What are the ARR retirement dates for the following: 2501 (now PAL slug 2104) 2502 (now PAL slug 2106) 2504 3016 (now PAL 2101) 3017 (now PAL 2103) 3018 Where...
Hi there, If you go to John Comb's site (www.alaskarails.org) and look in the Roster section, you should find most of the answers there. The 2504 went to a...
Hello: Does anyone know the color of the maintance buildings in the Anchorage rail yards. ( this weeks picture of the week, on Johns Alaska Railroad Page. ) I...
Martin, I wasn't aware of any spur to Fairbanks International Airport but the one recently opened to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport begins at the...
How refreshing to know that any American RR anywhere is laying tracks and not ripping them out! Cam Aulds Freeland, Michigan Cambaulds@... [Non-text...
I have an ARR book called "Rails along the Tundra" which includes a (small sized) map which suggests branches to both airports. In the case of Anchorage does...
There are great resources on the AKRR website: http://www.akrr.com/employment/resources.html The timetable has all sorts of great information. Also look on the...
Easter is just six weeks away and I haven't heard of any mention of an Easter Train to Portage this year. Does anyone know if this will be scheduled? There's...
... From an anonymous source: ANC (a.k.a "AIA" on the ARR): Mainline MP110.51, 3.25 miles long (J0 to J3.25) FBX: A spur off the Eielson Branch at G6. I'm not...
I think this guy has too much money: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2163280530&category=35940 That kind of money could buy a lot of Alaska...
The excellent http://www.alaskarails.org/glance/complete-roster.html lists GP7 1806 as sold to the Alaska Central Railroad. Where is this line and do they have...
They also have the 1802. They have several pieces of old Retired ARR equipment. I don't think they have any track anywhere, but I might be wrong. I don't...
Both units sit (or were sitting, in May 2002) in what appears to be a scrapyard just south of the Anchorage shops along Ship Creek. Here's a couple shots of...
... The Alaska Central (AKC) Railroad Company owns both 1802 and 1806. The AKC purchased former ARR 1802 and 1806 from Alaska Metal Recycling (AMR) on 26 Sep...
Alaska Central Railroad is Mr. Mike Presley of Anchorage. He has the two Gp 7 units and remains of a Locomotive Crane stored near the old CEA plant in...
Could anyone direct me to pictures of the ex-Southern Pacific bi- level passenger commuters? The only one I have been able to locate is on John's fine Alaska...
Hello, My name is Ronald Schick, I recently became a ARR railfan. I am very interested in the 70 Mac's. I was wondering if anyone has made a video of railroad...
Hello Ronald and welcome to the group. You should be able to find a number of photos of Alaska SD70MACs on some of the websites in the links page for this...
I think at the present time the ARR has too many locos for the traffic. The ARR has been upgrading the MACs and some of the older GPs have been going in for...
... I had to look it up on a map, but that seems like a very good use of railroad transportation and not trucks along the Turnagain arm. Can anyone direct me...
Those aren't the ex SP cars, the 351/352 are ex CNW. The ex SP gallery cars were the former Whittier Shuttle cars: 600, 601, 602. Curt Fortenberry ... of...
... Whoops, thanks for the correction, Curt. For some reason I guess I remembered them backwards. ... Nathan D. Holmes maverick@... Colorado Springs,...
Hi there, The Seward Highway relocation a few years ago by Girdwood was done by trucks. They blasted and built the road, didn't have to drive very far with...
Thanks for the additional information. I looked through the Alaska DOT website myself and didn't find anything so I asked. :-) ... So will this be via an...
Ronald, Andi Krole produced an excellent video in 2002, Railfans Veiw of The Alaska Railroad. It has been reviewed by me on John's railroad pages at...
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