The CN's eight track barge from Prince Rupert is moored to the ARR's barge slip at the port of Whittier and is in the process of being unloaded. The water is calm on this rare clear day on the sh... (more)

The Whittier extra board crew is pulling cars off the CN Barge that has just arrived from it's trip across the Gulf of Alaska from Prince Rupert. This barge arrives every 10 days and provides the... (more)

The soundbound Alaska Railroad Glacier Discovery Train has just passed through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel which, at 2.5 miles in length, is the longest combined highway/rail tunnel ... (more)

Alaska RR Budd RDC 711 brings up the rear of the Glacier Discovery train as it slowly pulls into Whittier, AK for a quick station stop before reversing to the ARR mainline at Portage. Ahead and to... (more)

M/S "Seven Seas Mariner" in the background

An Alaska RR GP38-2 pulls a cut of intermodal cars in the yad at Whittier.

A pair of ARR GP40H switch the yard at Whittier, pulling onto the bridge just west of the yard ladder. The 'H' designation shows that the engines are equipped with HEP for passenger operations.

SD70MAC 4320 silently watches GP40Hs 3014 and 3009 switch the yard at Whittier.

GP38 2007 works the yard at Whittier. This town is the exchange point for the rest the rail network in North America, via a car ferry, one of which can be seen in the harbor in the background.

The switcher at Whittier works the north end of the yard, pulling across the creek just north of the yard. Sun is a fairly rare occurance in Whittier. Its said that the town is cloudy 300+ days ... (more)

After passing thru the Whitter tunnel and unloading it's passengers engine 31 waits to lead the train back to Anchorage.

4008 "Spirit of Wasilla" sitting not running at the cruise ship terminal siding on July 15, 2005 with the NCL "Norwegian Dream" dwarfing it in the background

3007 idling with 2805 (GP49) at Whittier after a barge work

3007 idling at Whittier after a berge work