On a beautiful night for photography the returning Coastal Classic with 12 cars, almost 600 hundred passengers, of happy travelers are about to cross Bird Creek en route back to Anchorage culminat... (more)
With coal traffic being what it is earlier this year I focused my efforts on what may be the last export trains on the Alaska Railroad. Seen here coming into Girdwood. On the right are the Chugach... (more)
The north freight, having departed Anchorage at 2010 the previous night, is crossing the Tanana River on the Mears Bridge at Nenana on a gloomy morning. It is not quite 0600 yet and this crew has ... (more)
On Father's Day I found a pocket of sun while awaiting the arrival of the southbound Denali Star. All around me dark storm clouds loomed and it appeared to be raining everywhere except where I was... (more)
In a rather unusual move the 120S is lead by a GP38-2, essentially a yard motor on the Alaska Railroad. In fact this train is led my 3 separate models of EMD products. The afore mentioned GP38-2, ... (more)