A welcome sight in southcentral Alaska this summer, the railroad has decided to run a caboose on its AS&G Gravel trains when they back up the Palmer Branch. ARR 1069 is the only caboose in the Bo... (more)

In another development on the Alaska Railroad it looks as if the railroad has returned a caboose to service on one of the roads gravel trains. Due to change in operating procedure the AS&G gravel ... (more)

In 2008 the Alaska Railroad was still using cabooses on the rear of the daily gravel trains, as seen here as the AS&G gravel train rolls off the Palmer Branch and onto the mainline at Matanuska Ju... (more)