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ARR 2005 |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 10:24:55 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 2005(GP38) |
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ARR 2005 |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 10:24:56 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 2005(GP38) |
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| Title: |
ARR 3015 |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 10:24:56 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 3015(GP40-2) |
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ARR 4321 With NB Aurora Winter Train and 4008Dead in Siding |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 7:01:05 PM |
| Location: |
Birchwood, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4321(SD70MAC) ARR 4008(SD70MAC) |
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Alaska RR's Start of a Good Poker Hand |
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This is the last Aurora Winter Train of the season, weekly NB, Anchorage to Fairbanks on Saturday (pictured) and return on Sunday. In the summer it is a long train daily with cruise ship cars and ARR super domes. |
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5/9/2009 Upload Date: 5/10/2009 7:01:04 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4321(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
ARR 2005 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:46 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 2005(GP38) |
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| Title: |
ARR 3001 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:46 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 3001(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
ARR 206 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:38 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 4013 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:47 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4013(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
ARR 4016, 4001, and Another |
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With 3 cuts, each worth a train: first, petroleum products from the North Pole (the North Pole is a town just outside Fairbank and nowhere near the real north pole where there is a tank farm and refinery), second 20-ft containers, and third pigs. |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:49 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4016(SD70MAC) ARR 4001(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4016, 4001, and Another |
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With 3 cuts, each worth a train: first, petroleum products from the North Pole (the North Pole is a town just outside Fairbank and nowhere near the real north pole where there is a tank farm and refinery), second 20-ft containers, and third pigs. |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:51 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4016(SD70MAC) ARR 4001(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
ARR 4317 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:53 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4317(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4326 and 4325 With the NB Denali Star |
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Loading cruise ship passengers (four rear cars) before pulling forward to the Depot, loading its own pasengers, and departing. |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:54 PM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4326 and 4325 With NB Denali Star |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:55 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
ARR 452 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:39 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 500 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:40 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 522 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:41 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 652 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:43 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 654 |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:44 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
Holland America Coach |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:56 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
Holand America Coach |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:57 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
Princess Coach |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:57 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
Princess Coach |
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5/20/2009 Upload Date: 5/20/2009 10:10:37 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 1500, She is Still at The Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry |
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Needing a little body work and a paint job. |
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5/21/2009 Upload Date: 5/25/2009 11:12:30 AM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 1500(F7A) |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR 3015 With MEX About 10 miles South of Anchorage |
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This is the Princess Lines McKinley Express (MEX) which runs Saturdays and Mondays Seward (passengers actually get on/off at Whittier where the cruise ships berth) to Talkeetna where the passengers stay at the McKinley Princess Lodge. It is all ARR Equipment and shown SB at about 5:00 pm. The trailing locomotive so the train does not need to be turned is ARR 4327 (SD0MAC). The train was quite full. Parallel to the tracks is the Seward Highway from Anchorage south. Below it is the Potter Marsh, a birder paradise. Above the train is Turnagain Arm of the Cooks Inlet. If you need a map of all this try: http://www.alaskarails.org/route-map/route-map.html |
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5/30/2009 Upload Date: 5/31/2009 12:43:43 PM |
| Location: |
Potter, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 3015(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR 4327 Trailing the MAX |
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For full details see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1624694 |
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5/30/2009 Upload Date: 5/31/2009 12:44:20 PM |
| Location: |
Potter, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4327(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 3008 and 3014 Switching the Yard Over Whittier Creek |
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6/5/2009 Upload Date: 6/6/2009 10:46:27 AM |
| Location: |
Whittier, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 3008(GP40-2) ARR 3014(GP40-2) |
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Putting the Denali Star to Bed (9:25 pm) |
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Having come down from Fairbanks with the Denali Star these two guys just shoved her in the coach yard for the night. |
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6/5/2009 Upload Date: 6/6/2009 10:46:26 AM |
| Location: |
Anchorage, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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Curry Alaska, New Sign, Reroofed, Bench Inside, Hey, It Must Be a Depot |
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Curry is not connected by roads. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:26 PM |
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Curry, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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Unloading Freight from the Hurricane Turn |
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The RDC in the distance is now a MoW vehicle. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:27 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR Rotary #3 |
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Stored serviceable but with a doubtful future. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 12:26:41 PM |
| Location: |
Curry, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR Hurricane South Switch |
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Alaska RR is Wireless: This picture of the south end of the Hurricane, 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. The 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 BEGIN 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 train 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 blows. 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 detector (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 the 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 (historically 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 maintenance 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 rail. 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. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 12:25:03 PM |
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Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR Curry Depot Display |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:29 PM |
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Curry, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
Alaska RR Flag Stop Somewhere North of Talkeetna |
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No roads connect places along the Alaska RR so the ARR Hurricane Turn from which the pictutre was taken is the lifeline. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:29 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 102 |
| Description: |
NB Denali Star |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/25/2009 11:55:14 AM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 1043 |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:14 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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| Title: |
ARR 200 on the Hurricane Turn |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:14 PM |
| Location: |
Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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Alaska RR 3010 brings the Hurricane Turn into the Station |
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On the other end is #32 (a de-engined F40), a cab and generator car. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:15 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 3010(GP40-2) |
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ARR 32 is a Caper (CAb & PowER), i.e. has HEP (Head-End Power) for the coaches |
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De-engined, the inside of this old girl is empty except for the cab and a small HEP generator. The train is the Hurricane Turn. A standard freight SD40 on the other end powers the train. MU (multiple unit) wires run the length of the train. Thus the train does not have to be turned. Now for the fun. To find the horse power for any Alaska RR diesel round the unit number down to the closest 100. ARR #4312 is an SD70MAC and has 4300 hp. Round 32 down for the Caper, yep, zip! |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:13 PM |
| Location: |
Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4001 With the Southbound DEX |
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The Denali Express (DEX) is run north and southbound between Whittier and Denali Park each summer Saturday and Monday for Princes Lines. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:16 PM |
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Talkeetna, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4001(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4321 With the NB DEX |
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The Denali Express (DEX) is run north and southbound between Whittier and Denali Park each summer Saturday and Monday for Princes Lines. Its head light on low and ditch lights off for the meet. Picture taken from the SB Hurricane Turn. Note how far back the signal base is so not to impede snow plowing. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:17 PM |
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Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4321(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4321 With the NB DEX |
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The Denali Express (DEX) is run north and southbound between Whittier and Denali Park each summer Saturday and Monday for Princes Lines. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:17 PM |
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Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4321(SD70MAC) |
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NB DEX (Denali Express) Meets SB Hurricane Express |
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The Alaska RR runs DEX on Saturdays and Mondays for Princess Lines in both diresctions between Whittier and Denali Park. The DEX conductor is on the ground transfering a passenger. It also looks like this coadh has an Amtrak number, 800596. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:19 PM |
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Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326 and 4365 on NB Denali Star |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:20 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4326 and 4325 With the NB Denali Star |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:22 PM |
| Location: |
Talkeetna, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4326 and 4325 With the NB Denali Star |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:23 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4326 and 4325 With the NB Denali Star |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:24 PM |
| Location: |
Wasilla, AK |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4326(SD70MAC) ARR 4325(SD70MAC) |
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ARR 4328 and 4313 Roll the SB Denali Star Past the Hurricane Turn |
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The conductor of the Hurricane Turn is on the ground inspecting the train as he should be. |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:24 PM |
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Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4328(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
ARR 4328 and 4313 Roll the SB Denali Star |
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6/13/2009 Upload Date: 6/14/2009 3:41:25 PM |
| Location: |
Hurricane, AK |
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Marty Bernard |
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ARR 4328(SD70MAC) |
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