Alaska Railroad 3002 leads a barge train north along the shore of Cook Inlet. Alaska is big country and the scenery can really make the trains looks small. In the background are the Kenai Mountain... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery has arrived Whittier and is seen next to one of the cruise ships that provides more than a few customers for the railroad. Seen on a glorious spring day. Plenty... (more)

3 MACs and GP40 lead a northbound train of sand along Turnagain Arm at MP 95 on a blustery winters day.

Geep Renaissance: The Alaska Railroad powered a rail train with 5 Geeps. Seen here at Brookman with 3 GP40-2s and 2 GP38-2s in 3 separate paint schemes. To make things even better the rear of the ... (more)

Alaska 3003 heads up a work train as it traverses Healy Canyon with 7 cars of rail. At Healy these cars will be set out for the mobile CWR welding train currently parked at Healy. The Alaska RR is... (more)

Some day I hope to capture all three of the remaining black units together but for now this will have to do. 3006 and 3001, minus the 3003 have the work train in tow as they pass the defunct engin... (more)

The passengers on the Southbound Denali Star are enjoying the fall colors on a mild Alaskan Fall day.

On a down day shooting 3751 in Arizona we spend a day shooting the Apache Railway and at the end of the day we find ourselves on this overpass at the west end of BNSF's Winslow yard shooting what ... (more)

EMD demonstrators are testing on Rio Grande's Craig Branch as they bring a coal train from Axial to the Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs through the loops at Crater, CO. Scanned from a Kodach... (more)

The pride of the passenger department the Southbound Denali Star rolls across the summit of Broad Pass 2343' high. Not much by western standards but the fall colors are truly impressive.

On a beautiful first day in Alaska 2009 a northbound coal empty is at milepost 64, Portage, Alaska. Lead MAC 4013 is from the Alaska RRs first order while 4317 is from the second order. The most n... (more)

It isn't often that the Alaska Railroad runs a daylight freight between Fairbanks and Anchorage, especially in the winter. And I suppose this is barely daylight but it is 4:11 PM there just isn't ... (more)

The return trip from Seward was to have these two units pick up the water suppression cars at Moose Pass, unfortunately only one could be made functional for the trip north. Seen here crossing Upp... (more)

Two GP40-2s hustle 14 loads of much needed fuel to Seward. When possible the Alaska Railroad will make a special run to accommodate shippers in need of a delivery. In the background is an unusual ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad has more than a few large bridges. One of the more inaccessible ones is the one across the Eagle River located just a few miles north of Anchorage but deep within the confines ... (more)