The Hurricane Turn train is tied up in Talkeetna on a beautiful afternoon. This is a former Amtrak F40PH.

The colors are wildly ablaze in the Last Frontier in the waning days of summer signaling the end of passenger season on the Alaska Railroad. This year I went back for another shot at the Turn on ... (more)

Those of you who are long time followers of RP.net may recall this photo and the story that accompanied it from 5 years ago. Click h... (more)

ARR 2001 runs light along Ship Creep while doing some switching on a beautiful fall morning. Looking across, Cook Inlet, the mountain in the center of the background is Mount Susitna (4396 ft high... (more)

The northbound Denali Star has just departed from a station stop at Talkeetna. Just north of the depot, we pass the Hurricane Turn local waiting to get onto the main. Tourists at one of the local ... (more)

After stopping at the Summer Depot, The Hurricane train returns to the Winter Depot to unload the last of its passengers with ex-Amtrak F40PH number 32 on this end of the train. GP40-2 number 30... (more)

One of the most famous locations on the Alaska Railroad, The Hurricane Bridge, spans Hurricane Gulch and the railhead is 300' above Hurrican Creek. Only in Alaska can one get this type of service.

Made up of two (now-retired) Budd RDCs and a GP38-2 on the tail end for good measure, the northbound ARR Hurricane Turn is in the hole at Canyon siding on a beautiful summer afternoon. Due ... (more)

Two classic Budd RDCs stand at a precipice..both factually and figuratively. They are resting nearly 300 ft above the waters of Hurricane Creek far below as they sit atop the ARR's most famous en... (more)

On a later summer morning twin ARR RDCs accelerate south from "downtown" Talkeetna to pick up passengers at the "summer" depot where the Denali Star makes it's daily stop. After picking up daytri... (more)

Opposite end of the ARR's passenger spectrum is seen at a single glance. On the left is the pride of the fleet. The southbound Denali Star hammers south at track speed on the high iron with twin ... (more)

Without a doubt the single most famous point on the Alaska Railroad, the Hurricane Gulch Bridge was completed in 1921. The span is 918 feet long and 296 feet above its namesake creek. The twin R... (more)

A rare view of the Alaska Railroad's Hurricane Turn, America's last scheduled flag stop passenger train, is afforded from the catwalk of the 298ft high Hurricane Gulch Bridge. The train was... (more)