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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 2nd shot from Bird Ridge, later in the evening and using a wider angle to get the mountains. The Coastal Classic train coming all the way up from Seward is led by a MAC/GP40-2 combo.
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.
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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.
An Alaska Railroad passenger train loading up full of tourists from the Norwegian Jewel cruise ship after a 7 day cruise. I was one of the tourist from the boat using the Alaska Railroad as their way of transportation to Anchorage. It was a nice ride and of course I had to grab a shot from the port prior to boarding.
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
This cluster was a tease, since most of the 'snow fountain' weeping cherry tree hasn’t bloomed yet, but there are many buds, so I’m hoping the display will be a good one this year as I celebrate its 20th year in my garden.
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In Alaska the weather can be uncooperative for weeks at a time. Lord knows the Alaska Railroad runs few trains during the short daylight windows during the winter, yet when it all comes together, schedule, train, decent weather, it can be hard to beat. ARR 3003, has a short manifest in tow as they make their way to Whittier. Once it Whittier they will load and unload the CN Barge and then return to Anchorage. All in a 12 hour days work, 33% of which occurred while the sun was above the horizon.
What's The Difference Between Dubai And Abu Dhabi?
The People In Dubai Don't Like The Flinstones But, The People In Abu Dhabi Do.
Arr arr...ahem...ok, I thought it was funny. Put down that rock.
A T-45 Goshawk returns to NAF El Centro after a training sortie over the nearby ranges on a recent weapons det.