Hello All; I note that Walthers latest sale flyer offers their Pullman Standard bi-level commuter car (932-6250) for only $14 in undecorated. Is this car...
It is close. The windows are wrong and looks like the generator and AC units are not underneath the car. The ARR Bi-Levels had 6 windows on each end. 1 end...
Here is a photo of an FEC SD70. The hurricane loco is on the nose. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=614738 Cheers! Scott ... the ... ...
I am working on a webpage on auto racks. Does anybody have any shred of information on these as they relate to the Alaska Railroad? Thanks in advance! John...
John, To the best of my knowledge, ARR did not own or lease any autoracks. Seattle Alaska Hydro Train had the bulk of the business. Curt Fortenberry...
John, My recollection and a few photos suggest that autorack cars were a steady, but realatively small business for the ARR. I suspect a couple of racks came...
John, My recollection and a few photos suggest that autorack cars were a steady, but realatively small business for the ARR. I suspect a couple of racks came...
I remember Crowley hauling barge loads of new vehicles up here to Alaska. They would fill a barge every year for the Alaska Sales and Service 500 sale. I...
I spent a bit of time this summer in Whittier (every Thursday and every other Tuesday, May-July). I didn't see any auto traffic going through the port, but...
I don't know if these really fit the concept of "racks," but what about the flatcars ARR used for the Whittier Shuttle? -Alan Liesse- Albany (OR) Spotter ...
ARCX got out of the autorack business in the early 90s, the racks removed and ARR picked up the flats as their 18500 series. To change the subject slightly,...
I headed down to Harbor Island today after work and saw no sign of the GP49's coming off the barge today. Does anyone know if the three that headed down last ...
Curt, Do you know what the numbers were on these four cars and whether they were bi-levels or tri-levels. I don't have an Equipment Register from those days? ...
Jason, My 1970 ORER shows 7001-3 are the covered hoppers. They had 4, and I don't recall if the missing car is 7000 or 7004. These were 3 bay ACF center flow...
Jason, More on ARCX auto racks. I checked my 1986 ORER and it had the following: trilevel racks: 5011, 5013-16, 5018-19, 5026-30 bilevel racks: 5012, 5017,...
Curt, Thanks so much. I did not even know Alaska Hydro Train had so much equipment. I knew about the autoracks and the box cars. I did not know about the...
They are at NRE now http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=172483 ... Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail...
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