A Joshua tree and old UP code line are silhouetted by the low desert sun at 4207 ft Cima Summit as a heavy eastbound manifest rolls over the crest after climbing more than 2000 ft in the 18 miles ... (more)

A pair of Joshua Trees in the Mojave National Preserve frame a heavy eastbound manifest entering double track as it nears the crest at Cima Summit after climbing over 2000 ft in the 18 miles from ... (more)

Looking down the lonely winding Kelso-Cima Road in the Mojave National Preserve a heavy eastbound manifest marches up last miles to Cima Summit after climbing over 2000 ft in the 18 miles from the... (more)

The Alaska State Fair is a two week long annual celebration that punctuates the end of summer in the 49th State. The fairgrounds in Palmer sit right beside the ARR's normally freight only branch ... (more)

Fall is short in the last frontier and the opportunity to shoot trains in brilliant colors is limited to a week or maybe two at best. With passenger service cut back from daily in each direction ... (more)

Passenger season is two weeks from the end as the Alaska Railroad's premier train, the Denali Start rolls south about 45 min from the its destination of Anchorage after an all day 12 hr run from F... (more)

On a splendid long summer say there is plenty of light for shooting photos of the nightly freight trains. Here on Saturday afternoon a monster Anchorage to Fairbanks freight 130N is seen crossing... (more)

I haven't shot much on the ARR lately, but it was a Friday holiday and a southbound was leaving Anchorage for Whittier in perfect light. Most importantly, my dear friend Frank Keller was out with... (more)

I haven't shot much on the ARR lately, but it was a Friday holiday and a southbound was leaving Anchorage for Whittier in perfect light. And my dear friend Frank Keller was out with his family so... (more)

Racing Thru History - Two state of the art 4300 HP SD70MACs race south down the ARR's mainline with a trainload of empty flatcars. The baretable train is destined for Seward, the ARR's sou... (more)

STEAMWORKS! - Well, that's what an enthusiastic young friend of mine (and obvious Thomas addict) would call this, but no it's actually the backshop of the Alaska Railroad. Here heavy repai... (more)

The three distriibuted power units sit on the rear of a 70 car loaded export coal train that is strung out in Seward yard sitting on track 8 and hanging through the crossovers up here to track Upp... (more)

Four SD70MACs rest here on the head end of a 70 car loaded export coal train that is strung out in Seward yard sitting on track 8 and hanging back north through the crossovers to track Upper 7 wit... (more)

Four SD70MACs rest here on the head end of a 70 car loaded export coal train that is strung out in Seward yard sitting on track 8 and hanging back north through the crossovers to track Upper 7 wit... (more)

It was a splendid cold Sunday with bluebird skies and crisp white snow abounding. An empty intermodal (bare table) train was called for a date with the Northland Services barge at the ARR's south... (more)