Westbound stacks about to cross the Red River. Since I last took a shot from this location in January, the snow has melted, the US Bank sign has received some damage, and someone planted a bunch ... (more)

An eventual Seward-bound freight pops and hisses in the -16°F morning temps, waiting for a crew to take it on the journey south out of Anchorage. There are few unobstructed views along the Ancho... (more)

ARR 4320 leads a Princess Cruises passenger train south around the curve in Chugiak.

BNSF 9243 brings up the rear of a northbound coal empty as it makes its way through a picturesque scene in Palmer Lake, CO. A late-season snow storm dropped a bunch of fresh snow over the previou... (more)

A pair of SD70MACs works south just north of Whittier Junction on their way to Whittier to pick up a train. Summer is most definitely gone in The Last Frontier. While it still looks Autumn'ish i... (more)

Warbonnet stampede!! Three Sante Fe-lettered SD75Ms lead Clay Boswell loads east. I'm not sure I've seen a trio of pure Warbonnets running together, especially elephant style!

Ex-Burlington Northern icons in the form of a SD60M and a SD40-2 bring the daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN high priority merchandise train south into Thompson. This was a rare day in that I... (more)

With a severe thunderstorm gathering in strength and raging to the north, BNSF 9009 leads a southbound coal train out of Monument, CO.

The former LMS units have certainly seen better days, but a pair of them contributes to the smoke show as they lead a manifest train out of the Proctor Yard.

Showers continue to fall on the Chugach Mountains while the sun makes a much-appreciated appearance over the Anchorage Yard on a pleasant late Spring evening. The Denali Star is seen here a coupl... (more)

Delivered new as ARR 3000 in 1975, ARR 3006 was re-numbered to its current I.D. later that same year. Without a little digging, you'd never know this is the class unit of ARR's GP40-2s! Here, 38... (more)

The southbound Denali Star slinks through the confines deep within Ft. Richardson about 40 minutes from its destination in Anchorage. Unbeknownst to me at the time and very close to where I took ... (more)

BNSF 9094 leads a southbound coal empty through Greenland as Pikes Peak stands watch more than 25 miles away.

ARR 4319 brings the daily Coastal Classic northbound through Portage. This train departed Anchorage at 0645L and arrived in Seward a little after 1100L. The return trip departed Seward at 1800L ... (more)

ARR 4318 leads the Aurora Winter Train just south of Willow, AK on its way back home to Anchorage on a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon. The Aurora Winter Train typically runs once a we... (more)