On a great summer evening the empty coal id following the passenger train from Seward to Anchorage, seen here exiting the Spencer Valley area and the un-accessible part of the line from Seward. Th... (more)

A northbound freight works up Potter Hill while the adjacent Seward Highway is heavy with traffic heading out of town for the long Memorial Day Weekend.

ARR 4011 approaches Matanuska Jct. where the branch to Palmer curls off for its name sake city.

On what was a dark and dreary day Alaska Railroad's second gravel train of the day crests the grade at Reves MP 128 on the trip from gravel pit to South Anchorage.

Alaska SD70MACS have a huge train, 7712 feet, headed for the barge in Whittier

A coal train follows the contours of the Clark Fork River near Eddy Montana

This years winter was a bit more normal for Alaska although it was fairly rare to catch a train after a snowfall. I did on one such occasion manage to follow a train south after a recent snowfall ... (more)

The Coastal Classic cruises by one of the many ponds of water along the route to Seward. This is a great summer morning chase.

It is not often that the Northern Lights are strong enough to overcome the light pollution of Alaska's largest city but on this day I was able to capture the lights as they flickered above Alaska ... (more)

A classic Alaskan scene. Someday I hope to capture this scene in full sun, so far this has been my best attempt.

Sometimes things just work out. I drove to Flagstaff to take care of some business on a Thursday. A friend of mine took the Chief from LA to Winslow where I picked him up on Friday morning. Our go... (more)

The northward CP wayfreight crosses the Kootenay River at Fort Steele, British Columbia. It was great to see several different paint schemes on CP's SD40-2s during my visit. Even the weather coope... (more)

SD70MAC 4004 and two sisters on the headend and 3 on the rear have this coal train easily in hand at Windy Point along Turnagain Arm. In the background is the Kenai Peninsula. All this power doesn... (more)

A Coleto Creek bound coal train passes through Tolland on Rio Grande's Moffat Route. If my memory serves me correctly this train pretty consistently saw BN power. Pool power wasn't very common on ... (more)