The nightly freigh from Fairbanks to Anchorage has dropped off the 1.25% grade of Wasilla hill and is accelerating through the Palmer Hay Flats just north of Matanuska Junction and just about an h... (more)
Wasilla!? - Long before the rest of the world knew about this place (for good or ill depending on your political persuasion) Wasilla was a one time sleepy Alaskan town now up and coming as ... (more)
Wasilla!? - Long before the rest of the world knew about this place (for good or ill depending on your political persuasion) Wasilla was a one time sleepy Alaskan town now up and coming as ... (more)
On my last day in Alaska I managed to catch a company work train led by a matched pair of original paint GP40-2s. This is something I have been trying to capture for some time now.
Before it became famous, passengers disembark from a Lawyers special from Anchorage at Wasilla in August 1985. Power for the trip was GP49 2808 along with power car P-6 (formerly UP E9B 963B/Amtra... (more)