Fresh from the paint booth, ARR 3012 sits in front of the diesel shop in the yard in Anchorage. 3012 is the first unit to be painted locally in quite some time, and, sadly, she was the last GP40 ... (more)

After meeting the Southbound Denali Star the fair train has a green signal to exit Eklutna Siding and continue to Palmer. Unfortunately the Alaska Railroad no longer operates the RDCs in revenue s... (more)

The daily Holland Express (HEX) train runs south on its way to Anchorage, seen here from the Old Glenn Highway overpass.

ARR 4013 leads a coal empty north through Matanuska JCT early in the Spring of 2014.

In August is the Alaska State Fair and the Alaska Railroad usually runs passenger trains from Anchorage to Palmer to accommodate fair goers. In anticipation of this years fair here is the Alaska R... (more)

Westbound gravel load Birchwood

An Alaska Railroad cruise ship train is ready to depart the dock at Seward. In the background is Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas. A Princess ship is also visible behind the train.

A welcome sight in southcentral Alaska this summer, the railroad has decided to run a caboose on its AS&G Gravel trains when they back up the Palmer Branch. ARR 1069 is the only caboose in the Bo... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Anchorage Yard basically sits between downtown Anchorage and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Every other year the base hosts Artic Thunder Air Show featuring among others the Th... (more)

The AS&G Gravel train blows through Anchorage Yard en-route to the dump site on a warm summer morning.

The final few passengers take their time boarding the Denali Star at the depot in downtown Anchorage. This train would depart on time 17 minutes later.

The daily HEX departs Anchorage northbound over Ship Creek.

After crossing the Tanana River the railroad arrives in the small town of Nenana. Although the sun is relative low on the horizon it is still more than two hours to sunset. In a somewhat unusual o... (more)

The south freight crosses the large bridge across the Tanana River in Nenana, just about 2 hours out of Fairbanks. This two man crew is still 10 hours away from their home terminal of Anchorage on... (more)

Alaska Railroad SD70MACs 4325 and 4326 head south with the Denali Star as the roll through the curve at MP 360 near Healy Alaska on what is turning out to be a decent weather day. The Denali Star ... (more)