And the winner is- ... Any comments on how accurate these are? Road numbers, paint schemes, etc? They look nice regardless. Anyone seen one at a show? Thanks, ...
If the web pix is correct, the color is way off. The blue was a dark blue similar to what's on the engines and passenger cars. I think the lettering is good....
I heard from a reliable looking source that the new Alaska DMU was out for some testing today in Colorado. Sounded like the crew was headed back to Alaska...
Have the 3 GP40-2's (ARR 3002, 3004 and 3005) been returned back to home rails yet? The last note that I have is that 3002 was on the PNWR, 3004 at NRE...
3002 was still on PNWR a couple of days ago at Albany. I'll probably swing by their shops today and see if it's still there. -Alan Liesse- ... From: Randell...
Back on Oct. 29 of last year, I was sitting in the BNSF Stacy Street Yard in Seattle onboard ARR 655 and 656 waiting to make the transfer to Harbor Island to...
Greetings to all. I am building a module for the Yuma AZ model railroaders (HO scale) and would like to depict the Anchorage station and surrounding areas....
I bought two Walthers Ford headquarters kits - now discontinued, but I see them reasonably often on e-bay, to kitbash for the Anchorage depot. I figured it...
I am thinking of modeling in N scale,the arr from anchorage to talkeetna/denali.It will not be exactly of that,but that will be the prototype.where can I get a...
Newbie! Everyone knows the source of all Alaska railroad knowledge is alaskarails.org And while I'm at it, a big thank you to John for all his work! Andy...
Andrew, Welcome to ARR modeling. I do HO, but have more than glanced at the N scale Bachman McKinnley explorer set(have the HO ones). Ditto about John's...
I have a large folder of photos and other Alaska info here if you are interested. http://www.flickr.com/photos/artchase/sets/72157594384407192/ Just a thought....
Art, great folder. Thanks for sharing it. Brought back fond memories of my trip to Alaska about 6 or 8 years ago. Rode the ARR numerous times. Stayed with...
great photos,so I have an idea of types of railcars.thanks. ... Art, great folder. Thanks for sharing it. Brought back fond memories of my trip to Alaska about...
If you have any interest in an HO ready to run model of the s-160 consolidations like the ARR 550 class please take the survey at alaskarails.org Thanks, Pat...
Looks like you guys finally get it back. -Alan Liesse- ... From: Mark Gillings <bnsfmark@...> Subject: [PNWR] ARR 3002 To: PNWR@yahoogroups.com Date:...
Passenger Service Scheduled for Whittier after Rock Slide ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Railroad Corporation will provide scheduled passenger service to...
... Andrew, There is another way to look at the whole route and get an idea of the track. Besides John's and Dely's info, you can go to www.topo.com and set up...