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...
... Looking at the one shot that I know of of the car I would say yes. It appears that there is a cab window on the far end of the car just like what is on...
Found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1TLdbtTgYs which shows that it is double ended. Another question though, could it be used as a cab car with...
The 751 is indeed double ended, but the cabs on each end are actually relatively small. The South Florida DMU's have what CRM called a Split Cab, with the...
I am travelling to Alaska on Thursday and hope to ride most of the AKRR trains. 1) I was wondering if anyone knew what equipment was being used on the ...
I phoned AKRR Passenger Services and they think that the DMU will begin operating on the Glacier Discovery Train on May 16. Can anybody confirm this please. ...
Many thanks Matt. Hopefully I will be able to find them on Saturday. I assume this is the track just north of the station and they can be seen from the road to...
Can the locomotive power Hurricane turn be wyed somewhere or will it envolve either propelling or operating the GP40-2 long end forward? (Do ARR even allow...
Not sure what they're planning to do for the Hurricane Turn specifically, but yes, the ARR allows long hood forward running. I did it once Nenana-Fairbanks on...
Hopefully, it is not too late to pass this on to you David: 1. They are all still in Anchorage. The 711 and 712 are parked on the "old main" track adjacent...
Many thanks John. That helps a lot. We fly out to Vancouver tomorrow and hope to be in Anchorage on Friday. We will have intermittent internet access so I may...
I was told that yes it can be used in the same way as the RDCs. It is MU and trainline capable so it will be used just the way the RDC used to be as a...
DMU 751 was on the rear of the train to Grandview today. Its first revenue trip. The crew had a few problems with warning systems - it should that the dynamic...
either P31 or P32 is on the Hurrican turn. ... That solves the problem of turning or running long hood forward. The engineer can operate from the (ex) F40PH in...
Alaska Railroad "Coastal Classic" Train, Returning from Seward, Over Campbell Creek Trail May 12, 2009, 10:00pm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jZj6lqnLhc ...
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