Plowing North at Broad Pass This is what passes for "high sun" a day after winter solstice in the wilds of the last frontier. It's about 1:30 PM here at Broad Pass and despite the wide expanse of the aptly named gap in the Alaska Range the sun would never get high enough to bask the railroad in light so all our shooting would be in perpetual shadows. Looking down from the Parks Highway overpass we see ARR GP38-2 2005 and GP40-2 3005 shoving spreader 9 toward the bridge over the North Fork of the Chulitna River. This was a memorable day spent track side with my best friend only eight days before I'd leave Alaska on a cross continent adventure by road and ferry to begin my new career in Boston. What a way to end a decade in the great white north! If you want to read more about this spectacular day and see more images check out Frank Keller's fabulous article and photography in the January 2020 issue of Railfan and Railroad Magazine. Broad Pass, Alaska Photo courtesy of Dave Blazejewski |
