An Alaska Railroad freight pops out of the Portage Tunnel, crosses Placer Creek, and rolls through Bear Valley and will soon enter the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. A 2.5 mile road/rail tunnel t... (more)

Fall in Alaska can be spectacular if not short and catching something other than a passenger train in Healy Canyon during the daylight hours is a treat. During the Fall and it is even a bigger bon... (more)

While the sun has officially risen it has yet to clear the Chugach mountains so while the background is in bright sun the train is still in shadows giving a nice pre-dawn look and feel to it. This... (more)

An 86 car empty gravel train, lead by 5 MACs, crosses the iconic Hurricane Gulch Bridge on the Alaska Railroad. About MP 284 on the railroad and climbing the hill towards the Summit of Broad Pass ... (more)

After helping free a snow bound train north of Talkeetna the snow fleet with spreaders 8 & 9 and GP40-2s 3010 & 3007 were sent further north to clear sidings as far north as Healy. Seen here arriv... (more)

Southbound coal loads headed for the dock at Seward pass Gorilla Rock on a glorious end of winter day.

The Alaska Railroad is served by two barges in Whittier, the CN Barge see photo #486721, and the ARMS Barge from Seattle. While the CN barge makes an appearance about every 10 days the ARMS Barge ... (more)

Working an early shift can sometimes be beneficial. On my way to work I noticed the full moon looked like it might be setting right as the sun was rising. Fortunately I have a good view of this sc... (more)

Having passed this pond a number of times, always wind blown I was pleasantly surprised to find this reflection early one morning.

British Columbia 6-motor Alcos lead an SD40-2 south with a train heavy with the forest products of British Columbia. Cut in about 90 cars back are cabless remote units.

On the first day of 2007 UP brought out the rotary to clear the KP line. Here we see the view from the rear of the train.

With fall colors occurring so early in the season in Alaska I was able to get a second go round on my trip to British Columbia as seen here as the southbound CP Way Freight rolls along the shores ... (more)

There is still a bit of fall color hanging around Alaska and the back lighting helps to show it off along with the jointed rail along Turnagain Arm at Indian. The company work train has just made ... (more)

Springs is Avalanche season and there are plenty of slide zones on the Alaska RR such as this at MP 7.1 on the Whittier Branch. Just a few days earlier this slide was 30 feet across the RR. Thanks... (more)

Former Conrail GP40 now repainted as Rio Grande 3151 leads a manifest through Castle Rock. The hill in the back ground is Castle Rock. Interestingly these former Conrail units never received Gyra-... (more)