Alaska Railroad 3002 leads a barge train north along the shore of Cook Inlet. Alaska is big country and the scenery can really make the trains looks small. In the background are the Kenai Mountain... (more)

Fall has arrived in South Central Alaska. A rather rare leader leads the 120N near Bird Point. The GP38-2s are usually yard power and to see and better yet hear one out on the mainline is quite a ... (more)

I have long thought about getting a good photo at this location. Over the years I have had more than a few chances and captured a few decent photos but I always felt there was a better shot. It is... (more)

Portal to Portal

A 7200 ft long train of mixed manifest and containers off the barge in Whittier is on the move to Anchorage behind consecutively numbered MACs. The heavy train ... (more)

On a very blustery day a lengthy train off the barge in Whittier rolls through the Portage Valley while a mostly obscured Begich Peak looks on as the day begins to clear. One can look quite a way ... (more)

In most cases a barge docking in Whittier will generate two trains in each direction. The first train south from Anchorage will be powered by Geeps. Upon arrival in Whittier the crew will tie thei... (more)

The fall colors and the corporate colors of the Alaska Railroad or a good match on this beautiful fall day as the 120N heads for Anchorage with a relatively short train interchange from the barge ... (more)

3002 is exiting the branch from Whittier and entering the mainline at Portage for the remaining 50 miles to Anchorage. In Anchorage this train will switched out for local Anchorage customers and t... (more)

After traveling along the shores of Turnagain Arm for the last 30 miles or so the tracks turn inland for a bit and then will follow Cook inlet for a bit before finally coming to the yard in Anchor... (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)

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)

The weather looked promising upon departure from Anchorage but by the time I reached the tracks along Turnagain Arm bad weather had set in. I decided to wait it out and managed this shot of a nort... (more)

On a dreary day the sun makes a brief appearance as a northbound freight off of the barge in Whittier is making track speed and causing quite the flurry of snow.

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)

With just a hint of what remains of the fall colors the second freight of the day from the barge in Whittier rolls north with the balance of the interchange from the lower 48. While most of the tr... (more)