What's New - 2009 Archive
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Coal train in the Loop District - 12/28/09
yellow diamondNews: Retired caboose update - 12/27/09
yellow diamondWebmaster's note: Happy holidays! - 12/25/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Matt's fantastic four! - 12/21/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added a new section for equipment drawings - 12/18/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska sees jump in coal exports - 12/17/09
yellow diamondStories: Check out my 2009 trip photo journal when you get a free minute or two - 12/15/09
yellow diamondModeling: Many thanks to Nelson Bailey for sending photos of the new N-scale models from Exactrail and Athearn - 1/15/07
yellow diamondNews: Tracks divide Palmer, residents - 12/15/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Fairbanks retirement party - 12/14/09
yellow diamondHistorical: Thanks to Gale Weatherell for providing newspaper stories and photos of Important Alaska Railroad chugs toward end of line, Restored Cars Make First Run and No one hurt as 7 ARR cars derail for my historic news stories section - 12/10/09
yellow diamondFreight/passenger: Many thanks to Chris van der Heide for correcting information and providing photos of the former ARR agriculture hoppers - 12/10/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of 702 - 12/8/09
yellow diamondFreight/passenger: Added a few photos from robert Ulberg of the sold McKinley Explorer domes - 12/8/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Coal train at Twenty Mile River - 12/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad cancels Holiday Train - 12/4/09
yellow diamondIndustries: Added Granite Construction Company. Many thanks to Dave Blazejewski for providing photos for this. - 12/4/09
yellow diamondBibliography: Bob Garner was kind enough to compile Alaska Railroad excerpts from Extra 220 South. - 12/4/09
yellow diamondCreations: Many thanks to Gary Munsey for sharing photos of 1-1/2 scale #3015 (my favorite locomotive!) - 12/4/09
yellow diamondCreations: Andrew Novak's HO scale #3014 - 12/4/09
yellow diamondHistorical: Added a better quality photo of Alaska Central Railway No. 1 - 12/4/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos of 2809/3010, P4, P6, P6, 1014, 1512 and 404 - 12/4/09
yellow diamondFreight/passenger: Thanks to some purchases on eBay I have added four more retired passenger cars to my roster (numbers 5014, 5206, 5220 and 6308) - 12/4/09
yellow diamondMemorabilia: I added three more postcards to my ever growing collection - 12/3/09
yellow diamondMaps: After three years I finally got around to updating my yard maps section - 12/3/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad improves flag-stop remote service - 12/2/09
yellow diamondNews: McKinley Explorer domes info - 12/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Drunken driver hospitalized after crashing into Fairbanks rail yard - 12/1/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The ARR at minus 40 - 11/30/09
yellow diamondHistorical: Added six photos to the "Building the Railroad" section - Tunnel No. 2, Alaska Central Railway, snow plow at Seward, snow slide, through deep snow to tunnel No. 1 and TVRR at Chena - 11/28/09
yellow diamondAlumni: Dick Bell provided us with some recent photos of RSD-1 #1034 - 11/28/09
yellow diamondNews: McKinley Explorer domes info - 11/28/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Former RDCs find a new home in in Oregon- 11/23/09
yellow diamondNews: Tanana bridge planned - 11/19/09
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks chamber backs Valley rail plan - 11/19/09
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage Daily News Coal dust an ugly problem in scenic Seward - 11/19/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Coal train on Turnagain Arm - 11/16/09
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be offline November 12-17 - 11/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks chamber backs Mat-Su rail plan - 11/11/09
yellow diamondNews: South Portage rail project- 11/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Parnell Appoints Two to Alaska Railroad Board - 11/11/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The departure of RDCs 702 and 711 - 11/9/09
yellow diamondNews: Cooked named to board - 11/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Alumni update - 11/6/09
yellow diamondCreations: Building #2002 in the Quarter Pounder paint scheme circa 2001 - 11/6/09
yellow diamondNews: RDCs heading out - 11/4/09
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage Daily News Woman killed by train likely was photographing sunset - 11/4/09
yellow diamondNews: RDCs in Seattle - 11/3/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The departure of RDCs 702 and 711 - 11/2/09
yellow diamondNews: TriMet's new (used) WES trains inside and out - 11/1/09
yellow diamondNews: TriMet adds ‘new’ rail cars to backup WES - 11/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Train hits, kills woman near Rabbit Creek Rifle Range - 11/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Woman killed by train after ignoring warning horns - 11/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Seward coal dust lawsuit announced - 11/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Purchase of last four Westours Budd domes - 10/28/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Ex-ARR #152 - 10/26/09
yellow diamondNews: Port MacKenzie expansion to increase jobs - 10/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Spooky train is back - 10/21/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: #2006 at Moose Creek - 10/19/09
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Received some information on the Caribou Creek from John Taubeneck - 10/18/09
yellow diamondFilm: Rhys Davis added some additional Runaway Train information - 10/18/09
yellow diamondNews: Former Alaska Railroad caboose changes tracks in life - 10/18/09
yellow diamondMy Railroadiana: Added a bunch of historical postcards that you might want to check out - 10/15/09
yellow diamondLinks: Added a very interesting link, Boxcars Go to Sea #6 - Alaska Railroad - Alaska Railbelt Marine - 10/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad rallies performance teams to make tough cuts - 10/14/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: RS-1 #1014 - 10/12/09
yellow diamondNews: Tour guide program suspended - 10/8/09
yellow diamondNews: National Archives own, store railroad records - 10/8/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: 712 in its new home - 10/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Growing steps - 10/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Revenues down, railroad to lay off up to 20 percent of workers - 9/22/09
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage Daily News Railroad CEO explains 'lean and mean' cutbacks - 9/22/09
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Photo archive - 9/22/09
yellow diamondNews: Former Alaska Railroad caboose gets a new start as Ester cafe - 9/22/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: SD70MAC #4015 - 9/21/09
yellow diamondMain page features: Added Casey Durand's photos to the Scrapping of NAHX 94716 - 9/20/09
yellow diamondHistorical: Robert Ulberg sent us a photo of retired diner #4815. It is located at the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler. For the historical information regarding this car see the retired passenger car roster. - 9/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Job cuts coming for Alaska Railroad, CEO says - 9/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad layoffs expected in next week - 9/17/09
yellow diamondNews: The best of the best: Day Trippin's top 5 trips - 9/16/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The scrapping of NAHX 94716 - 9/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad plans significant layoffs - 9/13/09
yellow diamondNews: Pioneer Park's Harding Car gets new look as renovations continue - 9/10/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added photo of steam locomotive #266 - 9/7/09
yellow diamondMain page features: New Ship Creek bike trail and Scrapping of NAHX 94716 - 9/7/09
yellow diamondNews: The 5 Best Train Rides - 9/7/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Two for Labor Day - Turnagain Arm and the Anchorage yard - 9/7/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added two photos from the Sherman Stebbins collection to the history of locomotive #6 with commentary by Pat Durand. - 9/6/09
yellow diamondCreations: Dominique Ney has added a coach to his garden layout . This is definitely the best Alaska Railroad layout in Switzerland if not in all of Europe! - 9/6/09
yellow diamondNews: New plow and steps on #3008 - 9/5/09
yellow diamondNews: United Way of the Tanana Valley kicks off fundraising drive with increased goal - 9/5/09
yellow diamondNews: September 1st southbound Fairbanks train lineup - 9/1/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Birchwood gravel pit aerial - 8/31/09
yellow diamondCreations: Marty Bernard's ARR baggage cart - 8/25/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Cruise train at Potter - 8/24/09
yellow diamondNews: 1 dead in vehicle collision with train - 8/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Collision with train kills driver - 8/21/09
yellow diamondModeling: Many thanks to Winthrop Porter who provided additional information to the HO scale section of exisiting locomotives and freight - 8/16/09
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand's F7A #1506 - 8/16/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Number 712 enroute - 8/17/09
yellow diamondNews: State Fair tickets on sale - 8/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad tries again to use weed killer on tracks - 8/14/09
yellow diamondFilm: Rhys Davis added some additional Runaway Train script information - 8/12/09
yellow diamondNews: First gravel revenue run from Birchwood pit - 8/12/09
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added DMU #751 dedication photos from Louis Friend - 8/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad to hear comments on herbicides along Seward route - 8/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad's Whistle Stop Service - 8/8/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad resumes Seward service - 8/2/09
yellow diamondNews: Flooding easing in Alaska town, but more rain expected - 7/30/09
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage Daily News Seward roads flooded; trains halted till Friday - 7/29/09
yellow diamondNews: Rockslide disrupts Alaska Railroad near Seward - 7/29/09
yellow diamondNews: Flooding closes one runway at Seward - 7/29/09
yellow diamondNews: Rock slide closes railway north of Seward - 7/28/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska motorist fishes for phone, hits train - 7/25/09
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be offline until August 7 - 7/22/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Next four Pictures of the Week - 7/20/09
yellow diamondNews: New rail on the way - 7/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad applies again for herbicide permit - 7/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Drop in freight traffic leads to railroad layoffs - 7/17/09
yellow diamondNews: No 712 to pass through Wisconsin - 7/16/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad tries again on herbicide - 7/15/09
yellow diamondNews: Train trip gives visitors a hike and a glacier - 7/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Whitle stop - 7/13/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos of flat car #12356 and Motorailer #214 and trailer #304 from Pat Durand - 7/14/09
yellow diamondHistorical: Created a new sections entitled Winter Steam Trains in the Loop District post 1948 - 7/14/09
yellow diamondModeling: Added Nelson Bailey's photos of the new Fox Valley Models Trinity RD4 hopper cars in the N scale section - 7/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Aurora Express Bed and Breakfast offers rooms in rail cars - 7/13/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: RDC #712 farewell - 7/13/09
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks tourism takes a dive in 2009 - 7/11/09
yellow diamondNews: RDC #712 gone - 7/10/09
yellow diamondNews: No. 3005 gone from Harbor Island - 7/9/09
yellow diamondNews: Fort Wainwright could see massive growth if task force stays in Fairbanks - 7/9/09
yellow diamondNews: RDC 712 leaded to lower 48 - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Last MRL car leaves Alaska - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Train kills man trying to pull dog off tracks - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Student Jobs on the Railroad - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad IDs Anchorage man struck by train - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: The return of #3005 - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Train kills man trying to pull dog off tracks - 7/7/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Hy rail brush cutter - 7/7/09
yellow diamondNews: Train kills man trying to pull dog off tracks - 7/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Palmer greenbelt plans move ahead slowly - 7/1/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Four cabooses for sale - 6/29/09
yellow diamondNews: New Rail Car Propels Visitors to Alaska’s Wild Backcountry - 6/26/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added photos of DMU 751 from Marty Bernard - 6/25/09
yellow diamondNews: ARRC selling four cabooses - 6/25/09
yellow diamondNews: Usibelli estimate expands coal reserves - 6/24/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad awarded $25.8 million grant - 6/24/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No. 3002 is back in town! - 6/22/09
yellow diamondNews: Rail cars scrapped - 6/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Federal grants, contracts awarded - 6/21/09
yellow diamondNews: All aboard for another Seward season - 6/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad renovating Ship Creek - 6/21/09
yellow diamondAdmin: I will be offline from June 8-18 - 6/3/09
yellow diamondNews: Rail commute to Anchorage still a ways off - 6/3/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: DMU maiden voyage, No. 32 in Talkeetna and the first passenger train of the season leaving Fairbanks - 6/1/09
yellow diamondAdmin: My Internet Service Provider (Time Warner Roadrunner) dropped my connection for the last 48 hours. Sorry for any delays in getting stuff out! - 5/31/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added a photo of RSD-1 #1030 and a trip report for DMU 751 - 5/28/09
yellow diamondNews: Utah tourist railroad rebuilds rare military diesel - 5/27/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: No. 3002 - 5/25/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad hesitant but willing to operate North Pole refinery - 5/23/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: DMU arrives in Anchorage - 5/18/09
yellow diamondNews: A road to Russia, via Nome - 5/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Coal-to-diesel plant faces setback - 5/17/09
yellow diamondNews: State spends nearly $2 million to open road to Whittier - 5/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Unique train chugs into Alaska - 5/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad to end special Whittier runs - 5/13/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad tracks may turn into new city greenbelt - 5/13/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier road set to reopen after rock slide - 5/12/09
yellow diamondNews: Gravel mining, clearing eventually will provide more industrial land - 5/12/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: The Garbage Train - 5/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Cruise loss expected to bruise Seward - 5/9/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad service resumes after repairs - 5/8/09
yellow diamondNews: Water levels dip in Fairbanks area - 5/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Limited reopening set for road to Whittier - 5/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Chena, Chatanika rivers begin to recede - 5/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Anchorage-Fairbanks railway back on track soon - 5/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Rocks blocking Whittier tunnel get blasted - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Rapid spring breakup causes flooding across Interior Alaska - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Rock blasted to clear road to Whittier - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Flooding Closes ARRC Mainline Between Talkeetna and Hurricane - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Washout photos - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Officials keep eye on rising Chena River - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Flooding follows warm weather as snow, ice melt - 5/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Ice closes portion of Valley railroad - 5/4/09
yellow diamondNews: Bids on Port MacKenzie rail loop to go out Monday - 5/4/09
yellow diamondNews: Avalanche photos - 5/4/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Anchorage depot rail work - 5/4/09
yellow diamondHistorical: Many thanks to Boerries Burkhardt who scanned and sent us 18 more issues of the Moose Gooser, the monthly newsletter of the Alaska Yukon Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. - 5/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Bids on Port MacKenzie rail loop to go out Monday - 5/1/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: My favorite Richard Wise photo - 4/27/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad preps for summer whistle stop, gravel hauls - 4/25/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier access still blocked; DOT to blast rocks - 4/24/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier train shuttle service modified - 4/22/09
yellow diamondNews: Train service to start in Portage because of avalanche danger - 4/22/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad Suspends 2009 Open Houses - 4/21/09
yellow diamondNews: ARRC "Deckless" Flat Cars for sale - 4/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Unstable slope halts Whittier road work - 4/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier access road status - 4/21/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier residents coping with limited access in and out of town - 4/20/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Steam power dockside - 4/20/09
yellow diamondNews: Mammoth rocks delay reopening of Whittier tunnel till Wednesday - 4/18/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad reports 23 percent drop in net income - 4/17/09
yellow diamondNews: Road closure alters Whittier ferry schedules - 4/16/09
yellow diamondNews: DMU in Alaska - 4/16/09
yellow diamondHistorical: If you are of fan of railroad history in Alaska then boy do I have some great stuff for you! Dieter Stehli sent us 55 issues of the Moose Gooser, the monthly newsletter of the Alaska Yukon Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Unfortunately, he did not have all the issues. So if you have issues 4-8, 17, 21-32, 40, 44, 55, 59, 62-64, 69, 73, 81-94, 97-? then please send them my way so we can get a full set online. - 4/16/09
yellow diamondNews: Road closed through weekend - 4/16/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier slide photos - 4/15/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad cars scrapped - 4/15/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad releases financial report - 4/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Chugach Explorer on the barge - 4/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad adds passenger car to Whittier to help the stranded - 4/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier road likely to remain closed through weekend - 4/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Whittier tunnel expected to be closed until Wednesday - 4/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Trains picking up those stranded by rock slide near Whittier - 4/13/09
yellow diamondNews: Huge rock slide closes Whittier tunnel - 4/13/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Northbound Aurora - 4/13/09
yellow diamondNews: United Way of the Tanana Valley reaches goal of $1.3 million in fundraising - 4/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Avalanche photos - 4/10/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad funds - 4/10/09
yellow diamondNews: Buried train photos - 4/7/09
yellow diamondCreations: Dominique Ney has added a switcher to his garden layout - 4/6/09
yellow diamondFreight/Passenger: Added two Randy Thompson photos of PC&F 6033cf Hi-Cube nos. 10901 and 10923 to the Boxcar page - 4/6/09
yellow diamondNews: DMU movement - 4/6/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Former Alaska Railroad ladies - 4/6/09
yellow diamondAdmin: Sorry I haven't made any updates this week. I was in Pennsylvania taking my Boy Scouts cycling and whitewater rafting. - 4/6/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added Alan Schenkel's photos of DMU #751 - 4/1/09
yellow diamondNews: DMU photos - 3/30/09
yellow diamondRosters: Michael Humphrey sent us historical information on Eielson AFB locomotives nos. 4902 and 4903. - 3/30/09
yellow diamondNews: ARR DMU headed north - 3/30/09
yellow diamondSpecial Features: To go along with this week's Picture of the Week is a special feature of the first run in over three decades of a mixed train run. - 3/30/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Mixed passenger/freight train - 3/30/09
yellow diamondNews: Avalanches in Alaska cause tunnel closure, trap train - 3/27/09
yellow diamondNews: One avalanche hits freight train, another closes Whittier tunnel - 3/27/09
yellow diamondNews: Avalanches close Whittier Tunnel, damage train - 3/26/09
yellow diamondNews: Avalanche forces closure of Whittier Tunnel - 3/26/09
yellow diamondNews: Avalanche Partially Buries Freight Train - 3/26/09
yellow diamondNews: Mixed freight/passenger trains- 3/25/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: No. 3002 in Albany, Oregon - 3/23/09
yellow diamondRosters: Updated the historical information on #6 - 3/18/09
yellow diamondNews: Facing tourism slowdown, major operators merge bus and railcar operations - 3/16/09
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand provided us with some historical information on locomotive #4 - 3/16/09
yellow diamondNews: Flint Hills refinery closes processing unit - 3/16/09
yellow diamondNews: North Pole refinery shuts down one of three processing units - 3/16/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Do you have any Grey Poupon? - 3/16/09
yellow diamondRailfan alert: This weekend's (March 14-16) passenger train will be 13 or 14 cars, mainly to take a group of 300 Japanese from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Photos of this train for my website would sure be nice!
yellow diamondNews: Seward residents press coal dust issue with railroad - 3/10/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added some additional photos of the ARR's first locomotive - 3/10/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Leased units - 3/9/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroader forges way into challenging, rewarding job - 3/7/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Narrow Gauge #21 - 3/2/09
yellow diamondNews: RDC 712 sold - 3/1/09
yellow diamondRosters: Sherman Stebbins sent us photos of #60 and #620 - 2/26/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added information on DMU #751 - 2/26/09
yellow diamondNews: Alaska Railroad business steady, chugs out hope for 2009 - 2/23/09
yellow diamondNews: Palin to unveil Railbelt power plan - 2/23/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Rail replacement - 2/23/09
yellow diamondNews: DMU Status - 2/22/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Fall foliage in Healy Canyon - 2/16/09
yellow diamondNews: Stimulus funds must be taken up quickly - 2/15/09
yellow diamondNews: Coal is a bright spot in Alaska exporting - 2/14/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added potos of leased units LLPX nos. 2262 and 2264 - 2/11/09
yellow diamondBibliography: Many thanks to Dieter Stehli for providing us with a much needed bibliography update for the White Pass and Yukon Railroad. - 2/10/09
yellow diamondRosters: Moved the MP15s (1551, 1552, 1553, 1554) from the current to former locomotive roster - 2/10/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: Passenger train near Broad Pass - 2/9/09
yellow diamondRosters: Finally got around to adding photos od EMD #7102 and NREX #2007 to the "leased" locomotive roster - 2/6/09
yellow diamondRosters: Pat Durand provides us with an insightful historic insight into locomotive #5 - 2/6/09
yellow diamondCreations: Looking for a little modeling perfection? Check out Pat Durand's 2950 series flatcars - 2/4/09
yellow diamondNews: ARR 3002 - Where are you? - 2/3/09
yellow diamondPicture of the week: F7 #1512 at McKinley Park depot - 2/2/09
yellow diamondRosters: An eBay purchase that should make most ARR historian's eye's pop wide open, 4-6-2 #901 - 1/30/09
yellow diamondMy Railroadiana: Added a few eBay purchases to the website: Tanana Mines RR Train photograph and Broad Pass Station postcard - 1/30/09
yellow diamondNews: Three people unhurt in car-train collision - 1/29/09
yellow diamondNews: Streets reopened after train-car accident - 1/29/09
yellow diamondNews: Fairbanks residents weigh in on railroad projects - 1/29/09
yellow diamondNews: AKRR plans for north extension chug along - 1/26/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: F7A #1526 - 1/26/09
yellow diamondNews: Recession Derailing Alaska Railroad? - 1/22/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Tank car infinity - 1/19/09
yellow diamondNews: AKRR cuts 12 jobs as freight declines - 1/16/09
yellow diamondSpecial Features: Here's one that fell through the crack's here at Alaskarails.org - Seven 2008 Dale Greth speeders photos which I have now added to the motorcars and speeders feature - 1/16/09
yellow diamondRosters: Added three photos of an improvised depot at Clear Site in 1973 - 1/16/09
yellow diamondNews: Delta residents testify about Alaska Rail expansion plan - 1/16/09
yellow diamondAdmin: With more and more people using high speed Internet, I have gone from using 15 thumbnails per page to 40 on the rosters pages. Also, this eliminated 41 index files and makes it easier for me to maintain the thumbnail pages. - 1/14/09
yellow diamondNews: Cruise lines slash prices in wake of recession - 1/14/09
yellow diamondNews: State Trying To Save Refinery - 1/13/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: Three photos from Blaine Berg- 1/12/09
yellow diamondNews: Feelings mixed on proposed railroad extension - 1/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Windy weather forces railroad to postpone coal transfer - 1/11/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad titans' heroic work left lasting mark on Alaska - 1/8/09
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand has created 4250 class gondolas - 1/7/09
yellow diamondCreations: Pat Durand has created several more HO scale flat cars, 12700, 12800 and 12900 series - 1/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Wasilla transportation museum director dies - 1/6/09
yellow diamondNews: State talking with refinery to keep it open - 1/6/09
yellow diamondNews: Refinery's struggles cause for concern - 1/6/09
yellow diamondPicture of the Week: A pair of arctic shots from Art Chase - 1/5/09
yellow diamondNews: Money sought for railroad bridge, extension - 1/4/09
yellow diamondNews: Railroad makes half of projected profit in 2008 - 1/4/09
yellow diamondNews: Company behind TriMet WES railcars fails - 1/1/09
yellow diamondNews: Talk with Flint Hills under way - 1/1/09
yellow diamondAdmin: Happy New Year! - 1/1/09

 

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