FRA statute restricts operating speed upon non-signaled track to a maximum of 49MPH. This restriction has existed for at least 90 years, coming to life under...
Actually, for a time in the late 1970's early 1980's prior to state ownership, the FRA granted the ARR an exception allowing them to operate passenger trains...
There is an exception, acquired by petition to the FRA, to the 49MPH limit and that requires creation of a "positive block" within which the train holding...
Thanks, that explains the details of it. It faintly rings a bell that this is what the ARR had to do. I think they only did this in the summer time and may...
Hello all, New member here (from Eastern Canada no less). I'm currently in the planning stages of a Z scale layout to be based on the ARR, having gotten hooked...
Hi guys, I am a french railfan who will stay a few days in Alaska from 1st to 10th of may. I plan to do a few picture on the ARR (you can see some of my...
Hi there, I don't know when the daily pass. trains will start, but they will start up before May 14th, I'm sure. There's daily freights and coal trains are...
... If you are able to find any of the old HO scale Walters hospital car kits, the instructions include a scale drawing of the car. These kits were also sold...
If'n yer gonna buy it, you might consider buying it from http://www.traintapes.com/ Then he'll get all the money. Or spread the wealth and buy it from the...
I have a copy of this DVD and while the photgraphy is excellent the producer's own publicity describes it as NOT A RAILFAN VIDEO and there is music playing...
Renaud, ok, I'll try to put down some of my insight into the local operations from my observations - all open to correction by those more knowledgeable then...
Southbound freight leaving Fairbanks yesterday evening had the usual string of oilcans, then the 4012 mid-train and facing backwards, then the general freight...
... I would guess you saw a train with distributed power. If the unit was broken down it would have most likely been shut off and drained. Or if it had some...
there is a video on alaskarails.org two sd70s up front, two in back of a oil train the temp was -35, so the exhaust looked like steam from a steam engine the...
I believe the ARR hauls engines Dead In Tow behind the roadpower. You probably saw a train in DPU mode. ... engine ... usual ... then ... and ... or ... it ......
Hey, I'll be up there the same time as John, and economical housing is hard to find up there. Plus, I'm taking a lady, and a nice b&b experience would be just...
The long trains have been running all week. When assembled in the Fairbanks yard they have gone from the west end yard lead track, through the yard, the flat...
Matt, It sounds like you better do a huge addition on to your place. It needs to be ready to go by August. You could have Marty Quaas build a layout that...
uh-oh --- thinking fast before I have to start explaning to my wife about who that guy with the suitcases on the doorstep is, and how hopefully he wont sue...
Hi Matt: I am on my way there in August, (yes this year), and want to book the railroad room for me and the relatives. We shouldn't be too annoying as we...
That would be sooooooooo funny, if it didnt sound just like the phone call I got from my mom a week ago...... Either that or Pappa Pilgram learned how to use...
lol, maybe you ought to discretely show the message to mom and pop before they come. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home...
This has been a very funny thread, thanks for the entertainment! ... Considering the location in Anchorage, that is a great price. The hotel rooms will a...
Hey a thought, have you looked into the RV/Camper packages that are out there. You would have your lodging and transportation at the same time. We see the...
Does anyone happen to know if the KAKM special on the history of Alaska railroads called "Klondike Alaska" will air again? The ad in the paper the other day...
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