Work Train South On a cold crisp Saturday afternoon an Alaska Railroad company work train clips south along the ARR mainline at about MP 80.7 just south of Bird Point enroute to Portage where they will set out some cars before turning around and coming back north. The three bought new GP40-2s provide a history of the ARR in paint - from the austere black and gold of the mid 1970s Federal days to the bold blue and yellow of the 1980s and State ownership to the sophisticated scheme of today debuted at the dawn of the millennium on the SD70MACs which is now the ARR's standard. Note: since this photo was taken 3002 and 3012 have joined their sister and received the current ARR scheme leaving no GP40-2s in the Alaska Bold scheme and only three in old school black and yellow. Near Bird Point |
