When It's Springtime In Alaska...

With apologies to Johnny Horton...and if you get the reference good on you!

Anyway, this gloomy day was still one of the most memorable chases I had in 10 years in Alaska. Yet another great afternoon spent out with Frank Keller!

Looking back to just shy of four years ago when near the very end of March in 2017 southcentral Alaska got hit with a big early spring snow dump. Nearly a foot fell in some places and the fresh afternoon snowfall coincided fortuitously with a southbound freight from Anchorage to Whittier. As a bonus one of the ARR's three geeps remaining in their original as delivered 1976 paint job was on the point. Naturally a chase ensued!

Here is a big 120S with GP40-2 3006 in the lead accelerating south out of the city just beyond the 100th Avenue crossing in South Anchorage near MP 106.6.

Anchorage, Alaska
Wednesday March 29, 2017

Photo courtesy of Dave Blazejewski