On a quiet Sunday afternoon one of Anchorage's more attractive residents waves a friendly greeting to the head end crew on the empty AS&G gravel train winding its way slowly into Anchorage after d... (more)

An afternoon yard job is seen switching on the weedy 70 lb rail of the ARR's APU spur in downtown Anchorage. This obscure industrial lead is rarely photographed, but offers the lucky individual a ... (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)

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)

A yard job is seen pulling a small cut off the Ft. Richardson loop area for this first time in over a decade. This test load will be pulled back to the ARR's main yard for forwarding north in reg... (more)

ARR 4001/4015 lead a northbound freight as it nears the C Street crossing in south Anchorage. C... (more)

On a dreary day in Alaska's largest city, the Alaska Railroad Grandview Cruise Train idles on the ARR's impressive boarding platform at Anchorage International Airport. In a few minutes, th... (more)

The 80 car empty QAP gravel train is rolling north in downtown Anchorage at MP 115.1 on the ARR's Alaska Division mainline. This bucolic scene is right in the heart of downtown where the railroad... (more)

The second of seven and a half 40-car unit military trains is being unloaded at the Port of Anchorage. This movement was in support of the deployment of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Ft... (more)

A side by side comparison of Alaska Railroads two versions of SD70MACs

Welcome inside the Alaska Railroad's Denali business car, a posterchild for opulence and extravagance. This Pullman, built in 1921, underwent a major restoration in 2006, to the tune of $1.... (more)

ARR SD70MACs 4011 and 4009 rest in the Anchorage Diesel Shop awaiting their next assignments.

Rows of locomotive wheels rest inside the ARR's backshop on quiet Saturday evening. The ARR is a largely self sufficient railroad with a complete shop facility capable of near any chore from rewi... (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)

The sun briefly pokes through the gray Alaska sky on this Saturday afternoon to illuminate a couple sets of SD70MACs reposing on the fuel racks just south of the sand tower adjacent the diesel sho... (more)