Mixed Train 2009! In an historic first, due to changing traffic patterns the ARR has chosen to exercise its FRA waiver to run mixed trains consisting of revenue passenger and haz-mat freigh... (more)

Mixed Train 2009! In an historic first, due to changing traffic patterns the ARR has chosen to exercise its FRA waiver to run mixed trains consisting of revenue passenger and haz-mat freigh... (more)

The eye plays tricks on you in this view from the engineer's seat. The mirror reflect the three trailing geeps and a long string of tank cars in adjacent track 1 while that same string blends ev... (more)

"Alaskan Agriculture" - Now how is that for an oxymoron? This hopper is one of two that wear this unique paint scheme. A small fleet was purchased in the early 1980s to support export fro... (more)

Two GP40-2s built new for the ARR in 1975 still wear their as delivered black and yellow scheme. They are sitting on the freight main at the north end of the yard awaiting a small traffic jam to ... (more)

Sidelined - Four MP15s sit on the ready track with stacks capped and fuel tanks marked "do not fuel." These four units' careers are over in Alaska and they are awaiting shipment to the low... (more)

On a cold snowy Sunday typical of springtime in Alaska a yard crew is switching at the north end of the yard with the export coal train power. The gently falling snowflakes seem so harmless, yet ... (more)

ARR's two brand new Goldstar cars are seen on their first revenue trip curling around the south leg of the wye off the Airport Branch about to enter the Alaska Division mainline for a southward jo... (more)

Looking north from atop a covered hopper of flour provides an interesting panorama of the Anchorage classification yard. To the left can be seen surplus and stored power tied up on the ready trac... (more)

The 9 AM yard assignment is hard at work wye and switching out coaches on the south end of the ARR car shop as they go about their chores assembling the 17 car "Ski Train" for the upcoming Saturda... (more)

There are no regularly scheduled passenger trains south of Anchorage on the ARR during the winter months. However the occasional charter does offer a chance to reprise some summer scenes in vastl... (more)

There are no regularly scheduled passenger trains south of Anchorage on the ARR during the winter months. However the occasional charter does offer a chance to reprise some summer scenes in vastl... (more)

The challenges of railroading in Alaska! A little five car charter passenger train rolls north passing the very active slide zone at Kern. The train is slicing through the massive piles of snow ... (more)

A Railroad Still Life - This is the conductor's "office" inside ARR baggage car 103. All the essentials can be found at his desk: a radio tuned to road channel one, a curren... (more)

Looking north out an open baggage door on the east side of the train as the ARR's winter Aurora passenger train speeds northward. Five cars make up the train on this day and above the snow caked ... (more)