Little Train - Great Land! A pair of SD70MACs lead the short little northbound Saturday Winter Aurora passenger train out of the end of the road village of Talkeetna and into the w... (more)
A Historic Shadow - This is a view looking out the open door of baggage car 101 on the east side of the train as it creeps slowly across Hurricane Gulch Bridge affording passengers one of t... (more)
Little Train - Big Mountain! -This is a view looking railroad north out of baggage car 101 which is bringing up the rear on the three car pocket streamliner. This little train is making ea... (more)
Sparkling Clean - It is quite obvious the pride the ARR takes in its passenger service given how clean and polished the equipment is. The eyes play tricks on you as the mountains and the I... (more)
The Steady Hand - ARR's #1 engineer, Frank Sheppard applies his 40 yrs of experience as he gently guides ARR's weekly passenger train, the Aurora, north along the frozen shore of the... (more)
This view looks south out the open rear door of ARR Baggage Car #101. The northbound winter Aurora with three cars trailing one SD70MAC is on some fast track as it speeds north through the wilder... (more)
Portrait of a Railroader. Conductor Steve Culver is the defacto King of the Alaska Railroad's winter passenger train. A 40+ year ARR veteran he is #2 on the railroad's seniority roster an... (more)
Talkeetna in March is a simply splendid place. The days are getting long, it's cold but not deathly so, and the rivers are all frozen and perfect for playing on! This shot was taken from cross c... (more)
