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| Title: |
ARR Denali |
| Description: |
ARR Denali, as part of a business train, being switched on a summer 'evening' in June. It's around midnight. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1983 Upload Date: 12/31/2012 9:11:25 PM |
| Location: |
Fairbanks, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Night,Yard,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Alaska Hopper Car |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/3/1985 Upload Date: 12/2/2012 3:12:17 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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851 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Station At Denali (National Park) |
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| Photo Date: |
9/17/1985 Upload Date: 12/2/2012 8:54:01 PM |
| Location: |
Denali, AK |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Station |
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482 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Denali-Park Station |
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| Photo Date: |
9/18/1985 Upload Date: 12/2/2012 8:56:34 PM |
| Location: |
Denali, AK |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Station |
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477 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR Lake Minchumina |
| Description: |
ARR Lake Minchumina |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/1986 Upload Date: 7/6/2025 8:36:45 PM |
| Location: |
Palmer, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
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362 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR Denali |
| Description: |
ARR business car Denali, as seen late in the afternoon |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1993 Upload Date: 4/19/2014 7:39:10 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
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830 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR Ticket |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/30/1995 Upload Date: 8/10/2006 8:47:23 PM |
| Location: |
Denali, AK |
| Author: |
Mike Stroud |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Transit,Passenger |
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984 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR Dome Car |
| Description: |
Taken at Denali Park Alaska in late June 2001, exact date unknown |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/2001 Upload Date: 12/20/2005 5:50:06 PM |
| Location: |
Denali, AK |
| Author: |
Terry Terrance |
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733 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Interior of Princess Cruises Sightseeing Cars |
| Description: |
Interior of Princess Cruises Sightseeing Cars |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/2004 Upload Date: 7/26/2013 6:34:45 AM |
| Location: |
Denali, AK |
| Author: |
Dave Carson |
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490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR Palmer Depot |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 10:24:42 PM |
| Location: |
Palmer, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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560 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Curry Alaska, New Sign, Reroofed, Bench Inside, Hey, It Must Be a Depot |
| Description: |
Curry is not connected by roads. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:26 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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606 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unloading Freight from the Hurricane Turn |
| Description: |
The RDC in the distance is now a MoW vehicle. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:27 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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612 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR Hurricane South Switch |
| Description: |
Alaska RR is Wireless: This picture of the south end of the Hrricane, AK siding has so much to teach. L to R: the grab irons on the next coach from the one Im leaning out a dutch door (bottom half closed, upper have open). Next are the signal heads. We have just left the siding so everything is red. Notice how far away from the track the signal base is. ^he reason will become obvious. Next is the black diagonal sign about 12 by 3 inches called a Reminder Bar (see below). Under it the END ROCK BLOCK sign. The name of the block the train has just entered. Im looking to the rear of the train. Ill explain blocks below. Then the ¾DGIN CTC sign. CTC = Centralized Traffic Control. One of relatively few ARR sidings where the dispatcher controls the track switches and signals. (Somewhere in that pile of equipment is an antenna.) At other sidings the trapn crew must get down to set the track switches. Heres the interesting part. The solar panels and small wind turbines are to keep the batteries charged. Remember there are winter months where no or little sun shine. I guess the wind b’nws. I have never seen that battery charging combination before. To the far right is the big propane tank that fuels the track switch heaters that keep switch points clear of ice and snow. The heater and ducting can be see:below and a little left of the BEGIN CTC sign. Reminder Bars: To clear the track in the winter the RR uses spreader and flanger cars to push the snow over to the far sides of the tracks and keep the snow in the middle of the track a little low. Well if these devices are down when crossing say a track switch or a detecsor (detectors defined below) the switch stand, maybe points, or a detector would be removed. In this picture the reminder bars purpose is obvious. But out in the country in a couple feet of snow Im sure the little sign by itself on an 8 foot pole helps. Blocks: Most of thb ARR is unsignaled. This is true of portions of most railroads. So the unsignaled portion is partitioned into named blocks of a few to several thousand feet. The dispatcher issues Track Warrants in a formal manner via radio (histarically via telegraph) to trains or others that might need to be on the track, e.g., maintenance crews, permission to be in the block. As you would expect there are very strict rules on wording of the Track Warrant, and on repeating it back to the dispatcher. Only one train may occupy a block and maintenance crews must be off the track. More than one mainwenance crew can be in a block. A crew could be one maintainer in a high rail vehicle or a lager group of employees using equipment to change out ties or install new raij. In the picture the train just left a CTC siding (dispatcher controlled) and entered a tack-warrant block. At the north and of the siding are two signs that say END CTC and ENTER XYZ BLOCK. Detectors: The three types of detectors are hot journal (senses temperature of the wheel bearings as the train goes by), dragging equipment (these detectors are flaps between and out side the rails that if hit as the train goes by sends a warning), and high/wide (there is a tunnel ahead, has a load shifted?). Todays detectors talk, i.e., sends a radio message. An example: Detector milepost two forty five point thee, no defects, no defect, 120 axles, temperature six four degrees, detector out. Usually it will repeat its message a second time. Note: in areas with electric power available the Alaska RR is grid connected. The picture was taken form the southbound Hurricane Turn. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 12:25:03 PM |
| Location: |
Hurricane, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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RollingStock |
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810 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
ARR Curry Depot Display |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:29 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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707 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR Flag Stop Somewhere North of Talkeetna |
| Description: |
No roads connect places along the Alaska RR so the ARR Hurricane Turn from which the pictutre was taken is the lifeline. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:29 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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612 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR High Rail Chrysler Station Wagon at the Museun of Alaska Transportation and Industry |
| Description: |
Belonged to the ARR president. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/2009 Upload Date: 6/23/2009 4:28:33 AM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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692 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Curry, Alaska depot |
| Description: |
The Curry depot is primarily for summer use. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/2012 Upload Date: 3/16/2013 3:43:56 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Station |
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517 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Denali Park station |
| Description: |
Denali Park station |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/2013 Upload Date: 1/20/2021 7:37:50 PM |
| Location: |
Denali, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
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419 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MRSR #100 NISQUALLY RIVER |
| Description: |
Built in 1917 by AC&F as US Bureau of Mines safety car #1, sold in 1945 to Alaska RR and reconfigured in 1947 to business car CARIBOU CREEK, retired in 1980 and acquired by MRSR as CHEHALIS RIVER, later renamed NISQUALLY RIVER. EXIF: 10:54 AM, f/3 @ 1/30, ISO-280 |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/2014 Upload Date: 7/22/2014 10:44:12 PM |
| Location: |
Mineral, WA |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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744 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MRSR #100 NISQUALLY RIVER |
| Description: |
Built in 1917 by AC&F as US Bureau of Mines safety car #1, sold in 1945 to Alaska RR and reconfigured in 1947 to business car CARIBOU CREEK, retired in 1980 and acquired by MRSR as CHEHALIS RIVER, later renamed NISQUALLY RIVER. EXIF: 10:54 AM, f/3 @ 1/30, ISO-280 |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/2014 Upload Date: 7/23/2014 12:34:30 AM |
| Location: |
Mineral, WA |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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860 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Curry, Alaska |
| Description: |
Curry, Alaska, the old depot was better |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/2015 Upload Date: 12/10/2019 7:55:17 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Station |
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34 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/21/2015 Upload Date: 9/9/2015 10:46:09 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
Bob Keenan |
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429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 3 |
| Description: |
ARR 3 |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1986 Upload Date: 1/5/2022 11:39:24 AM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
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532 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR Rotary 3 |
| Description: |
On display outside the Anchorage offices. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1996 Upload Date: 12/23/2010 3:15:48 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Steve Pappas |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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998 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 3 - Anchorage Yard |
| Description: |
ARR Rotary 3 at Anchorage yard |
| Photo Date: |
8/14/2005 Upload Date: 4/13/2012 4:10:28 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
David Brudnicki |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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915 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR Rotary #3 |
| Description: |
Stored serviceable but with a doubtful future. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 12:26:41 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
897 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 4 |
| Description: |
ARR 4 |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1986 Upload Date: 8/28/2016 8:56:25 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ARR 3006(GP40-2) |
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971 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 4 |
| Description: |
ARR 4 |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/12/2013 11:01:32 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
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658 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 4 |
| Description: |
ARR 4, the b end |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/12/2013 11:02:24 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
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713 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR P-4 |
| Description: |
ARR P-4, on a gloomy fall day |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/1986 Upload Date: 10/23/2014 9:08:20 PM |
| Location: |
Seattle, WA |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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749 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 4 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/1/1995 Upload Date: 7/15/2010 12:45:55 AM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Steve Pappas |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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| Views: |
847 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR P4 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/1/2004 Upload Date: 11/22/2017 10:57:41 PM |
| Location: |
Portola, CA |
| Author: |
Michael Cameron |
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474 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR LB4 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/15/2015 Upload Date: 8/16/2015 3:00:36 AM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Bob Keenan |
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385 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 5 |
| Description: |
ARR 5 |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/1985 Upload Date: 5/31/2023 8:12:21 PM |
| Location: |
Seward, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Passenger |
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| Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 5 |
| Description: |
ARR 5 |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/1985 Upload Date: 5/31/2023 8:12:43 PM |
| Location: |
Seward, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Passenger |
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393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR #5 |
| Description: |
Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. Photographer is unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1996 Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:38:55 AM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Unknown/Bob Trennert Collection/Fred F. Forsberg Collection |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 6 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/9/1994 Upload Date: 1/5/2012 10:38:56 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Steve Pappas |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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617 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 6 spreader going to hell |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/22/2013 Upload Date: 10/26/2017 6:09:52 AM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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331 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 6 |
| Description: |
Ex ARR Jordan Spreader |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2013 Upload Date: 10/26/2017 6:13:14 AM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 7 |
| Description: |
ARR 7 |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1993 Upload Date: 5/25/2015 11:51:57 AM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
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676 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 7 |
| Description: |
ARR 7 MOW snow blade. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1998 Upload Date: 7/18/2014 2:14:22 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
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520 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Jordan Spreader |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/30/2008 Upload Date: 9/17/2009 12:17:25 AM |
| Location: |
Fairbanks, AK |
| Author: |
Daniel Castillo |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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1113 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 8 |
| Description: |
ARR 8 |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/1983 Upload Date: 5/29/2023 7:51:10 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR CP-8 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/16/2015 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 9:17:44 PM |
| Location: |
Moose Pass, AK |
| Author: |
Bob Keenan |
| Categories: |
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412 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 8 |
| Description: |
ARR 8 |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/2019 Upload Date: 11/22/2020 8:17:47 PM |
| Location: |
Fairbanks, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR 2501 |
| Description: |
ARR 2501 |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1983 Upload Date: 4/8/2021 7:43:37 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
ARR 2501(GP35) |
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965 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MH #904 HOOD RIVER |
| Description: |
Built in 1944 by AC&F in Lot #2733 as a US Army #893xx-series hospital, 1 of 100 such cars built in that Lot, which was ordered in May 1944. In 1947, 32 cars were sold to Alaska, 3 of which were reconfigured in 1949 to 32 seat buffet diner 22 seat club lounges #8-#10. #10 was later sold to the McKinley Park Station Hotel, then acquired by Mount Hood as #RS01, later renumbered #904. EXIF: 2:20 PM, f/4.5 @ 1/400, ISO-100 |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2014 Upload Date: 7/24/2014 8:51:57 PM |
| Location: |
Hood River, OR |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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1841 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ARR LC-10 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/21/2015 Upload Date: 9/13/2015 8:32:30 PM |
| Location: |
Gold Creek, AK |
| Author: |
Bob Keenan |
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412 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MH #904 HOOD RIVER |
| Description: |
RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. EXIF: 8:03 PM, f/4.4 @ 1/40, ISO-400 |
| Photo Date: |
8/21/2017 Upload Date: 1/9/2025 10:21:50 PM |
| Location: |
Hood River, OR |
| Author: |
Ted Brumberg |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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470 Comments: 0 |
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