On a remarkably warn and sunny end to August, a pair of SD70MACs have nearly 8,000 feet of train trailing on the drawbars as they wind their way along the Turnagain Arm.

The conductor on the 120N is enjoying a warm late August day with the window wide open as this pair of SD70MACs have nearly 10,000 tons of mixed freight and containers from the Lower 48 in tow ove... (more)

Nearly 8,000 feet of mixed freight and containers from the Lower 48 snake their way along the Turnagain Arm about 20 miles from the trains destination in Anchorage.

The tail end of train 120N is still stretched out in the joint use Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel as the head end passes over Placer Creek on the journey back to Anchorage.

I have long thought about getting a good photo at this location. Over the years I have had more than a few chances and captured a few decent photos but I always felt there was a better shot. It is... (more)

Portal to Portal

A 7200 ft long train of mixed manifest and containers off the barge in Whittier is on the move to Anchorage behind consecutively numbered MACs. The heavy train ... (more)

The prime movers of two SD70MAC's have been shut down after a successful load test, and blue flags removed, as the Alaska Railroads' Anchorage Shops return to peacefulness.

In another view from the Bird Point area we see another coal train approximately a week later. The down turn in coal will really have an impact on the Alaska RR, as if we needed another, as these ... (more)

A single DP Unit brings up the rear of a southbound coal train destined for Seward on this day before the official start of passenger season 2014. Tomorrow this sleepy, 2-3 trains a week, line sou... (more)

On a cool late summer night the 4013 under goes some work inside the large ARR shops in Anchorage.

ARR 4013 leads a coal empty north through Matanuska JCT early in the Spring of 2014.

In case anyone was interested in where I was at tonight. I was enjoying 70 degree weather, eating barbeque and grabbing a few photos along the way. Not a bad way to spend a Spring evening, IMHO. T... (more)

Coal empties run west (RR north) through Matanuska JCT on another beautiful Spring evening under endless blue skies. I know Montana likes to be known as "Big Sky Country", but c'mon, Montana, thi... (more)

A trio of ARR's first-purchase SD70MACs leads a small freight toward Seward where there's a much larger freight fresh off the barge waiting to be hauled back north to Anchorage.

2 loads, 5 empties, and 3 MACs...a southbound mini-freight heading to a waiting barge for a pick-up skirts the shores along the Turnagain Arm. While not the most robust train one will see on the ... (more)