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And one small question about the Alaska RR:  In a very old edition of Trains magazine, they did a long story on the Alaska RR, and one of the things they mentioned I thought very interesting was that there is a point on the Anchorage-Fairbanks line where they have a very steep grade, and rather than using "helper" engines (why they did or do not I can't recall, perhaps they were short of motive power), apparently the conductor will make a set of trips up and down the grade, taking, say, 10-20 cars at a time, until they had carried all of the cars.  That seemed like a very inefficient way of doing it.  Does anyone know if the Alaska RR still does this, and if other RRs around the country do or have done it?<br><br>Riprap<br>
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