the unknown roadname FXE as Ferrocarni Mexicano Railroad. He found them on the Yahoo search engine. He says it is a joint venture of Grupo Mexico and Union Pacific Railroad. It appears to be a healthy size operation!! Over 5,000 miles and 500 locomotives. - 6/27/06
yellow diamondOther Roadnames: Mark Earnest sent us photos of three covered hoppers - Saskatchewan, Canadian National and Canadian National with some interesting grafitti, and three gondolas - Missouri Pacific, an unknown roadname and a Canadian National coil car. - 6/26/06
yellow diamondVideo: Andy Tejral sent us a video showing a pair of locomotives from the Channel 2 Live Van mast camera and Raymond Hamm sent us one of the oil can on the Tanana Valley Model Railroad Club's layout - 6/26/06
yellow diamondStories: Added another Virginia Gray entry for Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman - 6/26/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Russ Blood sent a little bit of information on the two switchers used at Valdez during the pipeline boom - 6/26/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Sapphire Princess leaving Whittier - 6/26/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad delays decision on lease for Seward power plant - 6/23/06
yellow diamondRosters: 1948 shots of #318 and #556 in a flooded Nenana yard - 6/19/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Pat Durand sends us some interesting photos on the Wreck of #703 - 6/19/06
yellow diamondSounds: Andy Tejral sent us a nice set of three Alaska Railroad sounds - 6/19/06
yellow diamondNews: Raising an issue at Al's Alaska Inn - 6/19/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: T-16 arriving in Whittier for the annual inspection of the track - 6/19/06
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand went snooping around the Anchorage Museum of History and Art to create a poignant article called The life and death of ARR #1050A and 1050B - 6/15/06
yellow diamondRosters: The amazing Pat Durand sent in a 1931 equipment roster to add to our equipment listings - 6/15/06
yellow diamondStories: Two new entries for Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman - 6/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Wildfire near Nenana Suspends Train Traffic - 6/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Weeds menace railroad - 6/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad wants to clear tracks with herbicide - 6/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad Applies for Weed Control Permit - 6/15/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: 739 Railroad Express Agency Baggage Wagon - 6/15/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I am back and at your service! - 6/15/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be offline June 2-13, but the website will remain operational. - 6/2/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: Wants to buy old Alaska Railroad brochures - 6/1/06
yellow diamondNews: Bear Valley to receive new bridge - 6/1/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: I will be offline beginning June 2 so here are the next three POTWs - 5/29/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: I will be offline beginning June 2 so here are the next three POTWs - 5/29/06
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's GP38 #2007 - 5/23/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Unusuals loads on flatcar at Portage - 5/22/06
yellow diamondNews: One person's scenic rail car is another's mountain-blocking eyesore - 5/21/06
yellow diamondRetired passenger car roster: Added a photo of 4002 - 5/15/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Exhibits from the Alaska Railroad's open house - the Kennecott Speeder #10 and Chitina Auto Railer - 5/15/06
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added the email address for ARR N scale modeler David Gange from New Zealand - 5/13/06
yellow diamondNews: New railroad tracks put project at a tough crossroad - 5/13/06
yellow diamondHistoric News: Thanks to Pat Durand we now have the 1912 article Canal Builder on Alaskan Railroad - 5/10/06
yellow diamondNews: DTC now active on ARR - 5/10/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Monte Holme passes away at 89 - 5/8/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Nine POTWs to celebrate my web page's ninth anniversary - 5/1/06
yellow diamondStories: Our continuing saga of Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman rivals Survivor or The Apprentice on network television. Brakeman trainees are dropping like flies, but our lady Virginia Gray continues to hang on and excell! - 4/29/06
yellow diamondAdmin: All roster thumbnails are now converted over to the new format - 4/28/06
yellow diamondNews: Budget draft includes bridge funds - 4/26/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad exhibit a less-than-exciting history lesson - 4/26/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: Beautiful Alaska Railroad Prints (Collection of 17) - 4/25/06
yellow diamondNews: New railroad facility would alter driving patterns to shop, restaurant - 4/24/06
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added a section for centerbeam flatcars - 4/24/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Nine POTWs to celebrate my web page's ninth anniversary - 4/24/06
yellow diamondNews: ARR 555 & 556 loaded onto barge in Seattle - 4/20/06
yellow diamondNews: Ship Creek road closure could hurt local businesses - 4/20/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick is doing a little kit-bashing to create a prototypical ARR FP7 - 4/18/06
yellow diamondRosters: Robert Krol filled in our leased roster with photos of Helms 3841 and 4405 - 4/18/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Positive Train Control tesing in 1999 - 4/17/06
yellow diamondCreations: Added four more photos to Dominique Ney's garden layout - 4/17/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska RR Dome Lounges 555 & 556 - 4/14/06
yellow diamondNews: Workshops use railroad as disaster drills' focus - 4/14/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska train safety tour held in Fairbanks - 4/14/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 1553 in black and white - 4/10/06
yellow diamondRosters: Anchorage depot in 1944 and Whittier engine house in 1946- 4/7/06
yellow diamondRosters: Added three eBay Jim Shepard slide purchases, number 1517, 1604 and 1610 - 4/7/06
yellow diamondNews: Emergency preparedness on Alaska Railroad - 4/7/06
yellow diamondStories: Don't forget to get your daily dose of brakeman candidate Gray in Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman - 4/6/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: 10 professionally framed Alaska Railroad prints - 4/6/06
yellow diamondLinks: Check out the new Sterling Alaska Railroad page - 4/5/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad Corporation released its 2005 Annual Report - 4/3/06
yellow diamondCreations: Peter Pirie from Scotland gives new life to my old HO scale layout plans - 4/3/06
yellow diamondStories: The continuing adventures of Virginia Gray as she's Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman - 4/3/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 600 finds a new home - 4/3/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New center beam bulkhead flats for loading Spenard Builders lumber - 3/27/06
yellow diamondVideo: Andy Tejral sent this Wasilla tower cam video of an oil train (3.8MB) - 3/25/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: Looking to trade up to HO Scale - 3/25/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad asks to sell bonds to improve tracks - 3/23/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two photos from the Fur Rondy exhibit - 3/20/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I've had many people ask how I am doing after my back surgery. I am doing great! I am up to walking five miles a day and sleep fairly comfortably at night. Thanks for asking! - 3/18/06
yellow diamondEmail Addresses: Added the email address for ARR garden modeler Dominique Ney - 3/18/06
yellow diamondCreations: Added six more photos to Dominique Ney's garden layout - 3/18/06
yellow diamondNews: Two new cars for ARR - 3/17/06
yellow diamondRosters: added current equipment rosters for your amusement - 3/17/06
yellow diamondRosters: eBay purchase - F7 #1512 in Fairbanks - 3/16/06
yellow diamondRosters: Adding a new section that will hold old and new equipment listings - 3/16/06
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Jerry Peters sent in six engineering drawings for the hopper car section (see bottom of page). - 3/16/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick continues to crank out more and more rolling stock. This time he has created some ex-Navy boxcars and TNM hoppers. - 3/16/06
yellow diamondNews: Ex-ARR 600 located - 3/16/06
yellow diamondStories: Following the adventures of Virginia Gray as she's Hired as an Alaska Railroad Brakeman - 3/14/06
yellow diamondNews: Mayors balk at railroad's reroute plan - 3/14/06
yellow diamondAdmin: Back from surgery. All is going well. - 3/11/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I am out for back surgery and should get back in 3-5 days. The web site will remain up, but no modifications will take place. - 3/9/06
yellow diamondAdmin: Do you have an unused stretch of train track nearby? If so, you might find this railway velocipede interesting. - 3/8/06
yellow diamondAlumni: Many thanks to Bob Gardner who bird dogged Mike Derrick's photo and info on our former GP7u #1800 - 3/7/06
yellow diamondNews: Career after career, Sheffield still going strong - 3/7/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The next two Pictures of the Week, scenery at Hurricane and a view from the top of the world - 3/6/06
yellow diamondNews: Sitting on more coal than it can sell, Usibelli is itching to grow - 3/5/06
yellow diamondRosters: eBay purchases - #1512, #801 and the Denali car - 3/3/06
yellow diamondCreations: Check out Dominique Ney's awesome garden layout in Switzerland - 3/2/06
yellow diamondNews: Observations of Rondy Rail Fair Second Week NLMRR Club - 3/1/06
yellow diamondRosters: eBay purchases - No. 1839 in Whittier and GP38 #2006 with commuter cars in Portage - 2/27/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No, it's not my favorite locomotive, but it is still a fine one indeed - 2/27/06
yellow diamondNews: Refinery threatens shutdown - 2/26/06
yellow diamondNews: Northern Lights Model Railroad Club report - 2/22/06
yellow diamondNews: Surplused passenger cars - 2/22/06
yellow diamondNews: 1503 status - 2/21/06
yellow diamondNews: snow slides - 2/21/06
yellow diamondModeling: Thanks goes to Alden West for provide tree descriptions for my tree modeling page - 2/21/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 4902 at Eielson Air Force Base - 2/20/06
yellow diamondAdmin: I've noticed the roster thumbnail sections are getting pretty long. Maybe this method will help. Look it over and tell me what you think. If I get enough positive feedback then I will convert all the roster thumbnail sections over to this method. - 2/15/06
yellow diamondNews: Railroad chief sees bridge as natural part of transport artery - 2/15/06
yellow diamondClassified Ads: HO Alaska Railroad items - 2/14/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Three "on the line" photos from ARR employee Jeff DeBroeck - 2/13/06
yellow diamondRosters: Thanks to a couple of eBay film negative purchases, I have two sharp additions to the roster pages, 1000 and 1054 - 2/12/06
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli's bounteous coal - 2/10/06
yellow diamondHistorical: No grass has been growing under my feet! I spent about 30 hours creating, "John Ostrom, 1950s Section Foreman." Many thanks to Jan Ostrom for loaning me her family heirloom! - 2/9/06
yellow diamondNews: Blizzard, avalanches close Seward Highway - 2/9/06
yellow diamondRosters: Thanks to Jerry Peters we now have an online photo of number 1013! - 2/7/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick has been a busy beaver. He's added two boxcars to his ARR HO scale creations. - 2/7/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Dale Greth's photo of the Anchorage yard from the operations tower - 2/6/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick has added two flatcars to his HO scale ARR roster - 2/3/06
yellow diamondCreations: Harold Emerick has added a coal-mine to his layout - 1/30/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A Ballast Regulator with a jet engine snow blower attachment blasts away ice and snow from switches - 1/30/06
yellow diamondNews: Whittier tunnel closed due to rock slide - 1/28/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Moody tunnel collapse - 1/123/06
yellow diamondStories: Ralph Omholt has added some Weaver Franklin photos to his story Remembering Curry. - 1/20/06
yellow diamondHistorical: Russ Blood sent us an excellent collection of photos of railroad operations in Valdez during the pipeline boom - 1/19/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad Career fair - 1/19/06
yellow diamondNews: Repaired locomotives - 1/19/06
yellow diamondNews: 555, 556 and CRM's latest - 1/18/06
yellow diamondNews: Railways of Alaska - 1/18/06
yellow diamondPassenger roster: Here's some info on the refurbishing of the 55X series coaches - 1/17/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Shine on the rail grind(er) - 1/16/06
yellow diamondCreations: Dave VinZant's HO scale covered hoppers - 1/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Rail system is efficient way to move freight; Alaska ports could grow - 1/10/06
yellow diamondNews: Routing forum to give insight on track plans - 1/10/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: ARR Trainmaster Warren Redfearn brings us a southbound oil train via the warm cab of an SD70MAC - 1/9/06
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad unveils new print - 1/8/06
yellow diamondNews: ARR to refurbish baggage cars - 1/7/06
yellow diamondCreations: Robert Krol's baggage and dining cars - 1/6/06
yellow diamondHistoric News: Added Pullman Car Service Planned For Alaska - 1/5/06
yellow diamondRosters: Joe Richards sent us the builder's photo for #802 - 1/5/06
yellow diamondModeling: Moved the "roof shots" section into the "prototype photos" section - 1/4/06
yellow diamondNews: Riding the Ski Train to Backcountry Alaska - 1/4/06
yellow diamondNews: Former gubernatorial candidate dies at 73 - 1/4/06
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: New Year's eve photos of a frosty North Pole oil train - 1/2/06
yellow diamondHall of Fame: The 2005 inductees to John's Alaska Railroad Web Page Hall of Fame are Josh Coran, Jeff Debroeck, John Henderson, Rich Holzapfel and Don Marenzi. Congrats guys!- 1/1/06
yellow diamondStories: Added some photos to the Remembering Curry story - 1/1/06
yellow diamondNews: Hornby to reissue HO scale Alaska passenger cars - 1/1/06
yellow diamondAdmin: Happy New Year! - 1/1/06

 

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