The vastness that is Alaska is hard to depict in a photo but this comes close. The Alaska Railroad's Denali Star pops out of the trees and in a moment will cross Riley Creek and arrive at the Dena... (more)

The Northbound Denali Star crosses Riley Creek on a nice steel trestle and arrives on time at the Denali Park station. This is one of the last runs of the daily train as staring next week this tra... (more)

Golden Leaves and Black Diamonds - Three SD70MACs lead 70 loaded 100 ton hopper cars at the posted speed of 10 MPH but as soon as they cross the bridge they'll be throttling up to dig into ... (more)

Time to Show Off! - Every spring the ARR hosts a lavish open house in both Anchorage and Fairbanks to show off the railroad. This year Anchorage's featured equipment displays both freight ... (more)

Time to Show Off! - Every spring the ARR hosts a lavish open house in both Anchorage and Fairbanks to show off the railroad. This year Anchorage's featured equipment displays both freight ... (more)

Big Engine - Little People! - Ok, before everyone freaks out about this shot this is basically the one time a year this is acceptable. Every spring the ARR hosts a lavish open house in bot... (more)

After living in Alaska for over four years I finally made a trip to our local "railroad" museum. They have a fascinating collection of Alaska rolling stock and it is definitely worth a look if yo... (more)

After living in Alaska for over four years I finally made a trip to our local "railroad" museum. They have a fascinating collection of Alaska rolling stock and it is definitely worth a look if yo... (more)

The Pride of the Fleet - As passenger season winds to a close here in the Last Frontier I thought I'd post one from back during the beginning of the season. Here is a shot of the southboun... (more)

Southbound ARR export coal loads behind three SD70MACs roll through Rainbow on the mainline with a rail gang cleared up in the siding.

Fall comes early in the last frontier as depicted here as the southbound Denali Star rounds the curve at Summit, Alaska. While the north end of the Alaska Railroad isn't very busy it is very photo... (more)

Railfanning - Alaska Style! - The train referred to as the DEX (Denali Express) crawls across the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a stunning view of the Chulitna River and t... (more)

A Long Way from the Corridor - Former Amtrak F40PH #286 leads the Hurricane Turn out on to it's namesake bridge. I often wonder if I ever saw her whipping down the former New Haven Shoreli... (more)

Running just a couple of minutes off the advertised, the twin SD70MACs emit a puff of smoke as they clip up the gentle .3% grade at the posted track speed of 60 MPH. Just under 10 miles outside o... (more)

As the days begin to shorten in Alaska the last rays of light reflect off of the northbound Coastal Classic as it journeys to Anchorage. In the early summer months one can photograph this train al... (more)