Retired MRS1 1603 (former US Army B-2053) sits quietly at Anchorage locomotive depot in August 1985.

A Seward freight sits in Anchorage Yard just ahead of an evening cloud bank in August 1985. Awaiting departure are 3017, 3012, 3019 and 3002.

Having attention to its drawgear, 2402 sits inside the maintenance shed at Anchorage in August 1985.

The Northbound Denali Express rolls across Ship Creek in downtown Anchorage enroute to Denali and eventually Fairbanks. While it is operating this day with a HEP-equipped SD70MAC, this trai... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Seward Cruise Train is arriving at Anchorage International Airport where it will layover for a little over an hour before departing back southbound for Seward with a train load o... (more)

Alaska Railroad's APU Spur parallels First Avenue for several blocks between the yard and the industries at the end of the spur. Here the APU Local is returning to the yard after the days switchi... (more)

ARR GP38-2 2005 switches the company warehouse in Anchorage Yard on a beautiful Saturday morning with the 4,396-foot Mt. Susitna rising in the background. These two tracks are used to load and unl... (more)

Four SD70MACs lead a northbound empty coal train toward Anchorage and points north seen here just before entering CTC territory south of downtown Anchorage. The train unloaded earlier this day in ... (more)

The northbound ARR McKinley Express works through Anchorage on the mainline after a quick station stop at the passenger depot. The train is enroute to McKinley Siding (Talkeetna) with a loa... (more)

Stored 1500 in Anchorage yard gets a Limey/Pommie visitor in August 1985. Photo taken by Dave Kinne

Following the Seward Highway along the Turnagain Arm, 1802 and domes heads towards Portage, from Anchorage, to pick up a string of flat cars to form the Whittier Shuttle in August 1985. The photog... (more)

Lone ARR GP35u John E Manley leads GP40s 3008 and 3003 past Anchorage Depot just after midday with a southbound loaded gravel train off the Palmer branch at Matanuska in August 1985. The photograp... (more)

Both still in Bicentennial livery, although relegated to more mundane duties, 1510 and 1512 pass through Eklutna on a northbound works train in a rare patch of sunshine on an otherwise overcast Au... (more)

Looking north at the ARR's main classification yard. Two geeps sit at the head end of a large container train built and ready to head to Whittier. It is resting on the South Main, while SD70MAC ... (more)