The Denali Star Train, crosses the Nenana River, in Ferry, Alaska.

It's the hottest time of the year, so cool off with this chilly image of an Alaska Railroad lumber drag departing Seward on a late February morning. Recent snowstorms have dumped several feet of s... (more)

ARR 4325 with a five car Holland America HEX train, passes through the daylighted windy tunnel, in route to Denali National Park, to pick up passengers, to take to Anchorage, Alaska.

ARR 4318 leads Princess Cruise Lines DEX train, bound for Whittier, Alaska, for a meet with a cruise ship.

The Usabeli Coal Train, crosses the Tanana River, on the 700-foot Mears Memorial Bridge. When it was built in 1923, it was the second longest single-span steel railroad bridge in the country. Pres... (more)

The northbound Anchorage to Fairbanks freight eases across the Matanuska River just a little under an hour into the 350 mile long trip into the interior of Alaska.

A southbound cruise train rolls along Turnagain Arm on its way to an awaiting cruise ship at the port of Seward.

There is one round trip passenger train to Seward each day in the summer. We left the house and headed for Seward about the same time the train left the depot in Anchorage. We spent the day in Sew... (more)

The rear of a Princess Lines cruise train passes over 20 Mile River just north of the junction at Portage.

A southbound Princess Lines cruise train flies by the 2,511 foot long siding at Brookman.

A southbound cruise train passes the popular tourist lookout point known as Beluga Point on its journey to the Port of Whittier.

The summer has not gotten off to a good start here in the Last Frontier. Plenty of dark dreary skies and rain, lots of rain. So when you get a sunny afternoon you make the most of the opportunity.... (more)

An Alaska Railroad freight pops out of the Portage Tunnel, crosses Placer Creek, and rolls through Bear Valley and will soon enter the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. A 2.5 mile road/rail tunnel t... (more)

Alaska Railroad's unique Hurricane Turn is sitting on its namesake The Hurricane Bridge over Hurricane Gulch. This bridge is 916' long and 296' from the top of the rail to the bottom of the Gulch.... (more)

While making the drive to Seward I caught up with the Coastal Classic, also en route to Seward, and grabbed this shot along Kenai Lake. Not a bad addition to my drive south for a day cruise.