A Seward bound freight nears the 20 Mile River bridge and Whittier junction. This train features a slug of traffic for Whittier which will be set off at Portage before the train makes a turn over... (more)

A Seward bound freight wends its way south on the ARR mainline between Girdwood and Portage. This train features a slug of traffic for Whittier which will be set off at Portage before the train m... (more)

A Seward clips south at track speed through the marsh just north of the Girdwood station passing a bit of late fall color. On the rear of the train are ARR Budd RDC's 711 and 702 which are headin... (more)

A Seward bound freight curls south rounding Bird Point as some low clouds hang over the waters of Turnagain Arm beyond. On the rear of the train are ARR Budd RDC's 711 and 702 which are heading s... (more)

A Seward bound freight curls south rounding Bird Point as some low clouds hang over the waters of Turnagain Arm beyond. This train features a slug of traffic for Whittier which will be set off at... (more)

A Grande heritage in Alaska A close up view of the friction bearing trucks on former ARR boxcar #11021 reveals the original owner of this 1943 vintage troop sleeper. After the war, this c... (more)

The United States Army's Ft. Richardson that abuts the city of Anchorage is laced with a virtual maze of rail lines. While nearly all of them now sit unused and derelict, the miles and miles of t... (more)

An ARR yard crew goes about their duties pulling one loaded gondola that will be sailing south in just a few days for a date with the Union Pacific in Seattle. This is as close to street running ... (more)

While there is no snow in Anchorage yet, the snow line is creeping very low on the neighboring Chugach Mountains seen just to the east of downtown. However, today it is beautiful as an ARR yard c... (more)

After making a switch on some flats staged for military loading this lovely ARR geep poses beside the new Port of Anchorage sign to line behind their derail. This trackage and landscaping are all... (more)

What passes for night time in Alaska during the summer! It's still nearly a month away from the summer solstice yet at 1:30 in the morning it never gets truly pitch dark for one to practic... (more)

Two SD70MACs wheel the 19 car and nearly 1800 ft long pride of the fleet southbound at nearly 60 MPH. The Denali Star (train 230) makes a 12 hr and 356 mile run to and from Fairbanks 7 days a wee... (more)

Two SD70MACs up front wheel the southbound Denali Star at nearly 60 MPH through the wilds of Ft. Richardson Army Base as they approach the home signal at the north end of Reves siding, MP 129.2 an... (more)

It happened to be my birthday, so to celebrate after work my friend Frank and I decided to try to get this very rare shot. It's rare in that you need access to Ft. Richardson Army base and you ha... (more)

Looking north at the ARR's main classification yard. Two geeps sit at the head end of a large container train built and ready to head to Whittier. It is resting on the South Main, while SD70MAC ... (more)