Three SD70MACs are seen on the rear of a 70 car unit coal train as it crosses the icy tidal waters of the Twenty Mile River just a hundred yards or so from it's mouth on Turnagain Arm. The river'... (more)

Three SD70MACs are seen on the rear of a 70 car unit coal train as it wends its way south along the icy cold waters of Turnagain Arm. Across the wide Fjord rises the bulwark of the Kenai Mountain... (more)

An SD70MAC races south leading 5 sisters (two more on the head end and three on the rear) and 70 cars of coal destined to Seward Alaska and a date with a South American bound collier.

It's cold windy and spectacularly beautiful along Turnagain Arm on this Saturday morning. The rocky buttress of the Chugach Mountains and the icy tidal waters make the 70 car unit coal train, bra... (more)

On a cold and windy Saturday an ARR work train pauses along the shore of Turnagain Arm to dump some rip rap. The three GP40-2s provide a history of the ARR in paint - from the austere black and g... (more)

The Whittier based extra board crew and their two geeps have made a trip over the mountains from Whittier to retrieve a lone empty flat car off the dock in Seward. They are departing northward an... (more)

The Seward extra board crew is in the process of finishing up dumping 70 cars of coal at Seward. 6 SD70MACs can be seen just about ducking into the dump shack. Beneath the train 12 conveyers sen... (more)

You never know what you might find in the woods of Alaska. Normally you're excited to stumble upon a bear or moose (at safe distance of course) but you rarely expect to find an F-unit! Neverthel... (more)

A yard crew with a "geep sandwich" trundles slowly back north on the ARR mainline. They have a mixed consist of equipment from local industries off the APU Spur and the adjacent mainline. This l... (more)

The northbound DEX (Denali Express) has departed the depot in Anchorage after making a quick crew swap. This dedicated train is run every Saturday and Monday in the summer serving Princess Cruise... (more)

United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen disembarking from the ARRC's new Colorado Railcar built DMU. Madam Speaker (in the pink jacket) is shaking hands with the ARR's... (more)

An ARR geep creeps carefully up the back streets of Anchorage en route to deliver three gondolas for scrap loading. She is shoving across Orca St. and past Alaska Mill and Feed which is a railroa... (more)

Yes, I know I post a lot of photos from this location. But can you blame me? I just find this to be one of the most fascinating piece of trackage anywhere. Side of the road running, light rail,... (more)

Looking down from the sidwalk of the C Street Bridge as an ARR yard job switches out cars at the warehouse. The building on the left houses the ARR's stores department and they still regularly sh... (more)

A line of police vehicles both marked and undercover wait adjacent the ARRC's team track just outside the yard office. They are observing the new Colorado Railcar built DMU pull in account US Spe... (more)