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By:Chris Paulhamus
Dates:11/24/2012 - 12/31/2015
Album Info:My first year railfanning The Last Frontier!
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ARR Logo
Title:  ARR Logo
Description:  Just uploading this so it can serve as my Contributor Page photo...
Photo Date:  3/1/2012  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 10:19:48 PM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Views:  1165   Comments: 0
ARR 3004
Title:  ARR 3004
Description:  While waiting for a southbound coal train (which I never did see), I caught this work train working its way back to Anchorage at restricted speed. This is the first rail-related photo I took since moving to Alaska!
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 6/11/2012 9:03:24 PM
Location:  Chugiak, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3004(GP40-2) ARR 3009(GP40-2)
Views:  681   Comments: 7
ARR 4002
Title:  ARR 4002
Description:  An export coal train bound for Seward leaves the yard in Anchorage as seen from the northern end of the Tony Knowles Trail. Friday evening rush hour traffic and an unfamiliarity with the area prevented me from shooting this train again along the scenic portions of the Seward Highway, but I would eventually get another chance just north of Girdwood.
Photo Date:  3/16/2012  Upload Date: 6/12/2012 11:06:55 PM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4002(SD70MAC) ARR 4323(SD70MAC)
Views:  770   Comments: 2
ARR 4009
Title:  ARR 4009
Description:  The rear of a southbound coal train snakes into Girdwood. The journey out of Anchorage is flat for miles as the line slinks along the Turnagain Arm making the 4x3 power sets look a little out of place, but once south of Girdwood, where the grade sharply increases, all of those 7 MACs will be put to use!
Photo Date:  3/16/2012  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 10:00:05 PM
Location:  Girdwood, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4009(SD70MAC)
Views:  479   Comments: 7
ARR 4320
Title:  ARR 4320
Description:  Freight bound for Whittier snakes south along the scenic Turnagain Arm. I was set up waiting for a nourthbound train and had no idea this guy was coming until I heard the crew call the dispatcher to report a faulty defect detector. Fortunately I was able to re-position to a different turnout to capture this scene.
Photo Date:  3/22/2012  Upload Date: 6/17/2012 3:17:15 PM
Location:  Indian, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4320(SD70MAC)
Views:  412   Comments: 4
ARR 4320
Title:  ARR 4320
Description:  Southbound freight hugs the shore of the Turnagain Arm on a nice Spring evening. The views along the Seward Highway are amazing and there are numeroeus pull outs to allow you to snag shots like this.
Photo Date:  3/22/2012  Upload Date: 6/18/2012 3:59:38 PM
Location:  Indian, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4320(SD70MAC)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
ARR 4003
Title:  ARR 4003
Description:  While spending a beautiful Spring Saturday by the yard in Anchorage, this 4-pack of MACs pulled out of the yard and then backed down the passenger main, seen here, to hook up to their coal train they took south later that evening.
Photo Date:  3/24/2012  Upload Date: 6/21/2012 1:09:51 AM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4003(SD70MAC)
Views:  484   Comments: 6
ARR 4328
Title:  ARR 4328
Description:  Export coal loads bound for Seward snake south along the Turnagain Arm at sunset. This is the type of shot I envisioned when I heard I was moving to Alaska!
Photo Date:  3/24/2012  Upload Date: 6/21/2012 3:59:48 PM
Location:  Potter, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4328(SD70MAC)
Views:  319   Comments: 4
ARR 4001
Title:  ARR 4001
Description:  After meeting the southbound Aurora Winter Train just south of town, coal empties lead by ARR's SD70MAC class unit stretches its legs as it works its way north for another load.
Photo Date:  3/25/2012  Upload Date: 6/26/2012 2:38:23 PM
Location:  Wasilla, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4001(SD70MAC)
Views:  551   Comments: 3
ARR 4321
Title:  ARR 4321
Description:  As the days were getting longer, the Aurora Winter Train became a viable option to go and shoot. During the winter, this train will leave Anchorage on Saturday morning and run to Fairbanks. The next morning, it will depart Fairbanks and head back home to Anchorage. Here it is running through the middle of nowhere (I was out on some snow mobile trail somewhere) on its weekly Sunday run.
Photo Date:  3/25/2012  Upload Date: 6/22/2012 4:52:08 PM
Location:  Willow, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4321(SD70MAC) ARR 3015(GP40-2)
Views:  505   Comments: 1
ARR 4321
Title:  ARR 4321
Description:  The once-a-week Aurora Winter Train races north through Ft. Richardson on its way to Fairbanks. In the winter, this is the only passenger train to see regular, weekly use. It heads north on Saturday and returns south on Sunday.
Photo Date:  4/14/2012  Upload Date: 6/28/2012 2:53:47 PM
Location:  Fort Richardson, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4321(SD70MAC) ARR 4326(SD70MAC)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
ARR 4317
Title:  ARR 4317
Description:  After being gone for almost a month to Colorado to move my family and the rest of my stuff up to Alaska, all that record snowfall in the Anchorage-area had completely melted and I was left with lots of green! The daily Denali Star is seen here on the last legs of its 12-hour trip from Fairbanks.
Photo Date:  6/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/2/2012 3:31:52 PM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4317(SD70MAC) ARR 4318(SD70MAC)
Views:  434   Comments: 2
ARR 4317
Title:  ARR 4317
Description:  The Denali Star breezes through Elmendorf AFB on its way toward Anchorage.
Photo Date:  6/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/4/2012 5:49:33 PM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4317(SD70MAC) ARR 4318(SD70MAC)
Views:  490   Comments: 2
ARR 4011
Title:  ARR 4011
Description:  The daily Anchorage-Fairbanks manifest accelerates through Elmendorf AFB not long after the arrival of the southbound Denali Star. A grab shot with a Canon Powershot SD1000 (hence the pole out of the cab, the shadow on the nose, and the cutoff signal ladder on the right!).
Photo Date:  6/5/2012  Upload Date: 6/11/2012 6:37:15 AM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4011(SD70MAC) ARR 4012(SD70MAC)
Views:  829   Comments: 1
ARR 4317
Title:  ARR 4317
Description:  The Denali Star works its way through Anchorage as it nears the depot.
Photo Date:  6/14/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 6:48:45 PM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4317(SD70MAC)
Views:  340   Comments: 2
ARR 3001
Title:  ARR 3001
Description:  This matched set of as-delivered black Geeps have been paired together for the past few weeks. They can be seen hanging out around the engine shops on the south end of the yard, and I've been wanting a shot of them for quite some time. One tidbit: You would think ARR 3001 would be the class unit of these GP40-2s, but trailing ARR 3006 is actually the class unit. It was built as ARR 3000, and, for some reason, it was re-numbered to 3006. Anyone know when or why?
Photo Date:  6/16/2012  Upload Date: 6/17/2012 4:20:57 AM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3001(GP40-2) ARR 3006(GP40-2)
Views:  758   Comments: 5
ARR 4016
Title:  ARR 4016
Description:  The final unit of ARR's first order of SD70MACs leads a rock train south at Birchwood. I wasn't really expecting this train; I just came by to check out this spot. Fortunate timing!
Photo Date:  6/16/2012  Upload Date: 6/20/2012 3:50:20 AM
Location:  Birchwood, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4016(SD70MAC)
Views:  462   Comments: 2
ARR 4016
Title:  ARR 4016
Description:  Rock train cruisng through Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as seen from the driver's seat of my car. I had caught this train 30 minutes prior in Birchwood, and not really trying to be beat it, I was able to get to the grade crossing which seperates Ft. Richardson from Elmendorf AFB just in the nick of time!
Photo Date:  6/16/2012  Upload Date: 7/9/2012 8:53:41 PM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4016(SD70MAC)
Views:  364   Comments: 1
ARR 4320
Title:  ARR 4320
Description:  An extra passenger train in the form of a Princess Cruises train works its way south through Chugiak. The Alaska Railroad does a bang up job keeping their fleet of motive power squeaky clean, even in the winter time!
Photo Date:  6/16/2012  Upload Date: 7/7/2012 10:03:49 PM
Location:  Chugiak, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4320(SD70MAC)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
ARR 4321
Title:  ARR 4321
Description:  The Countdown Unit leads the daily Denali Star south under Vandenberg Dr. on a pleasant late-Spring evening.
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 7/17/2012 10:36:28 AM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4321(SD70MAC)
Views:  348   Comments: 1
ARR 4321
Title:  ARR 4321
Description:  The Countdown Unit leads the Denali Star through Elmendorf AFB.
Photo Date:  6/21/2012  Upload Date: 7/24/2012 5:02:17 PM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4321(SD70MAC) ARR 4326(SD70MAC)
Views:  446   Comments: 2
ARR 3009
Title:  ARR 3009
Description:  ARR 3009 leads the daily (summertime, anyway) north along the shores of the Turnagain Arm and the Seward Highway.
Photo Date:  6/22/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 1:15:27 PM
Location:  Potter, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3009(GP40-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 3
ARR 3009
Title:  ARR 3009
Description:  The daily Glacier Discovery winds its way north between the Seward Highway and the shore of the Turnagain Arm.
Photo Date:  6/23/2012  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 3:27:59 PM
Location:  Beluga Point, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3009(GP40-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 2
ARR 3009
Title:  ARR 3009
Description:  With its mis-matched number boards, ARR 3009 swings the daily Glacier Discovery north next to the Seward Highway.
Photo Date:  6/29/2012  Upload Date: 8/5/2012 5:27:11 PM
Location:  Rainbow, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3009(GP40-2) ARR 32(NPCU)
Views:  810   Comments: 2
ARR 3009
Title:  ARR 3009
Description:  Another of the endless postcard-like settings of the Alaska Railroad south of Anchorage. Here the Glacier Discovery works its way north through the beauty.
Photo Date:  6/29/2012  Upload Date: 8/3/2012 3:23:38 PM
Location:  Rainbow, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3009(GP40-2) ARR 32(NPCU)
Views:  578   Comments: 2
ARR 4008
Title:  ARR 4008
Description:  The Denali Star eases into Anchorage just moments from its station stop. This was the first time I've seen a non-HEP, 4000hp MAC leading a passenger train here. 16 Jul was the beginning of an incredible 3-day run of sunny skies in the Anchorage area, something that's been a rarity this summer!
Photo Date:  7/16/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 4:34:11 PM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4008(SD70MAC)
Views:  609   Comments: 3
ARR 4321
Title:  ARR 4321
Description:  The Countdown Unit leads another Denali Star south through Elmendorf AFB.
Photo Date:  7/17/2012  Upload Date: 8/21/2012 1:57:27 PM
Location:  Elmendorf AFB, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4321(SD70MAC)
Views:  264   Comments: 2
ARR 3006
Title:  ARR 3006
Description:  I had been wanting a shot of one of the three as-delivered black and yellow scheme'd Geeps by itself near the engine shops, and that opportunity presented itself on the evening of 18 Jul!
Photo Date:  7/18/2012  Upload Date: 9/12/2012 12:57:24 PM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3006(GP40-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
ARR 3009
Title:  ARR 3009
Description:  The Glacier Discovery works its way north back toward Anchorage on a pleasant summer evening through some spectacular scenery. I was initially at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to glass some cargo planes, but a bicycle race where I was shooting "forced" me to go out and chase trains instead...glad it did!
Photo Date:  7/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/19/2012 4:29:33 PM
Location:  Bird Creek, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3009(GP40-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 3
ARR 3014
Title:  ARR 3014
Description:  ARR 3014 leads a 43-car work train south toward Anchorage. This photo doesn't quite do it justice, so head on over and watch the HD video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfx_kkpdNg
Photo Date:  10/12/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 9:19:52 PM
Location:  Fort Richardson, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3014(GP40-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
ARR 3014
Title:  ARR 3014
Description:  A 43-car work train storms south on the heels of a gravel train. It's hard to make out since the track descends below the horizon, but the cool thing about this train was it was sporting a caboose (in addition to 3 Geeps up front)!
Photo Date:  10/12/2012  Upload Date: 10/19/2012 4:39:56 PM
Location:  Fort Richardson, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 3014(GP40-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
ARR 4013
Title:  ARR 4013
Description:  At the time, I thought this was the final gravel train of the 2012 season, but turns out it wasn't. Regardless, here's ARR 4013 leading a long string of gravel south toward Anchorage as it splits the signals at South Siding Switch Reves.
Photo Date:  10/12/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2012 9:16:33 PM
Location:  Fort Richardson, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4013(SD70MAC)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
ARR 4326
Title:  ARR 4326
Description:  After passing through the 5,050' Portage Tunnel, a pair of SD70MACs emerges into the sunshine of Bear Valley on their way to Whittier to pick up a train.
Photo Date:  10/21/2012  Upload Date: 10/24/2012 1:44:42 PM
Location:  Bear Valley, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4326(SD70MAC)
Views:  230   Comments: 2
ARR 4326
Title:  ARR 4326
Description:  I was on my way to Seward on a day trip just to check out the area when I spotted this duo approaching Portage. Well, a little detour out the Portage Valley and I was able to catch them emerging on the other side of the 5,050' long Portage Tunnel!
Photo Date:  10/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/30/2012 10:09:06 PM
Location:  Bear Valley, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4326(SD70MAC)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
ARR 18703
Title:  ARR 18703
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 8:33:06 PM
Location:  Anchorage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives: 
Views:  395   Comments: 1
ARR 4006
Title:  ARR 4006
Description:  After a brief 45-minute wait in 0F temps for this bad boy to show up, ARR 4006 pops into view and is seen crossing Trail Lake on its way to Seward with a 5000' freight train. You can check out HD video of this scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEdXWRRldsE
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 2:37:05 AM
Location:  Moose Pass, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4006(SD70MAC)
Views:  616   Comments: 7
ARR 4006
Title:  ARR 4006
Description:  ARR 4006 leads a Seward-bound freight just north of Whittier Junction.
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 11/29/2012 1:05:42 AM
Location:  Portage, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4006(SD70MAC)
Views:  536   Comments: 9
ARR 4006
Title:  ARR 4006
Description:  The sun has just recently peaked over the mountains and bathes this scene in sunlight, just in the nick of time! ARR 4006 leads a Seward-bound freight near Girdwood.
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 12/12/2012 11:05:11 PM
Location:  Girdwood, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4006(SD70MAC)
Views:  399   Comments: 5
ARR 4006
Title:  ARR 4006
Description:  ARR 4006 crosses the Snow River in Primrose, about to tackle the steep 2+% grade just prior to Seward.
Photo Date:  11/24/2012  Upload Date: 12/13/2012 10:58:13 PM
Location:  Primrose, AK
Author:  Chris Paulhamus
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Locomotives:  ARR 4006(SD70MAC)
Views:  383   Comments: 5


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