The afternoon yard job trundles slowly north pushing two cars down the mile long APU industrial lead as it crosses Post Road near downtown Anchorage. This is not what one thinks of when they hear... (more)

The afternoon yard job trundles slowly north pushing two cars down the side of the street up the mile long APU industrial lead. The two gons are destined for loading at a customer for eventual sh... (more)

freight train departing Anchorage

The view from my front porch! The weather was still COLD today in Anchorage, but the light was just brilliant for a few hours. The 4318 and a sister slumber away for the winter on ready tracks i... (more)

Sometimes the best photos can be found right under your nose. It was the warmest day in Anchorage in at least 10 days, today, with a high of -1 degrees! The sky was clear and crisp and the ice c... (more)

Because of the quagmire that is Alaska massive quantities of gravel is required in order to build anything. Hence during the construction season the Alaska Railroad runs three gravel trains a day.... (more)

Lunch in style! As a Thank You to the operating department for a successful year and a lot of hard work on everyone's part to improve the railroad's performance, the ARR had an all day catered lu... (more)

It's nearly 5 PM and well past sunset on a gloomy, dreary, foggy, and just generally miserable Sunday in Alaska. A geep sits forlornly under the golden glow of sodium vapor lighting on the fuel r... (more)

A gaggle of MP15s congregates in the "little yard" adjacent the Anchorage Yard Office. The ARR's main classification yard is particularly full on this brilliant spring day. This is a scene not l... (more)

A tired looking Geep reposes on Roundhouse Track 5 on a gray July afternoon. This unit was built in 1969 as a straight 38 for the Penn Central.

EMD 710eco demonstrator number 7102 was floated up to Alaska for a several month long test. It is seen resting in front of the ARR yard office as a string of cabooses is pulled by on the lead. Th... (more)

An afternoon yard job has an MP15 sandwich as it picks its way gingerly up the APU spur to spot two cars at Alaska Mill and Feed. The move is configured this way account the customer has two spur... (more)

There are more than just polar bears that should be placed on the endangered species list in Alaska. Ironically the 40 ft. mill gon coupled behind the locomotive is the oldest piece of equipmen... (more)

Sometimes mother nature can turn the simplest scene into something spectacular. Getting out of my car to walk to the office one afternoon I was just taken aback by the spectacular cloud formations... (more)

On a quiet Sunday afternoon one of Anchorage's lovely local residents performs a time honored American tradition--waving at a passing caboose.....for the last time. This inbound empty gravel trai... (more)