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Welcome to John's Alaska Railroad Web Page!
I fell in love with the Alaska Railroad (ARR) after my wife and I rode it in the summer of 1986. We rode from the Anchorage station to Denali National Park where we backpacked and camped for several days. We returned to Anchorage with a long stop due to Federal Hours of Service Law. The crew had worked its 12 hour shift and a new crew had to be sent in. Not long after returning to my home in Ohio, I began modeling a 12' x 16' ARR HO layout in my basement.
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Moody Railroad Tunnel gets blasted - 4/18/08

Moody
"The historic Moody Railroad Tunnel is gone, blasted to smithereens Thursday by a carefully controlled explosion that left a pile of rubble on the mountainside above the Nenana River." [More]

Special Feature: All in a Day's Work
aiadw
All in a Day's Work: Removing pocket track in Anchoragel. Did you miss last week's photo?
Alaska Railroad via Google Earth - 5/3/08

Blake Moore was kind enough to send us a rough draft of the Alaska Railroad via Google Earth. First, download the viewer and then the KML file (1.5MB). Enjoy!

Pentrex Alaska Railroad Vol. 3 now available - 4/18/08


Giants in the Dark -Winter on the Alaska Railroad on DVD is now available from Pentrex for $19.95. Photographer Patrick Hunstiger's film will let you "experience powerful diesels challenging the cold, snow, and darkness."

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POTW Picture of the week: Moody Tunnel demolition continues

Alaska weather:
wunderground
- weather.com
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CC's interactive map. 
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satellite image

Alaska webcams:
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4th Ave & G St, Anchorage
- Anchorage port, Anchorage
- Cushman Bridge, Fairbanks
- FAA weather cams
- Whittier
- Whittier dock

Miscellaneous:
- Virtual Guidebook.
- ARR event calendar
- Alaska Railroad Flickr Group
- ARRrailfans Group
- Alaska's Digital Archive

This web site is dedicated in memory of Jeff Childs (1959-2000), railfan, friend and mentor.
Jeff was my inspiration and driving force during the initial creation of this web site.
Jeff's love for the Alaska Railroad was very contagious and will be greatly missed.

And in Memory of...


Page hits since 4/28/97

The Alaska Railroad Logo is copyrighted and used with permission from the Alaska Railroad Corporation
All photos and graphics on this web site are protected intellectual property.
Thanks to Ed Timko for this page's banner image (and for updating the logo!).

© 1997-2007 John Combs unless otherwise noted
Now with over 3,000 photographs!

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