As the sign proclaims - "Fairbanks Alaska - north end of the main line of The Alaska Railroad". Having just arrived, 1502, 1506 and 1517 sit quietly with #2 from Anchorage in August 1985. 1517 was... (more)

Stored 1500 in Anchorage yard gets a Limey/Pommie visitor in August 1985. Photo taken by Dave Kinne

Following the Seward Highway along the Turnagain Arm, 1802 and domes heads towards Portage, from Anchorage, to pick up a string of flat cars to form the Whittier Shuttle in August 1985. The photog... (more)

Lone ARR GP35u John E Manley leads GP40s 3008 and 3003 past Anchorage Depot just after midday with a southbound loaded gravel train off the Palmer branch at Matanuska in August 1985. The photograp... (more)

Both still in Bicentennial livery, although relegated to more mundane duties, 1510 and 1512 pass through Eklutna on a northbound works train in a rare patch of sunshine on an otherwise overcast Au... (more)

Looking north at the ARR's main classification yard. Two geeps sit at the head end of a large container train built and ready to head to Whittier. It is resting on the South Main, while SD70MAC ... (more)

There is no doubting who owns these units. Two consecutively numbered geeps wearing the classic 1980s era paint scheme repose quitely in the Anchorage classification yard while taking a break fro... (more)

The DMU Arrives! After years in production, the ARR's newest piece of passenger equipment arrives in Anchorage for the first time. A vintage GP40-2 tows one flat car and the ARR 751, the ... (more)

The DMU Arrives! After years in production, the ARR's newest piece of passenger equipment arrives in Anchorage for the first time. A vintage GP40-2 tows one flat car and the ARR 751, the ... (more)

Hot Garbage! This tiny little train is the hottest thing on the railroad this day. The coastal community of Whittier (60 miles south of Anchorage) had been cut off from the outside world ... (more)

Due to a massive rock slide that buried the highway road access to the coastal town of Whittier on Prince William was cut off. The ARR came to the rescue by offering twice daily round trip passen... (more)

After dumping the first 20 cars of their 83 cars gravel train the crew is running their twin SD70MACs north up the mainline so they can cross back over and come down the Coastal Siding and couple ... (more)

Not what one generally thinks of when they think of the Alaska Railroad, the APU spur is one of my personal favorite photo locations. This obscure little branch leads one mile off the ARR mainlin... (more)

After dumping the first 20 cars of their 83 cars gravel train the crew is running their twin SD70MACs north up the mainline so they can cross back over and come down the Coastal Siding and couple ... (more)

You know spring has finally arrived in Alaska when gravel trains start running heralding the beginning of construction season. Here is the first train of the 2009 season arriving at the AS&G (Anc... (more)