A northbound coal train crosses beneath the only signal bridge of its kind on the Alaska Railroad just minutes from arrival in Anchorage.

An Alaska Railroad ballast train negotiates the south leg of the Wye at Portage, having just cleared the mainline for a southbound passenger train. Their chore for the day will be to spread ballas... (more)

An empty coal train is en-route back to Anchorage and will then be forwarded to Healy for another load. Seen here at Bird Point, this particular location can only be accessed during low tide and w... (more)

The overnight freight has just arrived Anchorage from Fairbanks and because Flint Hills Refinery is the railroad's largest customer the railroad will use the road power to spot the tank farm with ... (more)

A MAC and a GP40 are being prepared for the first Seward passenger train of the season. Seen here at Shed 1 with the Chugach mountains in the background.

Alaska Railroad's southbound Denali Star is a few minutes away from their Denali Park Station stop as the passengers enjoy the few along the Nenana River in a very scenic part of Alaska.

One of my favorite trains exits tunnel one on the Moffat Route en-route to Winter Park.

Under the watchful eyes of a couple of photographers Nevada Northern RS-3 puts together the days photo freight. A day well spent for all who attended.

A train of boxcars heads north through the US Air Force Academy on a nice spring day.

Hopefully when I arrive in Colorado soon I can have some weather like this. On a nice spring day a NB BNSF manifest rolls through the US Air Force Academy under the watch of Pikes Peak.

In anticipation of my return to Colorado from Alaska for a few days I thought I would post a few shots from around my former haunts. Colorado Springs can be a busy place as seen here with an empty... (more)

After a day spent riding UP OLS special we were continuing on to SLC to see UPs open invitation to photograph their Heritage Units along the way we caught this empty on the Dotsero Cutoff near the... (more)

A Union Pacific Operation Life Saver Passenger train rolls through the high country north of P-Burg on the ex-DRGW Craig Branch with 3 E-Units in push-pull configuration. It was a beautiful day fo... (more)

Feeling a bit ambitious I decided to snow shoe out to this spot where the Alaska Railroad crosses the Knik River on a truss bridge with plenty of mountains and snow in the back ground. I think the... (more)

A southbound coal train rolls through the Air Force Academy as seen through from the former Santa Fe where once a trestle stood. If one looks there are plenty of reminders of the former second tra... (more)