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» March 09, 2011 |
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| Upper Deck View - This is a view from the service walkway on the upper deck of the the AML Barge Fairbanks Provider which is tied up in Whittier. This view looks toward the starboard bow corner of the barge and railcars can be seen shoved right up to the bow on tracks 6, 7, & 8 with containers stacked on the deck to their left atop tracks 4 and 5. Once a week an AML (Alaska Marine Lines) barge arrives at the port of Whittier from Seattle. There are three barges in rotation and each was built by Gunderson in 2001 and is 420 ft long by 120 ft wide. They feature 8 tracks with capacity of 45-50 railcars and then overhead racks for stacking containers up to three high. This is truly a fascinating operation to observe and a marvel of logistics innovation. Note: the photographer is a railroad employee with permission to be on the property and was wearing all required PPE while taking this photograph. |
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