page_title: Eielson Air Force Base
section_title: Eielson’s locomotives
hierarchical_section_title: Eielson Air Force Base / Eielson’s locomotives
caption_attribution_description: English: A 127 ton GP-40 Electromotive Diesel locomotive sits outside the Eielson Air Force Base central heat and power plant, Oct. 24, 2008, waiting to retrieve its next shipment of coal. The central heat and power plant owns two of these, they move all coal and rail traffic on the 11 miles of Eielson rail, making it the second largest railroad in the state.
context_page_description: Eielson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 26 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. It was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field and taken off deployment in 2007. It has been a Superfund site since 1989. Eielson AFB was named in honor of polar pilot Carl Ben Eielson.
  Its host unit is the 354th Fighter Wing assigned to the Eleventh Air Force of the Pacific Air Forces. The 354 FW's primary mission is to support Red Flag – Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander–directed field training exercises for U.S. Forces, joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close-air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. These exercises are conducted on the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range complex with air operations flown out of the two bases.
  Eielson was projected to have 54 F-35s arriving in April 2020 and continuing through 2022. The planes were to come with an estimated 3,500 personnel, to include airmen and their families as well as civilian personnel.
context_section_description: Eielson Air Force Base has several locomotive trains to transport coal in winter to the base's power station.
caption: A U.S. Air Force EMD GP40-2 locomotive sits outside Eielson AFB's central heat and power plant. The base owns two of these engines, both moving coal and rail traffic across the 11 mi (18 km) rail system. Seen here is #4903.
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