South Anchorage Meet
Another from a few years back.
A respectable mile long train of single stacked containers is nearing the end of its journey from Whittier to Anchorage as Alaska Railroad train 120N. It's seen here on the mainline approaching CP1095 passing an SD70MAC on the adjacent Coastal Siding which is in the process of unloading 86 cars of gravel at the QAP pit. The venerable GP38 leading the freight wears the "Alaska Bold" scheme of the 1980s and by this date it was relatively rare to see one leading on the mainline.
This new highway overpass of Dowling Road provides a great view that really highlights the contrast between urbananity and wilderness that is the great city of Anchorage. The double track main slices through the South Anchorage industrial district while the upscale homes of the hillside neighborhoods can be seen clinging to the lower reaches of the Chugach Mountains in the distance. Note the cyclist on Arctic Blvd beside the trains and the two spur tracks that reach across the road to Air Liquide and NC Machinery respectively.
Anchorage, Alaska
Friday September 16, 2016
South Anchorage Meet
Another from a few years back.
A respectable mile long train of single stacked containers is nearing the end of its journey from Whittier to Anchorage as Alaska Railroad train 120N. It's seen here on the mainline approaching CP1095 passing an SD70MAC on the adjacent Coastal Siding which is in the process of unloading 86 cars of gravel at the QAP pit. The venerable GP38 leading the freight wears the "Alaska Bold" scheme of the 1980s and by this date it was relatively rare to see one leading on the mainline.
This new highway overpass of Dowling Road provides a great view that really highlights the contrast between urbananity and wilderness that is the great city of Anchorage. The double track main slices through the South Anchorage industrial district while the upscale homes of the hillside neighborhoods can be seen clinging to the lower reaches of the Chugach Mountains in the distance. Note the cyclist on Arctic Blvd beside the trains and the two spur tracks that reach across the road to Air Liquide and NC Machinery respectively.
Anchorage, Alaska
Friday September 16, 2016