A quartet of MACs on the head end along with 3 more on the rear leads an export coal train out of the yard in downtown Anchorage for a trip down the Turnagain Arm bound for Seward.

Join us at Alaska Railfanning! ARR 4013 leads one of the last gravel trains of the 2012 season south... (more)

UP 6926 leads coal loads east on the UP Limon Sub.

I actually found a little hill to get this vantage point as the NPR 3502 leaves Fordville at 0906L with 78 loads. Seen here on the big sweeping curve just east of town.

BNSF 9155 leads coal empties north through the Greenland Open Space on another beautiful Colorado morning.

Variety of NPR power and color sits quietly next to the engine shop in Fordville. NPR 3511 is an ex-GMSR, ex-NS, and ex-N&W GP35...

Coal empties accelerate down the grade as they leave Palmer Lake on another beautiful Colorado morning.

After meeting a northbound empty, BNSF 9263 pulls south off the Monument siding with another string of loaded coal hoppers. Photo taken with a Canon Powershot ELPH 300HS.

Favorite shot of the trip: Executive MAC and coal as seen from a cliff just south of the Academy siding!

A nice BNSFbonnet leads a manifest train south into the Air Force Academy.

Finally! A dual-window SD60M on the point! Ardoch empties coming off the Glasston Sub passing under UND's 'Hamster Tunnel.'

A pair of newer GEVOs lead an empty coal train north around the park in Palmer Lake. This area was restorated in 1999, and is a good place to kill some time (or fish in the namesake lake!) waitin... (more)

NPR 3502 creeps into Forest River for a brief stop at the diamond before continuing east toward Thief River Falls, MN.

Coal loads work south leaving Larkspur behind. The butte above the lead power is named Monkey Face because if you drive through Larkspur from the north, the butte looks like the profile of a monk... (more)

BNSF 8763 leads a northbound coal empty around a picturesque scene in Palmer Lake, CO. A late-season snow storm dropped a bunch of fresh snow over the previous couple of days making for an odd co... (more)