The Alaska Railroad work train has just set out 3 cars for the B&B gang that will soon start building a new bridge over Indian Creek. With that chore done they head back north with 3006 leading in... (more)

Northbound Alaska RR coal empty with a fill of freight added on the head end at Seward and Portage.

There is still a bit of fall color hanging around Alaska and the back lighting helps to show it off along with the jointed rail along Turnagain Arm at Indian. The company work train has just made ... (more)

Engineer Davis and crew have their 4 MACs and 51 empty flatcars well in hand. While all that power isn't necessary for the trip south to Seward all of that horsepower will be required to get the l... (more)

A loaded export coal train heads south running right along the beautiful Turnagain arm.

In case anyone was interested in where I was at tonight. I was enjoying 70 degree weather, eating barbeque and grabbing a few photos along the way. Not a bad way to spend a Spring evening, IMHO. T... (more)

The state of Alaska has plenty of water and shoreline and the Alaska Railroad has no shortage of either as well. A train off the barge in Whittier, all 7811' of it trundles along the shoreline at ... (more)

Alaska Railroad at the time un named Anchorage to Seward passenger train was southbound along Cook Inlet near Turnagain. Fourteen hours later I would photograph it's return in similar sunlite.

Alaska RR northbound Seward to Healy empty coal train was near Indian along the Cook Inlet with some freight included ahead of the empty coal cars.

A late running freight off the barge in Whittier hugs the shoreline of Turnagain Arm at the south switch of Indian siding. The last train off of this particular barge will run to Anchorage and the... (more)

GP40-2 in original paint accentuates what remains of the fall colors as this northbound freight for Anchorage rolls along the shores of Turnagain Arm in the small town of Indian on a fairly warm f... (more)

A spot I had been meaning to try out this summer but hadn't had the opportunity to explore yet. With a hint of sunshine after several days of rain I was more than itching to get out. I decided tod... (more)

The first of three southbound freights scheduled an hour apart out of Anchorage is just a minute out of the small town of Indian and a few second shy of full sunshine. It is a rarity to catch thre... (more)

Follow us at Alaska Railfanning! The barges are in! Winter is a notoriously slow time for the Alask... (more)

Insignificance. North-and-southbound Alaska Railroad passenger trains meet along the banks of the Turnagain Arm as the majestic peaks of the Chugach Mountain range tower imposingly in the b... (more)