Alaska Railroad Picture of the Week

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I am going to be in Alaska for a while so here are the next three installments for the Picture of the Week.

7/8/08: I've been trying to find more places along the Portage Glacier Rd to shoot trains. I found a place just outside the first tunnel. Here is the Glacier Discovery heading into Whittier. Lots of avalanche activity this winter and spring, both here along the Whittier Sub and along the Seward Highway. May 2008

7/15/08: The ties that bind. spring 2008

7/22/08: Here's a pic of a load we tied down today. The super sucker truck is new, sold by Yukon equipment to a customer up north, and the hy-rail is going to Fairbanks for a extra gang. Almost every municipal water utility uses a super sucker truck to clean out sewer lines. Environmental companies use them for cleanups. I've seen railroad contractors use them to suck fouled ballast from the track. I don't know who or where this truck is going to. 6/11/08

And a bonus photo! The Klondike Express and the daily Whittier Train. 6/19/08