ARR 4009 brings up the rear on a 70-car coal train as it heads south near Girdwood. The 7 SD70MACs will be put to the test as the train assaults the 3% grade a little farther down the line.
On a dreary windswept Sunday afternoon while driving back north from Girdwood after a nice weekend getaway I happened upon a 70 car southbound loaded export coal train. The train is moving along ... (more)
Three SD70MACs lead an export coal train along the Lower Trail Lake near Crown Point, Alaska as seen fro a Cessna 182 float plane on a beautiful late summer day in Alaska.
Train Time The ARR's nightly Anchorage to Fairbanks through freight is built and set on track 1 in the yard and ready for an air test. Shortly after 8 PM the two SD70s and lone GP40-2 wil... (more)
The three head end SD70MACs on this Seward-bound export coal train are about to cross Upper Trail Lake just north of Moose Pass, Alaska as seen from a Cessna 182 float plane. To see a railroad pas... (more)
Alaska 4009 is crossing the Snowy River and is beginng the over 2% climb to the top of Divide Hill, then it is down hill the remaining 12 miles to Seward
Alaska 4009 South crosses the trestle over Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, while over head a matching float plane circles the train.
During my 2010 trip to Alaska I was fortunate to chase two coal train south in fantastic conditions. ARR 4009 is the second of two seen here passing the salt water pond near 20 Mile Creek and Port... (more)
Alaska Railroad 4009 is the lead unit on a coal train bound for export at the year round port of Seward. The train winds its way around Kenai Lake for more than a few miles on its journey south.
Export coal loads from the Usibelli coal mine south of Fairbanks roll across the glacier-fed waters of Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, Alaska on a beautiful late summer day.
A southbound Seward export coal train rolls along the waters of Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage. The terrain here is easy going for the six SD70MACs (3 on head end, 3 on rear in DP mode) but sout... (more)
Two SD70MACs on this dirt train, just south of the yard at Anchorage. Taken from the rear of a southbound Princess Cruise Lines passenger extra.
Northbound manifest from Anchorage
