On my last day in Alaska I managed to catch a company work train led by a matched pair of original paint GP40-2s. This is something I have been trying to capture for some time now.
Alaska Railroad GP40 in her original paint scheme, and the one I like best, heads up a work train at Garner, AK. The crew will tie up for the day at the Healy Fire Department and be ready to head ... (more)
Alaska 3003 heads up a work train as it traverses Healy Canyon with 7 cars of rail. At Healy these cars will be set out for the mobile CWR welding train currently parked at Healy. The Alaska RR is... (more)
An Alaska work train crosses Riley Creek Trestle just inside the boundaries of Denali National Park. Fall comes early in Alaska and the fall colors are at their peak around Denali.
Ballast train at Anchorage station with GP40-2s 3003 and 3009. Lead 3003 retains it's original 1975 paint scheme.
3003 + 3008 + worjing train going north
A work train lays over across from the station at Talkeetna.