Chris, Interesting info and it makes sense on the 3 SD70MACs, although I have noted on Eielson that they are about to start rebuilding much of the trackage due...
Hey everyone, There's a show on the Discovery Channel called "Boneyard" and one of the places they visited was Colorado Rail Car, and they showed how they...
... Actually the History Channel, but close enough unless folks are looking for the repeats. It originally aired on Thursday and Sunday night was a repeat....
ARR group members: I have been talking with John Whitmore of Kaslo Shops in Canada about producing an Alaska RR Paducah rebuilt GP7 model. Kaslo shops makes ...
Kaslo shops does a really nice job and a well researched model of the Paducah rebuild GP7 for the ARR 18001-1810 would be welcome. For photos of the entire...
Hello All I am modeling several Alaska Railroad SD-70's. I am looking for some decal stripes. If any one can tell me where I could find some, it would be very...
... Hobbies ... Microscale does not make decals for the modern scheme as of yet. I inquired about them about 6 months ago and they said they were considering...
I have several custom made decals for the SD70MACs, they feature the double pin stripes and all, but the numbers are a little big so I would suggest getting...
As Mike eluded to, my decal set for the SD70MAC's is a lettering set only. Designed mostly to relettter/renumber an already decorated model. Curt Fortenberry...
No I have always painted the large yellow band on the loco, the decals are numbers the large "ALASKA" the nose herald and the pin stripes for the nose and long...
Hello all... I'm wondering how ARR numbers/symbols their freights and passenger trains. I am especially interested in the passenger service train numbers, as...
No I have got to see these SD75Ms, considering, as you put it, only the Desert Trash had'em. v/r, Raymond W. Hamm http://rwhamm.tripod.com/katy.html ...
Technically for operations they don't use train numbers and timetables now everything operates as an extra. So rather than numbers they may just use names now...
No train symbols at all? So...the Southbound Denali Star or a freight with, say, 4300 up front would be properly recorded on a train sheet or a train id column...
Normally over the radio they will say the loco number and which way they are going, I have not heard the ARR call a train an "Extra" for some time now. Now the...
Hmm--I thought I emailed a response back to the group. Looks like it didn't come through. (I typed this yesterday before these other folks answered the ...
The ARR has internal numbers for the trains. The freights are in the 180s Passengers trains are listed in the 230s Work Trains are listed in the 590s None of...
Does anyone have a list of these they can post, or send to me off list? Thanks and regards, Matt Matthew J. Ryan Wanderer Arts & Rails ... From: andikrol...
Since we're on the subject of train symbols, I have a few frequency related questions. 1. The ARR runs two jobs out to North Pole, an 0830 and a 2030. Am I...
I think the North Fox and South Fox run 6 days a week. I think they usually run without any other freight or tank cars. They usually have 1 silver boxcar...
The Fox usually runs every day of the week, but on occasion (2-4 times a week) they run an "extra" FOX with just intermodal traffic. This extra depends on...
Pentrex has acquired the Minds I video line. These were excellent, artistic, views of the ARR. Pat Hunstiger, the original owner/videographer, was a...
So there is the potential to have a north and southbound oil train, a north and south manifest/intermodal train, and a potential extra intermodal train....
Pentrex announced that they are now offering part one of the previously available three tape ARR set by Patrick Hustinger of Mind's-I Productions from 1993....
The silver boxcar on the fox is the Princess bag car and is spotted on a spur every morning just west of the yard office in Fairbanks. This way, the bags get...
Matt, Most freights have Alpha designations or are reported as "extras" as in "Extra 43XX" although I have not heard the alpha designations on the north end of...
The railroad does have internal numbers for scheduled trains or at the very least, job numbers for the crews of these trains, but they are rarely if ever used...
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