Anchorage 2006

Alaska Railroad train departs Anchorage for Whittier in July 2006

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• Alaska
• railroad
• anchorage

[kmillard]

Doesn't look like it made it very far.

[roundhouses]

The train moves to up to the switch then stops for the crew to throw it before leaving the station.

[roundhouses]

I prefer the old bells too!

[smiffy1071]

This 3010 was of course the lead locomotive in the 1985 movie Runaway train, the second locomotive in in the museum in Anchorage #1500. The other 2, both still exist, 1800 now lives in Granite city, ILLinois, while 1810 now lives in Crosett, Arizona

[jorasave]

the GP-40 ?

[zvanigno]

notevole;)

[skullcrusher301]

did you know the gp40 leading the train (3010) was used as the lead locomotive in the movie Runaway Train

[mattymmmm]

Umm, wow.

[spichkodel]

Аляска....)))))))

[balddanny72]

I rode the train from Anchorage to Whittier, July 2006, the same engine was even in the lead, this brings back great memories.

[BNSF5608]

Alaska Railroad never used regular bells on their GP40-2's because they had the tendency to freeze in the winter. They had a loud and obnoxious digibell mounted on the conductors side of the cab on top of the cab.