A pair of Alaska RR SD70MACs lead a loaded gravel train off of the Palmer Branch at Matanuska Junction, the branch's junction with the ARR mainline. The train will run south of Anchorage to one of... (more)

The Pride of the Fleet - As passenger season winds to a close here in the Last Frontier I thought I'd post one from back during the beginning of the season. Here is a shot of the southboun... (more)

A southbound loaded Alaska RR export coal train rolls toward the Old Glenn Highway overpass just south of Matanuska Junction. In Anchorage, three distributed power SD70MACs will be added to the re... (more)

The daily (summer) northbound Denali Star bound for Fairbanks leans into the 55 mph curve at Matanuska Junction as the early fall colors begin to show themselves. The two HEP-equippe... (more)

A works train comprising of vacuum-operated side dumps rests in the sun on the the Palmer Branch near Matanuska behind now faded Bicentennial liveried FP7s 1510 and 1512 in August 1985.

Bicentennial liveried 1510 and 1512 roll through Matanuska on a works train in August 1985, the sun unfortunately alluding the photographer at the time.

Mixed Train 2009! The first mixed train to run on the ARR in over three decades is highballing north at track speed rolling through the junction at NSS Matanuska (MP 151.4 on the ARR mainl... (more)

ARR 4011 approaches Matanuska Jct. where the branch to Palmer curls off for its name sake city.

An employee braves the -11 degree cold to open his window and offer a big friendly wave from the trailing unit on the ARR's annual Colony Christmas Train. The train is on the north leg of the wy... (more)

The temperature is -11 degrees as the ice fog hangs listlessly beneath the face of the mighty Chugach Mountains as the ARR's annual Colony Christmas train leaves the mainline at 150.5 for it's 6 m... (more)

1508 1530 2402 on #2 to Fairbanks at Matanuska, just north of Anchorage. 2402 was unusually cab leading for this week due to a noisy coupling at the cab end, which was normally attached to the cre... (more)

The North FOX (Fairbanks Overnight Express) scurries across the glacier fed Knik River just about 1 hr into its 356 mile and 12 hr journey through the wilderness. The ARR runs the FOX four nights... (more)