Fresh from the paint booth, ARR 3012 sits in front of the diesel shop in the yard in Anchorage. 3012 is the first unit to be painted locally in quite some time, and, sadly, she was the last GP40 ... (more)
Roster shots on a sunny day in Whittier, Alaska are hard to pass up! A pair of Alaska RR GP40-2s await a crew to take them and a freight train north to Anchorage.
Looks like Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3012 is in the shop for a little Alaska TLC. Alaska Railroad has a fully equipped shop that can handle just about everything the railroad can throw at it with the... (more)
Geep Trifecta! It's getting harder and harder to find a three scheme consist on the ARR these days as only three units still wear their as delivered 1970s black and gold from the days of f... (more)
A cool August evening in Anchorage finds a pair of GPs sitting inside the diesel shop facility with another pair sitting outside awaiting their next work. This facility and a similar one in Fairba... (more)
Normally a nocturnal runner, a rather late Artic Fox express piggyback from Fairbanks to Anchorage runs through Birchwood, just north of Anchorage, just before midday behind 3012 and 3007 in Augus... (more)
Alaska has many fine back drops in which to photograph the railroad at work. Here a ballast train winds its way north towards Anchorage after spending the day spreading ballast.
Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3012 and sister 3001 haul a ballast train along Turnagain Arm near Portage, Alaska. If you look closely you can see the crew members riding in the open top hoppers to the ne... (more)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon a pair of ARR GP40s repose on the back shop lead amid the clutter of spare locomotive parts. The ARR shop has full rebuild capabilities and still does much work in ho... (more)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon an ARR Geep sits just north of the diesel shop next to the wheel garden on the back shop lead track. The 3012 wears the classic 1980s ARR livery.
