It is a glorious fall day along Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska. The fall colors dot the mountainside as a lengthy train off the barge in Whittier heads north at aptly named, at least in ... (more)
Southbound ARR export coal loads behind three SD70MACs roll through Rainbow on the mainline with a rail gang cleared up in the siding.
On a dreary windswept Sunday afternoon while driving back north from Girdwood after a nice weekend getaway I happened upon a 70 car southbound loaded export coal train. The train is moving along ... (more)
Big Time Coal! 10 units - count 'em - curl north with 113 empty coal hoppers along the icy shores of Turnagain Arm beneath the snowy peaks of the Chugach Mountains. This is by far th... (more)
Northbound Seward to Anchorage passenger train running along Cook Inlet at Rainbow at 2015 hrs
While most photos from the ARR's south end seem to depict a place where the sun is always shining, this scene is actually much more typical on the route between Anchorage and Portage Jct. For most... (more)
The Rainbow DTC block on the ARR's south end is definitely living up to its name this afternoon as a northbound extra freight movement skirts the Turnagain arm. In the distance, blowing san... (more)