It is hard to get a bad shot along this strecth of the Alaska Railroad.

Stretched along the shore line of Turnagain Arm at low tide. I had hoped for a longer train but you take what you get in Alaska.

After waiting for this train for a few hours in Whittier the chase was on. The last train off of the barge at Whittier heads north towards Anchorage on what turned out to be a very fine afternoon.

ARR 3014 leads a Seward bound freight train about to pass under the Seward Highway at Bird Point, Alaska.

Alaska 4009 is crossing the Snowy River and is beginng the over 2% climb to the top of Divide Hill, then it is down hill the remaining 12 miles to Seward

Alaska 4009 South crosses the trestle over Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, while over head a matching float plane circles the train.

During my 2010 trip to Alaska I was fortunate to chase two coal train south in fantastic conditions. ARR 4009 is the second of two seen here passing the salt water pond near 20 Mile Creek and Port... (more)

Alaska Railroad 4009 is the lead unit on a coal train bound for export at the year round port of Seward. The train winds its way around Kenai Lake for more than a few miles on its journey south.

Alaska Railroad 4007 is the rear DPU on coal train destined for export at Seward, AK. In the background are the Chugach Mountains.

Export coal loads from the Usibelli coal mine south of Fairbanks roll across the glacier-fed waters of Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, Alaska on a beautiful late summer day.

Alaska Railroad GP40-2s 3014 and 3012 lead a Seward-bound freight train at track speed through Portage, Alaska. The train is delivering 12 loaded diesel fuel tanks and one empty flat car to the so... (more)

With the trees beginning to show a bit of early-fall color, ARR 4325 leads the northbound Denali Star across the Riley Creek Trestle just south of the Denali Park station stop. What ... (more)

Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3005 shoves a work train north at Nancy, AK. On a clear day it is possible to see Denali from this location.

The return trip from Seward was to have these two units pick up the water suppression cars at Moose Pass, unfortunately only one could be made functional for the trip north. Seen here crossing Upp... (more)

A coal train arrives at the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad. This train will be unloaded and headed north in 5 hours to repeat the cycle again.