20320! - That's the height of North America's highest
peak - Mt. McKinley - which dominates the horizon and on a clear day can be
seen from hundreds of miles away and is in sight for a good portion of the
journey
along ARR's mainline from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Here we see the nightly freight
from Fairbanks to Anchorage charging south at 40 MPH with a moderate sized
train of 4344 ft and 6731 trailing tons heavy with jet fuel from Flint Hills
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in North Pole destined for the Anchorage International Airport. Willow, March
06, 2011