Autumn is very short in Alaska with the peak foliage lasting only a day or two it seems. If one wants to get out and shoot trains amidst the color the window is extremely narrow. Knowing that a ... (more)

Top Cover and Global Engagement - The ARR has a long history intertwined with the US military dating back from its earliest days when US Army engineers under the leadership of Lt. Fredrick ... (more)

Upper Deck View - This is a view from the service walkway on the upper deck of the the AML Barge Fairbanks Provider which is tied up in Whittier. This view looks toward the starboard bow c... (more)

Horizon unlevel?! - Nope...that's just a normal list as the barge is stripped. Once a week an AML (Alaska Marine Lines) barge arrives at the port of Whittier from Seattle. There are three... (more)

Welcome to Whittier! It isn't nice very often in Whittier. In fact, the town features some of the worst weather in Alaska with a normal winter seeing over 420 inches of snow! Known for r... (more)

Welcome to Whittier! - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint march a 6015 ft train out of the 13,338 ft long tunnel and into the town of Whitt... (more)

It's one of the coldest days of the year so far. -25 when this shot was taken just before 3 PM and the temperature would dip to nearly 40 below zero during the night! Two geeps idle on the main ... (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)

An Anchorage yard job trundles through the still substantial snow on this last day of March. The vintage black geep is swapping a load for an empty on this little spur that sits adjacent the main... (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)

This original ARR locomotive (bought new in 1975) is resting inside on Electric Bay trk 2 for heavy repair/rebuild. The unit will retain it's 1970s government era black paint once completed as the... (more)

The long hood from ARR #3001 rests on a company service flat car sitting on the old sand track just north of the ARR diesel shop. The rest of the GP40-2 is in the backshop for heavy repair/rebuil... (more)

Coal train from Usibelli mine to Fairbanks