Street Running - Alaska Style

This is as close as you can get to street running in Alaska as a yard engine trundles back south beside 1st Ave after spotting three cars at a custome... (more)

What a sight! - White Pass and Yukon Railway narrow gauge rotary snow plow #3 (Cooke 1899) is arriving at Glacier siding (14.1 miles from and 1871 ft higher than Skagway) pushed by steam lo... (more)

Narrow gauge 65 tonner #174 is a former US Navy locomotive who served her entire career on Oahu. Built in April 1945 she and two sisters were the largest diesel locomotives ever used in Hawaii. ... (more)

I was surprised one morning to spot this "original" NS covered hopper here in the Anchorage rail yard. It gave me pause for a few moments to think about how many millions of miles of rail this ol... (more)

WP&Y's regular Saturday "Frasier Meadows Steam" excursion has pulled up to the historic wooden water tank as the fireman gives the 1908 Baldwin a drink. The little train will shortly back south a... (more)

Looking down from the C Street overpass as an ARR switch engine shoves a cut of cars north up the South Main and into the yard. The military are on a "flat deck" container platform and are shippe... (more)

Looking more like a publicity photo, this is just another day in the life of the Alaska Railroad. The ARR's sole DMU proved herself well suited to the task for which she was purchased during her ... (more)

Shot from a signalman's high rail vehicle pacing on the adjacent track, the Louisiana Steam Train Association's reborn steam locomotive (Algiers 1921) is making her first trip over the mighty Huey... (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)

An ARR company work train is dumping gravel fill on two brand new tracks located just north of the Anchorage Operations Center. These are two new team tracks that will have a side and end ramp to... (more)

An afternoon yard job has an MP15 sandwich as it picks its way gingerly up the APU spur to spot two cars at Alaska Mill and Feed. The move is configured this way account the customer has two spur... (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)

While exploring the urban landscape south of Atlanta in suburban East Point I stumbled upon something seemingly out of place. This pole yard filled with old relics (brick kilns, derelict critters... (more)

EMD 710eco demonstrator number 7102 was floated up to Alaska for a several month long test. It is seen resting in front of the ARR yard office as a string of cabooses is pulled by on the lead. Th... (more)

Saying Goodbye to Boston

CSX's last freight train in the city of Boston says goodbye for what may be the last time. The predecessors of the Boston and Albany began serving their n... (more)