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The "Denali Star," the flagship line of the Alaska Railroad providing passenger service between Fairbanks and Anchorage, makes its scheduled daily stop at the scenic depot in Denali National Park.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/11.0, 38mm, 1/400s
The Was A Roman Emperor Who Never Aged After He Turned 19.
His Name Was Constant Teen.
Arr Arr...ahem
Another from my chase of the Coastal Classic Southbound. We are just south of Girdwood AK as the train hugs its way around Mount Alyeska.
ARR Coastal Classic
ARR 4327 / ARR 3013
ARR Kenai Subdivision
The daily Coastal Classic is continuing its northward journey toward Anchorage, seen here running along the Seward Highway just south of Girdwood near Virgin Creek in our 26th edition of Alaska Revisited.
I had noticed that along this section of track that the train's speed varied greatly. I'm not sure if it was because of slow orders or if it was the crew slowing to give the passengers a glimpse of the amazing scenery.
Superbus / Daniel Darc "Cherchez Le Garçon" youtu.be/157eHBNB4eY?si=ffjpoqPnmTBGvQRX
Boutique dans le plus ancien passage couvert de la capitale, construit en 1798, Passage du Caire, 2e Arr. Paris
While wandering around the hillside in search of the elusive Ptarmigan we encountered some stunning views into Coire nan Arr with the steep sides of Beinn Bhàn and Sgùrr a' Chaorachain prominent - time to switch to landscape mode.
This image is available printed, framed or on canvas here.
The seemingly endless sunset of the summer solstice allows for some stellar evening shots if the clouds aren't around...
One of the famous Alaska Railroad trains makes their way back to Anchorage.
ARR 4011 leads a 6-pack of MACs into Anchorage, AK with an empty coal train fresh in from Seward. This is our fifteenth entry in the Alaska Revisited series.
I was expecting this train a little later in the day, but it had finished unloading the evening prior and was ready to roll as soon as the crew was called. I was hoping to give chase up the Turnagain Arm, but the sun angle wasn't cooperative with such an early run. No bother, though, as I was able to catch it when it made the turn into the yard.
The mountains you see in the background are part of the Alaska Range which are more than 60 miles from where I stood to take this photo. They look a lot closer thanks to insanely clear skies coupled with the telephoto effect from the lens.
Another frame of this scene from long ago seemingly in a past life of the only time I shot a train working here despite living only a couple hundred yards away for 10 years! An Alaska Railroad yard job is switching out the two stub ended warehouse tracks accessed via a diamond over the Roundhouse Lead that is right beneath me under the bridge I'm standing on.
This view looks down from the sidwalk of the C Street Bridge as an ARR yard job with GP38u 2005 (blt. Aug. 1969 as a straight GP38 for the Penn Central as their number 7752 and purchased from Conrai and rebuilt in 1986) in the 1980s Alaska bold scheme switches out cars at the warehouse. The building on the left houses the ARR's stores department and they still regularly ship and receive company material by rail. Track components (spikes, anchors, etc.) come up by barge in foreign line boxcars while various other company material is shuttled around the system on flats, gons, or in boxcars. Beyond the train can be seen the bustling port of Anchorage and then the blue waters of cook inlet. On the horizon is the 4396 ft peak of Mt. Susitna, known locally as the "Sleeping Lady" for the mountain's resemblance to a woman in repose on her back. To the right is the abandoned warehouse, which is one of the oldest structures in the Anchorage yard complex and whose fate is uncertain, though I do believe a dozen years later it still stands.
Anchorage, Alaska
Saturday May 23, 2009
ARR (Average Regular Robot) is just trying to lead a normal life in a normal world... he's just a normal dude who doesn't want any trouble.
4th Installation in... I have to start getting more creative!
Ben