One of five (the other four are Tri Rail's in Florida) double deck Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) made by Colorado Railcar Mfg which went bankrupt at the beginning of 2009. For additional exterior a... (more)
Sunny skies are a rarity in Whittier; in fact, it's said that the town is cloudy over 300 days in a normal year. We lucked into a beautiful afternoon on this spring day as we found the ARR Glac... (more)
Alaska RR 31 a former Amtrak F40PH now a cab car rounds the south leg of the wye at Portage, AK
On a stunning Sunday evening the Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery works its way north from Whittier providing its passengers a far more pleasant and relaxing experience than the throngs of driv... (more)
The Glacier Discovery works north after passing the Girdwood Passenger station. Moments earlier a rainbow filled the Girdwood Valley but now dark storm clouds are shrouding the Chugach Mountains ... (more)
Alaska Railroads line to Seward has fantastic views as it travels along the Turnagain Arm.
As the Glacier heads to town in fantastic light I was just a few hours from catching my flight back to Colorado Springs. This shot ended a fantastic 16 days in the last frontier.
The Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery train enters Anchorage on a summer evening
The Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery train crosses a trestle, about to duck into the Whittier Tunnel
Anchorage bound Glacier Discovery train slows to pick up river rafters at the Placer River.
Waiting to enter the [one way] Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.
