Alaska Volume 2

Producer: Pentrex

Locations: Anchorage, Seward, Portage, Whittier

Timeframe: 1989

Length: 45 minutes

Source: Patrick A. Hunstiger

The second entry in the Alaska series. The Seward and Whittier subdivisions. Coverage is a span over 3 days in 1989.

A single DVD. Detailed Chapter Menu. Unique on-screen grahics. Maps are included. Preview section. Narrated.

Mind’s I was the original producer. Hence, it is different than a regular Pentrex show.

Camera and Narration by Patrick Hunstiger. Excellent cinematography! Entertaining soundtrack. Live environmental audio. Good amount of scanner traffic.

Alaska Railroad operates all Electromotive locomotives. See GP30, GP35, GP40, GP49, and more.

Day 1: Anchorage to Seward

Passenger Extra Train at Portage

Passenger Extra 3011 train. The GP40-2 is leading this move from Seward at Portage. En route to Anchorage. Check the older paint scheme on the locomotive.

Six EMD locos downhill at Divide

Coal at Divide 5 gp49 and a gp40 exit a tunnel. Radio traffic with crew change at Seward.

Radio traffic between Dispatch and train crews is very clear.

Day 2: Anchorage to Porter

Coal, Passenger and a freight train on the agenda.

Passenger meets Hopper move at Anchorage

Alaska 3015 leads with an F7B in the Passenger lashup . This move is to Seward. Meets the empty Coal Train at Anchorage.

3019 waits on a Passenger train

The 3019 leads a stopped Freight Train. He is waiting on a Passenger train.

Day 3: Portage to Whittier

Passengers could ride on the flatcar

On the Whittier Shuttle Train. Hauls passengers, vehicles and 35 minutes to Whittier. This train hauls their autos, and Commercial traffic on flatcars. One can ride in their vehicle. Six trips a day.