A northbound freight works up Potter Hill while the adjacent Seward Highway is heavy with traffic heading out of town for the long Memorial Day Weekend.

On a cloudy but warm night the 5 nights a week north freight to Fairbanks crosses the Matanuska River, roughly 20 miles into a 350 mile 12 hour journey.

A three unit set of MACs are shoving hard on the rear of an export coal train as they climb Grandview Hill en-route to the Port of Seward. There was quite a bit more snow in 2013 as opposed to thi... (more)

On a beautiful fall day with a nice display of color the northbound coal empty pulls out of Girdwood en-route to Anchorage and then further north to Healy where they will reload to start the proce... (more)

The fall colors have made their way south as seen here at Girdwood as a empty coal train rolls north en-route to Anchorage and then further north more another load. It was a beautiful fall afterno... (more)

The south freight is a couple of miles out of Wasilla on a beautiful morning. During this time frame 2008 the Alaska Railroad ran two freights each direction 4 days a week and one in each directio... (more)

Conductor Davis lines the switch back to the normal position for the north leg of the wye at Matanuska Junction while Engineer Siegmann looks on. In the distance the coal train takes the siding to... (more)

16,300 horsepower throttle up as they head north with a long Anchorage-to-Fairbanks freight seen here between Elmendorf AFB and Fort Richardson.

The southbound coal loads roll across the bridge across 20 Mile River and a very nice Spring morning. As the crew rolled across the bridge they spotted the photographer and pointed towards the bac... (more)

While 75% of the Railfan population was chasing UP's 4014 I was here in Alaska on a warm 60 degree Sping day. Usually choices are limited but today I had multiple options An early morning train to... (more)

The first of three southbound freights scheduled an hour apart out of Anchorage is just a minute out of the small town of Indian and a few second shy of full sunshine. It is a rarity to catch thre... (more)

An Alaska Railroad coal train rolls through the tiny berg of Indian along Turnagain Arm. The rails and highway both follow the contours of the shoreline and one can look across the bay and see the... (more)

Alaska Railroad SD70MAC crosses Glacier Creek just a half mile south of Girdwood. In the background are the Chugach Mountains. Some of Alaskas best skiing is in these mountains at Mt. Alyeska Ski ... (more)

My first visit to Alaska in the winter produced a great week of clear skies and cold temperatures. The first train I saw on this trip was a southbound coal train bound for export via the Seward Co... (more)

An Alaska coal trains winds its way along Turnagain Arm in the Beluga Block in a 3+3+1 configuration. While the railroad is flat here the extra horsepower will be needed to climb Grandview and Div... (more)