An Alaska Railroad freight bound for Seward departs Anchorage under sunny skies and the sun would remain out, for the most part, for the entire duration of the trip to Seward. In the back ground i... (more)

On what was a beautiful winter day in the last frontier Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4320 dusts some snow off of the trestle at Moose Pass over Upper Trail Lake enroute to Seward with empty flats for t... (more)

Running just a couple of minutes off the advertised, the twin SD70MACs emit a puff of smoke as they clip up the gentle .3% grade at the posted track speed of 60 MPH. Just under 10 miles outside o... (more)

The southbound Denali Star cruises through Fort Richardson on fast track and is just a few minutes from arrival at Alaska Railroad's historic downtown depot. In the background are the ever present... (more)

The Great One - That's the common interpretation of the native Athabaskan name for Mt. McKinley, North America's highest mountain at 20,320 ft. in elevation. On a clear day the moun... (more)

The Denali Explorer hugs the coatline of Turnagain Arm enroute to Denali Park Station. From this location you can hike to a number of different overlooks of the Alaska Railroad and Turnagain Arm. ... (more)

While most photos from the ARR's south end seem to depict a place where the sun is always shining, this scene is actually much more typical on the route between Anchorage and Portage Jct. For most... (more)

The North FOX (Fairbanks Overnight Express) scurries across the glacier fed Knik River just about 1 hr into its 356 mile and 12 hr journey through the wilderness. The ARR runs the FOX four nights... (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)

The Glacier Discovery works north after passing the Girdwood Passenger station. Moments earlier a rainbow filled the Girdwood Valley but now dark storm clouds are shrouding the Chugach Mountains ... (more)

Alaska Railroads line to Seward has fantastic views as it travels along the Turnagain Arm.

As the Glacier heads to town in fantastic light I was just a few hours from catching my flight back to Colorado Springs. This shot ended a fantastic 16 days in the last frontier.

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 old meets the new at the north side of the diesel shop. The silvered trucks on HEP equippped passenger MAC sitting on House 1 contrasts with the war weary GP40-2 sitting on House 3 still in v... (more)

The "Denali Star heading for Fairbanks