C&TS Engineer Jeremy Garcia looks ahead from rear helper K-36 #488 as the 2008 Chama Steam photo freight works upgrade near Cumbres. K-36s 489 and 487 are on the head end and 488 is shoving from t... (more)

Alaska RR GP40-2s 3014 and 3008 lead a Whittier freight southbound through this rural scene at Girdwood, Alaska enroute to the port at Whittier where their train will eventually end up on the Cana... (more)

ARR GP38-2 2005 switches the company warehouse in Anchorage Yard on a beautiful Saturday morning with the 4,396-foot Mt. Susitna rising in the background. These two tracks are used to load and unl... (more)

ARR 3014 leads a short southbound Whittier freight along the Seward Highway near Girdwood.

Four SD70MACs lead a northbound empty coal train toward Anchorage and points north seen here just before entering CTC territory south of downtown Anchorage. The train unloaded earlier this day in ... (more)

The northbound ARR McKinley Express works through Anchorage on the mainline after a quick station stop at the passenger depot. The train is enroute to McKinley Siding (Talkeetna) with a loa... (more)

Branch line railroading, Alaska style The ARR Palmer Turn runs light engine up the 10 mph Palmer Branch enroute to JD Steel at the end of the in service track to retrieve two empty gons. Se... (more)

Just a few moments after exiting the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (North America's longest railroad-highway tunnel), ARR's Glacier Discovery Train eases into the small port city of Whitti... (more)

Three Alaska RR SD70MACs (plus one more in DP mode on the rear) lead a southbound loaded coal train through Portage enroute to Seward for export to Asia. These export coal trains load at Healy on ... (more)

A pair of Alaska GP40-2s lead a southbound nearly 7,000 foot long empty container/freight train from Anchorage to Whittier to meet the arrival of the CN barge from Prince Rupert, BC with the next ... (more)

A pair of NS GPs lead a short T74 local westbound out of the siding at Watkins, enroute to Glenita to meet an eastbound coal train.

CSX empty hopper train N414 stretches out across Copper Creek Viaduct on its northbound trek to the coalfields of eastern Kentucky. NS's much smaller Copper Creek crossing can be seen hidden below... (more)

NS C-31 caboose 555582, a veteran of many years service in the Appalachian coalfields, rests on this mild April evening in the yard at Yuma awaiting its next assignment. NS still rosters a sizable... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s lead a short T74 Frisco local across Highway 23 and Big Moccasin Creek at Weber City on an unusually warm spring day.

Recently repainted Chattanooga Traction Company SW1 #4 sits in the morning sunlight along with a former Laurinburg & Southern wooden caboose (in the process of being repainted) on Easter Sunday 20... (more)