Two RDCs and a GP40-2 stand at the Alaska Railroad's Palmer Fairgrounds depot after delivering another load of happy people from downtown Anchorage to the Alaska State Fair in the Matanuska Valley... (more)

Dreams Do Come True

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. This was my first trip to Donner Pass, a place I'd dreamt of seeing ever since I was young child, and I get to sh... (more)

A peak inside the ARR's heavy repair back shop on a Saturday afternoon finds a 1976 vintage bought new Geep in for some upgrades, including a new pilot plow. Forklifts, overhead cranes, jacks, tr... (more)

Railfanning - Alaska Style! - The pride of the fleet, ARR's flagship passenger train the Denali Star crawls south across the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a stunnin... (more)

Railroading at 30 below! - A pair of GP38s lug a long string of loaded tank cars over the Chena River bridge on their way back from North Pole (home of the Flint Hills Refinery - ARR's larg... (more)

It was a splendid cold Sunday with bluebird skies and crisp white snow abounding. An empty intermodal (bare table) train was called for a date with the Northland Services barge at the ARR's south... (more)

In one of the few moments of sunlight during my three day stat at the Izaak Walton Inn (mind you I'm NOT complaining) I was fortunate to catch this hot westbound. This Chicago-Seattle Z train is ... (more)

The deadline....Four retired Budd RDCs rest quietly south of five retired cabooses. Times are changing on the ARR, and while all of these were in active service last summer they now await an unce... (more)

The ARR's Fairbanks diesel shop is stuffed full of assorted locomotives. They aren't in here for work, but simply to keep warm. It's more than 20 degrees below zero outside at this northernmost ... (more)

Deep in the Chugach Mountains on the ARR's remote "tunnel district" veteran Conductor Ron Miller can be seen getting ready to "line behind" to let his train, the regular daily southbound Coastal C... (more)

The Alaska Railroad dispatched a "snow fleet" work extra consisting of two GP40-2s pushing Harsco/Jordan Spreader 9 south to Portage to begin opening up the railroad to Seward. The sout... (more)

The Apache's Last Stand

I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to shoot the last great Alco show in the west. Back in May of 2012 I went on an epic week lon... (more)

Snow Fighting - Alaska Style! - The "snow fleet" is heading back south with the Jordan Spreader trailing two geeps in this southward looking view. The train is framed by the glacier fed Pl... (more)

On a stunning Sunday evening the Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery works its way north from Whittier providing its passengers a far more pleasant and relaxing experience than the throngs of driv... (more)

Narrow gauge 45 tonner #302 is lettered for the Oahu Railway though she was purchased by the US Navy in November 1944 and served her entire life on the island of Oahu for the US military. After ... (more)