Seeing a few other pictures tonight of Whittier Alaska on a beautiful sunny day reminded me of a shot I myself made in Whittier also on a beautiful sunny day. The only difference was about 6 month... (more)

On a recent trip home to Colorado I was able to re-visit a few of my favorite places on the Jointline as seen here at a location known as the Sag a few miles north of Palmer Lake. A southbound coa... (more)

It is almost 11PM and the sun is low on the horizon but will not set for another 35 minutes on this beautiful night. The low light really adds a nice dimension and a golden glow to the shot and th... (more)

Alaska Railroads line to Seward has fantastic views as it travels along the Turnagain Arm.

The nightly northbound freight can be captured during the long daylight hours of late spring and summer. Seen here at the Parks Highway overpass in Wasilla with the ever present Alaska Range in th... (more)

Right on the heels of the Coastal Classic and a rare opportunity to photograph three trains in the span of a couple of hours is a lengthy freight from Whittier. It is not often when this combinati... (more)

The Glacier Discovery follows the contours of Turnagain Arm on the way back to Anchorage after a day of delivering passengers to the cruise boats in Whittier.

In a blast from the past 3 SD60Ms and an SD40 lug a coal train south on the Joint Line at Greenland, CO I would love to see this again,

The Coastal Classic is just minutes from an on time arrival in Seward the southern most point on the Alaska Railroad.

On an unusual train day on the Alaska Railroad the third train of a three train fleet is just south of Indian when the sun shines through a sucker hole a provides a momentary bit of sunshine.

A empty bound for the loadout at West Elk on the North Fork Branch rolls through the west switch of Azure.

A loaded coal train rolls along the Gunnison River in Southwest Colorado. The tracks follow just about every twist and turn in the river.

An eastbound coal led by two patched ex-SP AC4400s rolls along the Colorado River at Radium on what was a very busy day along the former Rio Grande.

On the Alaska Railroad it is relatively rare to capture two non passenger trains making a meet as most run under the cover of darkness or if during the summer are in those generally not accessible... (more)

We had hoped to hike in to Hurricane Bridge to shoot the SB passenger train with a winter scene but with waist deep snow we settled on the not often photographed NSS Hurricane instead.