In Broad Pass, Alaska on December 22 I wouldn't say there are a lot of possibilities for train photos. With the limited daylight hours let alone sunshine not to mention the scarcity of trains, it ... (more)

Alaska 4009 South crosses the trestle over Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, while over head a matching float plane circles the train.

The pride of Alaska's passenger fleet the Southbound Denali Star is approaching Cantwell, AK on a beautiful fall day. Fall comes early in Alaska and this was a great day to be in Alaska.

Even in the green waters of silt laden glacier fed lake it is still possible to get a reflection of ARR's Coastal Classic as it crosses a small trestle enroute to Seward

Fall comes early in the last frontier as depicted here as the southbound Denali Star rounds the curve at Summit, Alaska. While the north end of the Alaska Railroad isn't very busy it is very photo... (more)

CN Boxcab 6723 pulls a Vial Rail passenger train led by a F-Unit through the electrified Mount Royal Tunnel District. This was a neat operation. One I enjoyed watching for more than a few hours.

On my last day in Alaska I managed to catch a company work train led by a matched pair of original paint GP40-2s. This is something I have been trying to capture for some time now.

The Ski Train is parked at Denver Union Station on Christmas night ready for the first run of the season on Saturday 12-27-08. The passenger cars are lettered for the Rio Grande.

On a beautiful late Spring evening in Alaska the Coastal Classic is Northbound on its return journey to Anchorage. The train is just a few miles north of Portage, to the right is the Seward Highwa... (more)

The rail grinder having started at Indian earlier in the day is finished for the night and has stopped to take on water at Potter Creek using good ole gravity to get the job done.

During the summer months it is common for the Alaska Railroad to operate as many as three work trains a day. It is necessary to get all of the maintenance done before winter comes and slows things... (more)

The Coastal Classic skirts the glacier fed Upper Trail Lake near Mosse Pass, Alaska. Todays train also includes power car 32

A CSX AC4400 brings up the rear on a grain on a wonderful fall morning.

DRGW 5377 and three sisters are almost to the junction at Mounds with, what was then a M-S operation, the dirt train. This was fantastic place to catch the remaining Rio Grande power in action. Oh... (more)

A late running south freight rolls under the Old Glen Highway near Matanuska Junction. Not often at this time of year do you get an opportunity to catch the south freight in daylight hours. Chalk ... (more)