Racing Thru History - Two state of the art 4300 HP SD70MACs race south down the ARR's mainline with a trainload of empty flatcars. The baretable train is destined for Seward, the ARR's sou... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

Twin SD70MACs lead a 5409 ton and 7526 ft long freight southbound destined to Whittier and a date with ARMS barge voyage 1144. This monster train consists of 70 loads and 39 empties including 95 ... (more)

Twin SD70MACs lead a 5409 ton and 7526 ft long freight southbound destined to Whittier and a date with ARMS barge voyage 1144. This monster train consists of 70 loads and 39 empties including 95 ... (more)

Twin SD70MACs lead a 5409 ton and 7526 ft long freight southbound destined to Whittier and a date with ARMS barge voyage 1144. This monster train consists of 70 loads and 39 empties including 95 ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad and Highway 1 parallel Turnagain Arm for more than a few miles south of Anchorage. I knew I had 3 passenger trains and a coal train headed my way so I hiked high about rail and... (more)

On a cold crisp Saturday afternoon an ARR company work train clips south along the ARR mainline enroute to Portage to set out some cars before turning around and coming back north. The three GP40... (more)

It's cold windy and spectacularly beautiful along Turnagain Arm on this Saturday morning. The 70 car unit coal train is headed to Seward, but before reaching that tidewater community two brutal mo... (more)

Three SD70MACs are seen on the rear of a 70 car unit coal train as it wends its way south along the icy cold waters of Turnagain Arm. Across the wide Fjord rises the bulwark of the Kenai Mountain... (more)

An SD70MAC races south leading 5 sisters (two more on the head end and three on the rear) and 70 cars of coal destined to Seward Alaska and a date with a South American bound collier.

It's cold windy and spectacularly beautiful along Turnagain Arm on this Saturday morning. The rocky buttress of the Chugach Mountains and the icy tidal waters make the 70 car unit coal train, bra... (more)

On a cold and windy Saturday an ARR work train pauses along the shore of Turnagain Arm to dump some rip rap. The three GP40-2s provide a history of the ARR in paint - from the austere black and g... (more)

A Seward bound freight curls south rounding Bird Point as some low clouds hang over the waters of Turnagain Arm beyond. On the rear of the train are ARR Budd RDC's 711 and 702 which are heading s... (more)

A Seward bound freight curls south rounding Bird Point as some low clouds hang over the waters of Turnagain Arm beyond. This train features a slug of traffic for Whittier which will be set off at... (more)