Alaska has many fine back drops in which to photograph the railroad at work. Here a ballast train winds its way north towards Anchorage after spending the day spreading ballast.

Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3012 and sister 3001 haul a ballast train along Turnagain Arm near Portage, Alaska. If you look closely you can see the crew members riding in the open top hoppers to the ne... (more)

Alaska Railroad's APU Spur parallels First Avenue for several blocks between the yard and the industries at the end of the spur. Here the APU Local is returning to the yard after the days switchi... (more)

ARR GP38-2 2005 switches the company warehouse in Anchorage Yard on a beautiful Saturday morning with the 4,396-foot Mt. Susitna rising in the background. These two tracks are used to load and unl... (more)

Two GP40-2s have their 7000+ foot train in complete control as they exit Portage Tunnel and cross Placer Creek with the imposing Chugach Mountains looming behind. The train will soon pass through ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic heads southbound past the bird spotter's paradise of Potter's Marsh on a beautiful Alaska morning.

This is the Princess Lines McKinley Express (MEX) which runs Saturdays and Mondays Seward (passengers actually get on/off at Whittier where the cruise ships berth) to Talkeetna where the passenger... (more)

Alaska Railroad's southbound Coastal Classic crosses Twenty Mile Creek just north of Whittier Junction on it's way to Seward. High tide was in so the creek drainage is full of water as the train ... (more)

Northbound coal empties with four spotless SD70MACs in charge approach Portage-Glacier Road for a crew change before continuing on to Anchorage. Note the "ghost trees" in the foreground, petrified... (more)

ARR 3014 leads a short southbound Whittier freight along the Seward Highway near Girdwood.

Four SD70MACs lead a northbound empty coal train toward Anchorage and points north seen here just before entering CTC territory south of downtown Anchorage. The train unloaded earlier this day in ... (more)

The northbound ARR McKinley Express works through Anchorage on the mainline after a quick station stop at the passenger depot. The train is enroute to McKinley Siding (Talkeetna) with a loa... (more)

The ARR Coastal Classic heads south along the picturesque Turnagain Arm on a beautiful May morning; final destination: Seward. The train is replete with the newly introduced (for 2009) G... (more)

Branch line railroading, Alaska style The ARR Palmer Turn runs light engine up the 10 mph Palmer Branch enroute to JD Steel at the end of the in service track to retrieve two empty gons. Se... (more)

Just a few moments after exiting the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (North America's longest railroad-highway tunnel), ARR's Glacier Discovery Train eases into the small port city of Whitti... (more)