The Alaska Yukon Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society was an active organization as long as the spark plug, Bill Thomasson spent nearly every...
Alaska Journal of Commerce: http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/020407/hom_20070204013.shtml Web posted Sunday, February 4, 2007 Alaska Railroad slated to...
No mention of the 4 additional 70MAC's, are they still planned for a Spring delivery? ... http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/020407/hom_20070204013.shtml ......
As to the question "Does this mean the end of the RDC" If you have not noticed at least two of the RDC units have been in service as control cabs on the rear...
I'm curious to know if anyone out there has modelled Twenty Mile bridge just north of Portage. I am considering several options for moedlling it but was ...
NRE has the 2001 and 2006. I think the 3002 and 3004?? are still leased out after rebuilding from NRE. NRE has 3 2 sold GP49s, 3 more GP49s are enroute to...
Anchorage (CA) Daily News: http://www.adn.com/money/story/8629498p-8521802c.html New tracks, station in railroad's budget Alaska Journal of Commerce ...
The auto plant I work for ships to dealerships in Anchorage and Fairbanks among others...The completed vehicles leave here by rail and travel to a rail yard...
For what I know about it, they laid new track in the Nenana river canyon, all the realignments and the new track work in the Fairbanks yard for the new depot,...
Kent is located something like 8 miles south of Seattle. The facility is BNSF's Glacier Park Auto trans-load, operated by some company called Interrail....
... There are two methods of shipping into Alaska (well, not including overland transport by truck up the Alaska Highway). While there aren't a lot of shipping...
Fairbanks (AK) News-Miner: http://newsminer.com/2007/02/11/5148/ Railroad plans trouble Nenana By Eric Lidji Published February 11, 2007 Train passengers used...
Looking at those rates, the $825 we charge is a bargain! Cam O'Fallon ... From: atejral@... To: arrrailfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:39 PM ...
Atlas has posted preproduction shots of the ARR version of their next release of the MP15. The only real issue is that's not how the blue and yellow go over...
It also looks like just as they did with the N scale version, the horn is in the wrong location, on front of the cab. When I pointed this out to Atlas after...
Hey all, I was reading past post and came across the new locos posts. Well I emailed Tim Thompson, to ask what they were getting. I did this because from what...
... Please forward it because other Alaska officials have stated they the railroad is getting SD70MACs (SD70MAC-T1 is the actual type) and as far as EMD is...
I met with several interestes of the Alaska Railroad yesterday that offered some interesting tidbits. -The Whittier barges were recently outfitted with ...
Fairbanks (AK) News-Miner: http://newsminer.com/2007/02/18/5299 There is a better way to re-route Alaska Railroad through town By John Phillips Published...
I heard back from Atlas. They are aware of the problem, and it has to do with the etched metal grill. They are working on a solution and have an idea of how...
Anchorage (AK) Daily News: http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/8679995p-8574836c.html State says no to herbicide use along Alaska Railroad's tracks ...
I had a brief email conversation with the author of the article. It's enclosed below. It doesn't tell a lot, but I thought someone might find it interesting. ...