Black Parade
When I was a young[er] boy I was given a VHS tape about the Alaska Railroad. For whatever reason I still vividly remember repeatedly watching that tape in the late 90s and early 2000s hoping to one day to experience what this railroad had to offer. Fast forward about 25 years after I first saw that VHS tape leads us into the summer of 2023 where I find myself in Alaska spending multiple days trackside along the Alaska Railroad.
In that VHS tape I wasn't drawn to the bright, newer blue and yellow scheme of this railroad, I was drawn to the black and yellow scheme. So while in Alaska I had hoped to shoot one of the three remaining geeps in the Black and Yellow scheme leading. And as luck would have it I would get two of the three on one train.
Train 120S a freight train from Anchorage down to the barge in Whittier ran with a trio of geeps lead by GP40-2 3006, one of the three remaining black geeps left on the Alaska Railroad roster. We chased the train from Anchorage to the Whittier tunnel, allowing for many opportunities to capture the train.
One of those examples is here as Alaska Railroad Train 120S heads into the small hamlet of Girdwood Alaska. A quick jump out of the car and run across a soggy landscape and though some shrubs and trees got us to a small pond for a reflection shot. Quickly realizing I didn't have the right lens on the camera and with little time to make up for that mistake I decided to try a roster pan shot. While not my intended composition it still worked out, so we'll carry on
I would've liked to have been able to stay a day or two longer to document the return trip, make it down to Whittier, and to get other shots, but I guess that gives me a reason to return in the future.
Black Parade
When I was a young[er] boy I was given a VHS tape about the Alaska Railroad. For whatever reason I still vividly remember repeatedly watching that tape in the late 90s and early 2000s hoping to one day to experience what this railroad had to offer. Fast forward about 25 years after I first saw that VHS tape leads us into the summer of 2023 where I find myself in Alaska spending multiple days trackside along the Alaska Railroad.
In that VHS tape I wasn't drawn to the bright, newer blue and yellow scheme of this railroad, I was drawn to the black and yellow scheme. So while in Alaska I had hoped to shoot one of the three remaining geeps in the Black and Yellow scheme leading. And as luck would have it I would get two of the three on one train.
Train 120S a freight train from Anchorage down to the barge in Whittier ran with a trio of geeps lead by GP40-2 3006, one of the three remaining black geeps left on the Alaska Railroad roster. We chased the train from Anchorage to the Whittier tunnel, allowing for many opportunities to capture the train.
One of those examples is here as Alaska Railroad Train 120S heads into the small hamlet of Girdwood Alaska. A quick jump out of the car and run across a soggy landscape and though some shrubs and trees got us to a small pond for a reflection shot. Quickly realizing I didn't have the right lens on the camera and with little time to make up for that mistake I decided to try a roster pan shot. While not my intended composition it still worked out, so we'll carry on
I would've liked to have been able to stay a day or two longer to document the return trip, make it down to Whittier, and to get other shots, but I guess that gives me a reason to return in the future.