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3004 and Company
Fairbanks Engine House
Northern end of the ARR
Usibelli coal tipple loading coal
Inbound freight in TK 1 Anchorage Yard
Riding the point
Anchorage scale track
Anchorage shop and service yards
Seward dock/cruise ship yard
Anchorage Yard
Anchorage passenger depot siding
1516 in the Anchorage Yard
Bicentennial units 1510 & 1512 in Anchorage
Bicentennial 1512 at the Anchorage Depot
Number 1514 was fried by an electrical fire
A young Frank Dewey runs number 1605
Number 1606 coughs smoke & comes to life
Nos. 1605 & 1610 in the Anchorage Yard
Number 1802 runs the Whittier Shuttle
Whittier yard in the 1940s
Early morning in the Anchorage Yard

Nos. 1530 and 2501 in the Anchorage Yard
An unlikely pair, Nos. 1610 and 1506 (1981)
A hodgepodge of power at Healy (1980)
No. 1510 in a very busy Nenana Yard (1978)
This night shot will brighten your day
Number 3001 serves as Eielson switcher
A rare ABBBBA configuration (1980s)

No. 3015 with 3014 number board (1980)
Number 3015 at the Anchorage Depot (1982)
No. 4008 dwarfed by "Norwegian Dream"
Tour Alaska dome cars in Anchorage yard (1986)
Aerial view of the Anchorage yard (1952)
No. 1504 (ABA) in Anchorage yard (1978)
No. 1839 in Whittier (1973)
GP38 #2006 with commuter cars in Portage (1989)
#556 and passenger cars at Nenana station (1948)
#318 at Nenana towing #214 and trailer 303 (1948)
Four GP35s in a row
Five black and yellow locomotives in a row

Passenger train at the Fairbanks Depot

F7s number 1514 and 1509

F7s and tank cars

Number 2501 in the Portage siding
Numbers 3015 and 3012 at the Anchorage depot
Six locomotives
No. 3002 plus four (1975)
Fairbanks coal bunker (1974)
American container crane (1974)
Yellow crawler crane (1974)
Fairbanks yard crane (1974)
Boxcar being unloaded by forklift (1974)
Double rainbow in the Anchorage yard
Last time #557 was under steam (1962)
Whittier troop train (1960)
Seward TOFC (1957)
F units at the Anchorage depot (1984)
F units in old paint in the Anchorage yard (1978)
Seward pier

F7 #1502 leads an A-B-B-B-A lineup
The Whittier Shuttle

Retired switchers

Spreader #9

Seward coal

No. 3002 in Oregon

Work train in Portage yard (1982)
Whittier shuttle in Portage yard (1982)
The image that launches a thousand ship
Dodge Motor Home (Liebermans) and our Roadrunner (1966)

No. 3008 lash-up (1983)
Local power in Fairbanks (1983)

CN train (1983)

Anchorage yard (1989)

Number 3015 at the Anchorage depot

Airport depot

Bedtime in Boomerville, Hurricane style

Nos. 4327 and 2002 in Anchorage

Three GP40's head outside for a new paint job

Three GP40's in the freight scheme sitting in the Anchorage yard

No. 3007 in Whittier

Nos. 3002 and 3004 in the Anchorage yard (1982)
Locomotive dance

No. 1551 in the Anchorage yard

Denali in Anchorage shed

No. 2004 shunting containers

No. 3002 in the Anchorage yard

North, to Alaska!

Passenger cars in the Anchorage yard

Stryker Ramps
As nature intended it (1985)

Barge bookends

More bookends

Passage Canal

ITTX 961673 & 965401 with Ryder trucks
Aerial view of Anchorage yard
Freight scheme locomotives (1980)
Freight scheme locomotives #2 (1980)
Butchering at Birchwood (1984)
Southbound freight road power (1986)
Colorado Railcar DMU demonstrator in Fairbanks
Drone shot of Aqua Train in Whittier
Trains were waiting for the passenger to arrive

Alaska Hydro-Train dock on the north end of Harbor Island in West Seattle

Fairbanks yard (1983)
Night shot of the Ski Train in Anchorage
Drone view of Anchorage Operations Center
Drone view of CN-bound barge at the Port of Whittier
Winter Aurora passengers in Talkeetna
Assorted power in the Anchorage yard (1983)
Whittier rail yard
Fairbanks yard
Denali Express in Whittier
Night shot of SD70-T1 #4326 and GP40 #3015
Nos. 1802 & 1776 at Portage
F7A's at Anchorage Depot
F7A's at Anchorage yard
Six locomotives in freight scheme at the Anchorage yard
McKinley Park, 1512 S (1967)
Numbers 1838, 1532, 1515 and 1512 in Anchorage yard
GP49's en route to their future lives
F7 numbers 1500 and 1502 in the Anchorage Yard

No. 3003 leads a northbound freight at Healy
The AuRoRa train no.5, arriving at Anchorage (1968)
Alaska Railroad 1050 and very new train behind it (1947)
130N in Fairbanks
Herd of locomotives in the Fairbanks yard
F7 #1500 at Denali Park (1986)
A line of GP40s in the Anchorage yard (1984)
Number 1502 at the Anchorage depot
Northbound #4317
No. 1803 in the Anchorage Yard
ARR 1050 in Whittier
ARR 1050 near Whittier tank farm
Aerial view of the Anchorage yard
No. 1606 switching passenger train in Anchorag
e
Whittier cruise ship traffic (1983)

Number 1802 loading at Portage

Rainbow in the Park

No. 31 in Talkeetna

Healy right of way

GP38-2 in the Anchorage yard on a -4 degree day

Six locomotives at the Fairbanks diesel facility

Four SD70MACs sitting in the Anchorage yard

Extra 2000 South backed up to the Palmer Branch

A herd of Geeps. Alaska Railroad 2803, 3011 and 2801 sun themselves

North pole refinery
Winter Whittier shuttle
Anchorage - Fairbanks station list from 1976

Healy in 1985

No. 1512 in Whittier

Building the north freight in the summer of '84

Frac sand in double stack well cars

Northbound gravel train

Switching the southbound passenger train

GP40 numbers 3009, 3002 and 3006 in the Anchorage yard (1978)

Numbers 1500, 1517, and 1512 at Fairbanks (1973)

GP40-2 3013 on the McKinley Express Train
SD70MAC #4327 is assisting a broken GP40 #3009

Dome car #521 wheel change

ARR 3014 & 3009 are seen turning the passenger train on the wye

Wheels next to the diesel shop

U.S. Department of the Interior container crane

Working the barge

Photos of the Anchorage yard from the roof

Nos. 3005 and 3006 in the Anchorage yard

Here is what is in the yard today, 6/29/20

Street running Alaska style

Warm Alaskan night
s
The lady has lost her shoes

APU action

Switching the yard

Frequent School Bus

Three of a Kind - Yet No Three the Same

Obscure switcher

AS&G Dump Pit South Anchorage
AS&G Palmer branch line

Pipe yard in Fairbanks
SD70MAC #4317

Tanks cars

Engine house at Healy is the junction point for the Suntrana Branch

No. 5 meets No. 6 at Honolulu
Aerial views of the Anchorage yard
Mike Gerenday and #4325
Healy MOW train
Number 1802 in Anchorage
Changes in vegetation in the Anchorage yard
Five SD70MACs pulling military freight
New 186XX flats carrying super bundles of ties
Glacier Discovery Demobilization
Portage pickup
GP40 numbers 3005, 3004 and 3003 lined up numerically in the Whittier yard

SD70MAC #4319 doing its impersonation of a steamer
Early morning at the depot
Industrial Silhouettes
Work train taking on fuel at Moose Pass
New Anchorage fuel rack less than a year old
If you’re cold, they’re cold too. Please bring in your GP units!
Fairbanks yard
After establishing the ARRC passenger takes dignitaries to Seward

Four ALCO RS-1 lashup
Brutish

Full moon rising
Whittier shuttle (1998)
Anchorage fuel racks
Four boxcars in Seattle
Whittier shuttle (1972)
SD70MAC #4001 lost her shoes
The red lights of F40 P-31 pierce the darkness at the Anchorage depot
GP40 numbers 3009 and 3011 sit quietly under a blanket of snow in the Anchorage yard

Sunflower drawbars
Positioning the Fairbanks coal train for unloading at the Usibelli tipple
No. 3006 in the Anchorage shops
Curry flag stop
Conductor Amelia switching track
Sun on my face
A Simple Portrait
Maintenance of Way consist at Portage
Maintenance of Way consist at Portage 4/18/21

AuRoRa at the Anchorage Depot
A Look Back
AquaTrain Arrival
Stripping The Barge
The Floating Train Is No More
Working The AquaTrain
Working Whittier
Caboose extravaganza

U.S. Army flat car sent out for repair
Working The Warehouse
The Ruskies Are Coming!
Pick Your Flavor
Coastal Classic unloading passengers in Seward
Glacier Discovery
Expect the unexpected
Palmer Turn Turning
Optical Illusion
Fairbanks car shop
ARR 1512 & 1508 tied up for the evening at Birchwood
Call for Alaska Mill and Feed
A Difference Of Generations
Glass Out On Sitka Street
No. 3009 leaving Fairbanks
ARR 1512 & 1508, in work train service, tied up for the evening
Something Different
The Venerable F40
Switching in Fairbanks
Unloading pipe in Seward
A Simple Portrait
That Sky
No. #2005 and coal hoppers in the Fairbanks yard

Three SD70MACs at the fuel racks in Anchorage
Municipal Solid Waste
Winging It
GP38-2 2002 crossing Post Road to Alaska Mill and Feed
No. 1516 as part of an ABA consist in Fairbanks
Night Moves
Whittier shuttle
SD70MAC #4327 in the Anchorage yard
GP40 #3015 in the Anchorage yard
A festive #4323 rests in the Anchorage yard
End Of The Line
3012 idles the night awaiting the next call to duty
Aurora Borealis across Birchwood Yard

Denali Star rolls through Elmendorf siding
Arctic Moonrise
Real Alaska Heritage
Alaskan F
F is for Forest
Wobbling Thru The Weeds
Urban Wilderness
The Back Alleys Of Anchortown
ARR 2501 & ARR 2504 on a parked work train at Potter

Spenard Building Supply offload in Seward

Fracking sand going to rail

Seward for dawn

Love Those Black Geeps!

Whittier freight and shuttle

Numbers 1530 and 1612 in the Anchorage yard

Back In The Back Shop

Bold Indeed

Got Wheels?

Healy yard

Evening in the Healy yard

Talkeetna

Norwegian Cruise Line at the Anchorage airport

The CN Barge as seen from above prior to loading

Working the yard at Whittier

Hot Garbage!

Coho Caboose

GP40 #3015 in Whittier waiting for cruise ship passengers

Loram LRV-5 and caboose 1095 spotted at Portage

A Stark Comparison

Branchline Loadout

Down Whittier Way

Eielson Switcher

Tunnel Siding

P-30 in the Anchorage Yard

SD70MACs at the Anchorage fuel racks on a very snowy day

Bicentennial locomotives numbers 1510 and 1512 with E9 #2402 in the Anchorage yard

GP40 nos. 3012 and 3017 in the Anchorage yard

UPS takes delivery of new delivery trucks

5 day 20m pound offload in Seward

Loading pipe in Seward

Cruise Train at Portage and go to Whittier tomorrow to be the MEX

Bird Creek bridge transport
Four locomotives in the Anchorage diesel shop

High Wide Alaska Style

Awaiting the Call

Nos. 3001 and 3007 in perfect backshop light

Lifting the 4010 for truck overhaul 

FP7 1510 on the #6 AuRoRa

F units and a healthy stable of Geeps

Guard of the Palmer Depot

Heading to the Fair

Locomotive crane #105 at Healy 1966/67

Frac sand unloading in Seward, January 2023

Usibelli Tipple

F7's in the Anchorage Yard

Black And Gold Beauties

Caboose 1092 and the northern lights

Replacing SD70MAC #4011's traction motor

Bumped Off Budd

Winter Aurora arrives in Anchorage

Northbound winter Aurora in Anchorage

Sun sets on the Glacier Discovery

Open House 2023

Under The Rainbow

GP38 2005 and two ex-SP Gallery cars

Whittier photos May 2023

Seward pipe load out

No. 3015 at the airport

Military transport, Whittier

Train 5 with F7A 1500 & F7B 1517

Anchorage yard engines GP38-2’s 2001 & 2002

Northbound Extra freight in the siding at McKinley Park

GP40-2’s 3001, 3011, 3017 & 3009 in the fuel rack at the Anchorage shop

GP40 3017 & GP40-2 3009 outside one of the shop buildings

A view at the east end of the Anchorage shop

E9 #2402 leads a passenger train into Fairbanks

GP49 2809 and four sisters await a crew on an Export Coal Empties at the Port of Seward
Alaska Railroad Flats loaded with pipe in the yard at McKinley Park

BN Bulkhead Flats loaded with pipeline heat sinks. In the yard at Anchorage

Down At The Rack

Alaska Railroad in Valdez

A Peek Behind the Curtain

A Marvel Of Modern Logistics

Christmas miracle in the Last Frontier

Surplused locomotives 2501, 2502, 3020, 3019, 3016 ,3017 in Seattle

Freight passes gravel train at Alagco

RDC's in Fairbanks

Switching out the UP barge

Night time photos of bridge work train at Portage

Denali Express ready to depart Anchorage

Yard Bear

Snowfleet at Portage

Interesting things found in the Anchorage yard

What's happening in the Whittier yard, May 2024

Imploded tank cars

Numbers 1839 and 1826 on the Whittier Shuttle at Portage

Locomotives in the Anchorage diesel shop

Passenger train in Anchorage Yard

F7 1516 at Wasilla

Holy Smoke!

What's happening in Whittier August 2024

MK ballast hoppers and caboose 1069E in Portage

GP38-2's 2007 and 2008 spotted on K&K Recycling's spur

Three unlikely amigos




 

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