On a very cold morning, -20 degrees, the Fairbanks yard sends a yard job the 15 or so miles to the North Pole to deliver some fuel cars to the former refinery now distribution center. Seen here at... (more)

An Alaska Railroad empty hopper train 188W is seen heading south from Fairbanks to the Usibelli Mine near Healy, AK with GP40-2 3007 and SD70MAC 4318 in charge. The train is seen crossing the fro... (more)

An extra company work train has two Geeps and two spreaders, one on each end, as they set about clearing the mainline and siding at Hurricane after an earlier snow fall. With roughly 5 hours of da... (more)

Each year the Alaska RR will run special passenger trains on the weekend to the Alaska State Fair in Palmer as a way to help alleviate traffic congestion in Palmer. The trains seem to be well rece... (more)

In a town that it rains more then the sun shines, I found a pair of Alaska GP's working the small yard in town after back loading the ARMS barge in a afternoon downpour. Whittier once a Military t... (more)

The Glacier Discovery returns home to Anchorage after another day spent bouncing around between Whittier, Portage, and Grandview.

The daily Glacier Discovery is dwarfed by the massively majestic scenery of Bear Valley as it exits Portage Tunnel and over Placer Creek.

The Glacier Discovery is seen here crossing Twentymile River near Portage with ARR 3007 leading the way.

The daily Glacier Discovery runs south at Beluga Point with a rather short train. This was a busy morning with 8 trains passing in or out of Anchorage in just 5 hours, a welcome feeling of glutto... (more)

A special preseason run of the Glacier Discovery crosses Bird Creek on its southbound trek to Whittier.

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)

ARR 3007 leads a Whittier-bound freight on the western flanks of Anchorage as it parallels the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and the Cook Inlet. 3007 is one of two Geeps sporting this style nose her... (more)

Things can be pretty static in the 49th state so the chance to see something different brought me trackside on what was not the best day weather wise. Coming off the barge in Whittier were wind mi... (more)

An original ARR Geep built new for the railroad in 1976 still wears it's as delivered scheme sitting here in the electric bay. This unit still features a large curved plow, Espee style light pack... (more)

On a quiet Sunday afternoon a pair of ARR GP40s repose on the back shop lead just north of the ARR diesel shop. The classic Geep still sports it's 1970s US Government era livery, L-shaped windsh... (more)