I left Colorado for Alaska on 4.18.11 and spent my first night in Laurel, MT. I was fortunate to see the LM departing Laurel so I had a travel companion across western Montana, well at least as fa... (more)

Today was a perfect day for photos, not only was it a cruise Wednesday, which means additional passenger trains to support the cruise ships, but there was also two freights on the SB line up, a Wh... (more)

One of the many water crossings on the FEC

Trains along Turnagain Arm between Portage and Anchorage often are in close proximity to the road and views like this are possible in many locations in the 50 miles bewteen the two locations.

A combined CN/ARMS barge train heads for the Port of Whittier along Turnagain Arm. The ARMS barge is a weekly affair from Seattle, however the CN is about every 2 weeks these days. On occasion it ... (more)

The Denali Star departs Denali Park for points south arrival in Anchorage a scant 250 miles south will be around 8 PM local time.

On a clear Spring morning a UP stack train heads east on UP's Sunset Route

While the Alaska Railroad doesn't run a lot of freight on the south end you can generally count on 2-3 coal trains a week between Anchorage and Seward. Today's shot shows a northbound snaking alon... (more)

A late running freight bound for the barge in Whittier has 7600' of almost entirely Alaska Marine Lines containers loaded on ex BCOL articulated flat cars. The crew on this train will unload both ... (more)

A coal empty heads for the mine loadout at West Elk on what started as a very over cast day. It was a good day along the North Fork where the mines kicked out 4 loads.

OT-1 has 42 loads of ore headed for the smelter in Hayden. From what I understand the ore trains could stop running at any time as the mine has begun to curtail certain operations which will have ... (more)

I arrived at the Trona facilities early for my appointment with the Road Foreman who graciously showed me around their shop and allowed plenty of pictures. After that it was time to follow the roa... (more)

The nightly freight is northbound for Fairbanks with a large block of container/TOFC traffic. 102 trailers and an unknown amount of containers makes for a lengthy freight seen here crossing the Ma... (more)

The Jointline was hopping on this Sunday as 2 SB, a coal load and a manifest wait on 4 Nortbounds at Spruce after a down pour.

Breathtaking scenery abounds in Alaska as these 4 Macs lead a northbound at 20 Mile.