Two GP40-2s built new for the ARR in 1975 still wear their as delivered black and yellow scheme. They are sitting on the freight main at the north end of the yard awaiting a small traffic jam to ... (more)

Sidelined - Four MP15s sit on the ready track with stacks capped and fuel tanks marked "do not fuel." These four units' careers are over in Alaska and they are awaiting shipment to the low... (more)

On a cold snowy Sunday typical of springtime in Alaska a yard crew is switching at the north end of the yard with the export coal train power. The gently falling snowflakes seem so harmless, yet ... (more)

ARR's two brand new Goldstar cars are seen on their first revenue trip curling around the south leg of the wye off the Airport Branch about to enter the Alaska Division mainline for a southward jo... (more)

Looking north from atop a covered hopper of flour provides an interesting panorama of the Anchorage classification yard. To the left can be seen surplus and stored power tied up on the ready trac... (more)

The 9 AM yard assignment is hard at work wye and switching out coaches on the south end of the ARR car shop as they go about their chores assembling the 17 car "Ski Train" for the upcoming Saturda... (more)

There are no regularly scheduled passenger trains south of Anchorage on the ARR during the winter months. However the occasional charter does offer a chance to reprise some summer scenes in vastl... (more)

There are no regularly scheduled passenger trains south of Anchorage on the ARR during the winter months. However the occasional charter does offer a chance to reprise some summer scenes in vastl... (more)

The challenges of railroading in Alaska! A little five car charter passenger train rolls north passing the very active slide zone at Kern. The train is slicing through the massive piles of snow ... (more)

A Railroad Still Life - This is the conductor's "office" inside ARR baggage car 103. All the essentials can be found at his desk: a radio tuned to road channel one, a curren... (more)

Looking north out an open baggage door on the east side of the train as the ARR's winter Aurora passenger train speeds northward. Five cars make up the train on this day and above the snow caked ... (more)

View looking forward from the back platform of ARR business car 2000, the "Aurora." On this day the ARR was running a special charter for Japanese Airlines transporting 250 happy Japanese visitor... (more)

A Man and His Office - Veteran ARR Conductor Steve Culver is framed in the partially open rear baggage door as he talk to his engineer on his hand held radio. Out in front of... (more)

Looking back south from the open baggage door as a boy scout troop debarks from the ARR's Winter Aurora flag stop train at the ghost town of Curry. This diminutive five car train features two bag... (more)

Looking forward from an open Dutch door, the Winter Aurora plows its way north near Chase through a snow squall on the last day of the month. This is the ARR's regularly scheduled winter passenge... (more)