The longest passenger train of Alaska Railroad's annual operating season - the Nordic Ski Association charter train - operated on March 11, 2017, and is seen returning from their day stay at Curry... (more)

The Alaska Railroad runs an extra southbound military train headed for the Port of Anchorage, seen here about to cross Fireweed Road. This is the first time I have seen a solid train of 80 cars of... (more)

A large road train from Fairbanks pulls up to the Junction for a recrew after a long night run from Fairbanks.

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)

Stay bolts being cut inside the boiler of ARR 557. This is getting toward the rear on top of the firebox in a hard to reach area of the boiler. The staybolts are cut in the middle then are one at ... (more)

The class unit of Alaska Railroad's SD70MACs steps it out as it heads northbound through Wasilla after meeting the southbound Aurora Winter Train just south of town.

The nightly northbound freight can be captured during the long daylight hours of late spring and summer. Seen here at the Parks Highway overpass in Wasilla with the ever present Alaska Range in th... (more)

After living in Alaska for over four years I finally made a trip to our local "railroad" museum. They have a fascinating collection of Alaska rolling stock and it is definitely worth a look if yo... (more)

After living in Alaska for over four years I finally made a trip to our local "railroad" museum. They have a fascinating collection of Alaska rolling stock and it is definitely worth a look if yo... (more)

On the last day of my Fall 2010 visit to Alaska I captures these two original paint GP40-2s lugging a company work train north. A perfect ending to a great trip.

The nightly freigh from Fairbanks to Anchorage has dropped off the 1.25% grade of Wasilla hill and is accelerating through the Palmer Hay Flats just north of Matanuska Junction and just about an h... (more)

Wasilla!? - Long before the rest of the world knew about this place (for good or ill depending on your political persuasion) Wasilla was a one time sleepy Alaskan town now up and coming as ... (more)

Wasilla!? - Long before the rest of the world knew about this place (for good or ill depending on your political persuasion) Wasilla was a one time sleepy Alaskan town now up and coming as ... (more)

On my last day in Alaska I managed to catch a company work train led by a matched pair of original paint GP40-2s. This is something I have been trying to capture for some time now.

Before it became famous, passengers disembark from a Lawyers special from Anchorage at Wasilla in August 1985. Power for the trip was GP49 2808 along with power car P-6 (formerly UP E9B 963B/Amtra... (more)