Crew change time and another round of tourists load up in downtown Anchorage for a run north to Denali. In addition to the usual named passenger trains that run on a daily basis during the summer... (more)

Chartertrain in Anchorage: they unload the used laundry

A northbound coal train crosses beneath the only signal bridge of its kind on the Alaska Railroad just minutes from arrival in Anchorage.

An empty coal train is en-route back to Anchorage and will then be forwarded to Healy for another load. Seen here at Bird Point, this particular location can only be accessed during low tide and w... (more)

The overnight freight has just arrived Anchorage from Fairbanks and because Flint Hills Refinery is the railroad's largest customer the railroad will use the road power to spot the tank farm with ... (more)

A MAC and a GP40 are being prepared for the first Seward passenger train of the season. Seen here at Shed 1 with the Chugach mountains in the background.

One of only three remaining GP40-2s in the as-delivered black and yellow paint leads a single hopper under the signal bridge at CP 1147 on the main line. I'm not sure what this job is called that... (more)

Often forgotten amidst the jaw-dropping images of glistening world-class passenger trains or 6-packs of shiny SD70MACs leading coal hoppers or Geep-led freight trains all running in overwhelmingly... (more)

After dropping off one hopper of feed and one hopper of fertilizer at the Alaska Mill Feed & Garden Center, ARR 3006 leads a lone car across Orca Street on the return trip south back towards the y... (more)

ARR 4011 and five sister MACs lead a long string of empty coal hoppers down the mainline in Anchorage. If you're a fan of EMD and tons of power, you gotta love these coal trains on the Alaska Rai... (more)

The northbound Denali Star is waiting for the southbound train. The photo is taken from the open deck on the double-stock car

Horizon unlevel;-)? This passenger is filming the ARR-locs, leads the Coastal Classic from Seward to Anchorage. We are standing on the open deck in the double-stock car

After working the yard for several hours, ARR 2003 takes a break and basks in the morning sunlight which belies the brisk -16°F ambient temperature. This unit was built for Penn Central in 1969 a... (more)

The Alaska Railroad is cool in so many different ways that it should come as no surprise that even their Jersey Barriers are cool! The ARR logo is imprinted into these little concrete walls, and ... (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 Anchor... (more)