Bicentennial liveried 1510 and 1512 roll through Matanuska on a works train in August 1985, the sun unfortunately alluding the photographer at the time.

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)

Grab shots from a moving train rarely seem to work, however this shot, grabbed near Healy, two and a half hours south of Fairbanks, while riding #2 from Anchorage, netted over half of the ARR GP49... (more)

Retired MRS1 1603 (former US Army B-2053) sits quietly at Anchorage locomotive depot in August 1985.

A Seward freight sits in Anchorage Yard just ahead of an evening cloud bank in August 1985. Awaiting departure are 3017, 3012, 3019 and 3002.

Normally a nocturnal runner, a rather late Artic Fox express piggyback from Fairbanks to Anchorage runs through Birchwood, just north of Anchorage, just before midday behind 3012 and 3007 in Augus... (more)

#1 meets #2 at Oliver in August 1985. Due to radio problems #1, behind 1506, 1502 and 1517, had to stay put at Oliver until #2 showed up behind 1508, 1530 and 2402, instead of proceeding to Carlo ... (more)

Having attention to its drawgear, 2402 sits inside the maintenance shed at Anchorage in August 1985.

The DEX (Denali Express) is operated by ARR for Princess Lines in the summer Whittier to Denali National Park and Denali to Whittier on Saturdays and Mondays, i.e., two trains, a NB and a SB each ... (more)

With the Princess Lines Diamond Princess

Unloading passengers at the end of the day. The MEX (McKinley Express) is operated by ARR for Princess Lines in the summer Whittier to Princess's Lodge near Talkeetna and return each Saturday and... (more)

ARR’s Glacier Discovery runs daily in the summer Anchorage to Whittier in the morning and Whittier to Anchorage in the evening. Midday it meanders among the glaciers south of Portage. Here at ... (more)

This is the petroleum products train, at 1:08pm with many piggybacks behind the tank cars and a rare third locomotive. The second diesel is 4010 (SD70MAC) and the third is 3012 (GP40-2).

A pair of Alaska GP40-2s lead a southbound nearly 7,000 foot long empty container/freight train from Anchorage to Whittier to meet the arrival of the CN barge from Prince Rupert, BC with the next ... (more)

Petroleum products from the refinery at North Pole, AK (actually just outside Fairbanks and far from the actual North Pole).