Conductor Davis lines the switch back to the normal position for the north leg of the wye at Matanuska Junction while Engineer Siegmann looks on. In the distance the coal train takes the siding to... (more)

After meeting the Southbound Denali Star the fair train has a green signal to exit Eklutna Siding and continue to Palmer. Unfortunately the Alaska Railroad no longer operates the RDCs in revenue s... (more)

The Book Cliffs offer a nice complementary back drop for this shot of Rio Grande tunnel motor 5360 at Solitude, UT, scanned from a Kodachrome.

In August is the Alaska State Fair and the Alaska Railroad usually runs passenger trains from Anchorage to Palmer to accommodate fair goers. In anticipation of this years fair here is the Alaska R... (more)

On a beautiful fall day a double header departs Chama headed for Cumbres. The colors were fantastic this particular year. I became of fan of the narrow gauge late in life but fortunately I was abl... (more)

The CV local has two tunnel motors, 10 cars and work to do on the CV Spur, back when there was additional business besides coal on the spur. Seen here at the west switch Maxwell on a stormy aftern... (more)

As opposed to current operations in 2002 it was common for the UP to send the MNYPU south in the later afternoon. This made for some prime viewing as the train would crest the Palmer Divide in the... (more)

Rio Grande's local coal circles the horseshoe at Austin on the North Fork branch under threating skies. Fortunately the sun held out long enough to capture this shot. Scanned from a Kodachrome sli... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Anchorage Yard basically sits between downtown Anchorage and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Every other year the base hosts Artic Thunder Air Show featuring among others the Th... (more)

Three Rio Grande tunnel motors, albeit one is in SP colors, traverse the horseshoe curve at Austin on Rio Grande's scenic North Fork branch. The local train dropped off empties and picked up loads... (more)

The AS&G Gravel train blows through Anchorage Yard en-route to the dump site on a warm summer morning.

After crossing the Tanana River the railroad arrives in the small town of Nenana. Although the sun is relative low on the horizon it is still more than two hours to sunset. In a somewhat unusual o... (more)

The south freight crosses the large bridge across the Tanana River in Nenana, just about 2 hours out of Fairbanks. This two man crew is still 10 hours away from their home terminal of Anchorage on... (more)

Alaska Railroad SD70MACs 4325 and 4326 head south with the Denali Star as the roll through the curve at MP 360 near Healy Alaska on what is turning out to be a decent weather day. The Denali Star ... (more)

In 1997 one of the remaining holdouts for Rio Grande power was on the Ute Shuttle. This train ran from the power plant at Ute to the mine at Axial and return sometimes twice a day and occasionally... (more)