The AlCan RailRoad

Our Business

I don't own a railroad, or any oil or gas, just a tiny share of the Alaska Railroad, and a tiny share of the Oil and Gas on the North Slope, just like any other resident. Thus my goal in this project is to broker contracts between the various parties that do.

Who We Are

My Name is Dan Apted. I have lived in Anchorage Alaska since 1972. I am a trained Metrology Technician. Don’t be confused, it has nothing to do with the Weather. Metrologists are trained to measure things. Weights, Fluids, Pressure, Distance, Time, are a few of them. By using basic physical laws and known equipment we are very good at extrapolating very accurate answers to very complex questions. I have put this training to good use
over the last 38 years as I have repaired everything from TV’s and Stereos, to Aviation Communications and Helicopter Blade Trackers, to Missile Tracking systems and Atomic Clocks. I also own a small computer repair company. I am very good with numbers. I am a very good problem solver.

I become involved with projects I believe in, but only if I think I can be of benefit to the cause. I call it "tilting at windmills" because it seems so fruitless at times to speak with the politicians. They seldom seem to want what is best for their constituents. But I had a success the other day. My first big push was over 20 years ago. I was vocal and worked indirectly for Air Force Space Command in their PMEL laboratory. I saw that there were experiments too dangerous to work on here on earth. Likewise there was a need to bring some things back to earth and the Space Shuttle was too big and expensive for the task. So I lobbied my legislators and NASA and eventually was gratified by the recently launched Air Force space plane. The X37B is up and running. Finally.... Windmills can be defeated. I am no longer involved with the project, but it still seems like a win.

I heat my home with wood heat, or wood pellet heat but I am not a total greenie. I sometimes get lazy and use the gas furnace.

I also like to invent things. That has been helpfull to me when it came to the design, manufacturing and selling of Wood Pellet Mills, here are a couple of my machines.

I am also a pilot and I have been flying around Alaska for the last 30 years in my own plane. Here is my most recent bird. A 180hp Cessna 172, circa 1970.

In 2006 I was the Alaska State Poker Champion playing Texas Holdem. Got a home game going, let me know. I like to play.