It is one day shy of a full moon on a spectacular clear and cold night in the last frontier. Three SD70MACs repose outside on the fuel rack adjacent the ARR's full service shop. At 5:30 PM in Al... (more)

It is one day shy of a full moon on a spectacular clear and cold night in the last frontier. A mixed consist of a GP38-2 a GP40-2 and an SD70MAC sit on the head end of a southbound mixed freight ... (more)

Looks like Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3012 is in the shop for a little Alaska TLC. Alaska Railroad has a fully equipped shop that can handle just about everything the railroad can throw at it with the... (more)

Geep Trifecta! It's getting harder and harder to find a three scheme consist on the ARR these days as only three units still wear their as delivered 1970s black and gold from the days of f... (more)

An ARR yard job trundles south at MP 119.8 on the ARR mainline crossing the Davis Hwy. on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The gondolas were loaded with contaminated dirt from the military base t... (more)

A set of ARR power waits for its nocturnal trip to Whitter under a beautiful Alaska afternoon sky with the Chugach Mountains rising in the background to the east.

End of the Line... Alaska Railroad Russell snowplow is leading an odd little train that is being shoved down alongside East First Avenue. This vintage piece of equipment was built in Aug... (more)

End of the Line... Alaska Railroad Russell snowplow #4 kicks up a little powder on the mainline for the very last time. This vintage piece of equipment was built in August of 1949 and is... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe up to the end of track on a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing swit... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe into a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing switch that branches off ... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe into a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing switch that branches off ... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe into a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing switch that branches off ... (more)

ARR Jordan Spreader #9 sits on the fuel rack coupled to a pair of Geeps ready for "snow fleet" service keeping the mainline open. #9 is a special machine as it is the newest Jordan Spreader in th... (more)

This is the end. All four of the Alaska Railroad's MP15s are lined up on the ramp track outside the ARR's yard office ready for shipment south to Whittier and back to the lower 48. They w... (more)

An original ARR Geep built new for the railroad in 1976 still wears it's as delivered scheme sitting here in the electric bay. This unit still features a large curved plow, Espee style light pack... (more)