Training Train
Here's another oldie from the archives and the caption I wrote when originally shared on RP:
This is odd looking little mixed train is used for student training out on the isolated and little used Ft. Richardson classification yard. The twin geeps are used to practice switching with newly hired brakeman, and the dome coach is used as a fancy taxi between the base trackage and ARRC's Anchorage Yard office. The lone flat car carries an emergency response command center container that is outfitted with refrigerators and a microwave and tables and other conveniences to provide a break room and lunch area for the trainers and students.
This view looks compass east on the base as GP38-2 2002 (ex BAP 109 blt. Nov. 1978) leads the little train around an s-curve on the Fort Rich yard lead enroute back to the ARR mainline at MP 119.8 just north of the Davis Hwy. crossing. The tan buildings in the background is home to D Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and comprises the sole Marine Corps mission unit stationed in Alaska.
US Army Fort Richardson
Anchorage, Alaska
Thursday May 20, 2010
Training Train
Here's another oldie from the archives and the caption I wrote when originally shared on RP:
This is odd looking little mixed train is used for student training out on the isolated and little used Ft. Richardson classification yard. The twin geeps are used to practice switching with newly hired brakeman, and the dome coach is used as a fancy taxi between the base trackage and ARRC's Anchorage Yard office. The lone flat car carries an emergency response command center container that is outfitted with refrigerators and a microwave and tables and other conveniences to provide a break room and lunch area for the trainers and students.
This view looks compass east on the base as GP38-2 2002 (ex BAP 109 blt. Nov. 1978) leads the little train around an s-curve on the Fort Rich yard lead enroute back to the ARR mainline at MP 119.8 just north of the Davis Hwy. crossing. The tan buildings in the background is home to D Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and comprises the sole Marine Corps mission unit stationed in Alaska.
US Army Fort Richardson
Anchorage, Alaska
Thursday May 20, 2010