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)

I think it snowed! The Durango & Silverton's annual winter photo charter battles a record snow pack of over 72 inches as former D&RGW 478 makes her way northward through the San Juan Nati... (more)

One of BNSF's finest looking units leads a loaded grain train under the endangered ex-Northern Pacific cantilever signal bridge which guards the east end of 8,845ft Hope siding on MRL's 4th Subdiv... (more)

A rare view of the Alaska Railroad's Hurricane Turn, America's last scheduled flag stop passenger train, is afforded from the catwalk of the 298ft high Hurricane Gulch Bridge. The train was... (more)

Quite a sight as this Dash 8 leads a southbound auto parts train onto the streets of LaGrange.

Having crested the climb out of the Las Vegas valley at Erie, this California-bound export coal train has attained its maximum speed of 60mph, sending coal dust everywhere as it races downgrade in... (more)

Combine a holiday weekend with spectacular weather conditions, and it's no surprise that the Seward Highway is flush with tourists and residents alike, taking advantage of the opportunity to enjoy... (more)

The AT&SF Grand Canyon Limited is seen crossing the impressive bridge over Hells Canyon near Drake, Arizona as it makes its way southward on the Peavine toward Matthie. There, the train wil... (more)

Soutbound coal loads work along the shore of the mostly frozen Kenai Lake, less than 20 miles from reaching their destination, the port city of Seward. There, the train will unload its cargo for e... (more)

End of the Line. A lone GP38-2 has gone as far as it can go on the Alaska RR Palmer Branch, all to retrieve a couple of empty gondola cars stored at the end of the line. This trackage was a... (more)

With 82 loads of northbound freight in tow, The Spirit of Alaska has just traversed the 2.5 mile Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel from Whittier and crosses the scenic Placer Creek trestle. Th... (more)

The afternoon shadows are slowly creeping into the Animas River valley, seemingly spotlighting the Durango & Silverton Presidential Special as it makes its way southward toward Durango. Pho... (more)

A sparkling clean SD70MAC leading the charge, the southbound Alaska Railroad Glacier Discovery Train is just a few miles from its next stop at Whittier as it heads across Placer Creek amids... (more)

A rare (for the ARR) northbound Whittier to Anchorage high-wide special winds its way along the Turnagain Arm in a scene that could very easily be mistaken for June instead of February due to sout... (more)

Western Pacific heritage unit 1983 leads two other specially painted locomotives (1996 and 2002) westward with a 11,766 foot, 162 car "monster" stacker in check behind. The grueling 2.2% grade of ... (more)