Railfanning - Alaska Style! - The train referred to as the DEX (Denali Express) crawls across the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a stunning view of the Chulitna River and t... (more)

It is one day shy of a full moon on a spectacular clear and cold night in the last frontier. A mixed consist of a GP38-2 a GP40-2 and an SD70MAC sit on the head end of a southbound mixed freight ... (more)

Symmetry in Steel - On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, the rear helpers on Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load can be seen after emerging from 3009 ft. Thistle Tu... (more)

An 82 car Anchorage Sand and Gravel unit train rolls south off the Palmer Branch and onto the ARR mainline at MP 150.5 to begin its 45 mile journey to the unloading pit in South Anchorage. This t... (more)

It's two degrees at the crest of the continent in northern Montana, and this stranger from south of the border surely never feels temperatures like these on her home road. Nevertheless she and a ... (more)

It's Christmas Eve and a call to the trainmaster in Whitefish said not much would be running over the pass this day. After shooting a late running Amtrak 8 I was on my way to return the rented sn... (more)

Looking south in the car shop ARR Business cars 2000, the Aurora, is seen with business car #1, the Denali, couple just ahead of her. The 2000 was built by Colorado Railcar in 2000 while the A1 w... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe up to the end of track on a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing swit... (more)

Having just completed its work at the Denali Park depot, the ARR's flagship passenger train immediately sails over the 570 ft long bridge as it starts the rest of its journey to Anchorage, 230 mil... (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)

The Pride of the Fleet - Here is a shot of the southbound Denali Star the ARR's flagship train as it crawls slowly out onto the bridge located nearly mid point on the 12 hr 356 mile run fro... (more)

An original ARR Geep built new for the railroad in 1975 still wears it's as delivered scheme. This is presently one of only three units on the ARR still wearing this livery. Notice the shiny new... (more)

Four SD70MACs rest here on the head end of a 70 car loaded export coal train that is strung out in Seward yard sitting on track 8 and hanging back north through the crossovers to track Upper 7 wit... (more)

On a spectacular late summer afternoon an ARR yard job trundles up a rarely photographed industrial spur in downtown Anchorage to service Alaska Mill and Feed and several other small customers. T... (more)

UP 1989 makes its very first trip west to the far end of the railroad to which it pays tribute as it rolls north toward Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. This was the unit's first trip to the state o... (more)