After making a switch on some flats staged for military loading this lovely ARR geep poses beside the new Port of Anchorage sign to line behind their derail. This trackage and landscaping are all... (more)

What passes for night time in Alaska during the summer! It's still nearly a month away from the summer solstice yet at 1:30 in the morning it never gets truly pitch dark for one to practic... (more)

Two SD70MACs wheel the 19 car and nearly 1800 ft long pride of the fleet southbound at nearly 60 MPH. The Denali Star (train 230) makes a 12 hr and 356 mile run to and from Fairbanks 7 days a wee... (more)

Two SD70MACs up front wheel the southbound Denali Star at nearly 60 MPH through the wilds of Ft. Richardson Army Base as they approach the home signal at the north end of Reves siding, MP 129.2 an... (more)

It happened to be my birthday, so to celebrate after work my friend Frank and I decided to try to get this very rare shot. It's rare in that you need access to Ft. Richardson Army base and you ha... (more)

Looking north at the ARR's main classification yard. Two geeps sit at the head end of a large container train built and ready to head to Whittier. It is resting on the South Main, while SD70MAC ... (more)

There is no doubting who owns these units. Two consecutively numbered geeps wearing the classic 1980s era paint scheme repose quitely in the Anchorage classification yard while taking a break fro... (more)

The DMU Arrives! After years in production, the ARR's newest piece of passenger equipment arrives in Anchorage for the first time. A vintage GP40-2 tows one flat car and the ARR 751, the ... (more)

The DMU Arrives! After years in production, the ARR's newest piece of passenger equipment arrives in Anchorage for the first time. A vintage GP40-2 tows one flat car and the ARR 751, the ... (more)

Hot Garbage! This tiny little train is the hottest thing on the railroad this day. The coastal community of Whittier (60 miles south of Anchorage) had been cut off from the outside world ... (more)

Due to a massive rock slide that buried the highway road access to the coastal town of Whittier on Prince William was cut off. The ARR came to the rescue by offering twice daily round trip passen... (more)

After dumping the first 20 cars of their 83 cars gravel train the crew is running their twin SD70MACs north up the mainline so they can cross back over and come down the Coastal Siding and couple ... (more)

Not what one generally thinks of when they think of the Alaska Railroad, the APU spur is one of my personal favorite photo locations. This obscure little branch leads one mile off the ARR mainlin... (more)

After dumping the first 20 cars of their 83 cars gravel train the crew is running their twin SD70MACs north up the mainline so they can cross back over and come down the Coastal Siding and couple ... (more)

You know spring has finally arrived in Alaska when gravel trains start running heralding the beginning of construction season. Here is the first train of the 2009 season arriving at the AS&G (Anc... (more)