An Alaska Railroad freight pops out of the Portage Tunnel, crosses Placer Creek, and rolls through Bear Valley and will soon enter the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. A 2.5 mile road/rail tunnel t... (more)

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.

Crossing the beautiful salmon-filled Placer Creek, Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discover is dwarfed by the majestic scenery of the Bear Valley.

The daily Glacier Discovery is dwarfed by the massively majestic scenery of Bear Valley as it exits Portage Tunnel and over Placer Creek.

An hour and thirteen minutes after leading the Glacier Discovery out of Portage Tunnel enroute to Whittier, ARR 3010 is on the tail end as the Discovery is headed back north through the Portage Tu... (more)

A freight train bound for Whittier pops out of the 5,050'-long Portage Tunnel and into Bear Valley behind a classic black and yellow GP40-2. As an interesting note to this photo, take a look at t... (more)

ARR 32 is about to enter Portage Tunnel with the Glacier Discovery as it works north toward Portage.

ARR 3010 leads the Glacier Discovery out of the Portage tunnel as it works its way south over Placer Creek toward its destination in Whittier.

Follow us at Alaska Railfanning! ARR 3010 leads a lengthy freight out of the 5,050'-long Portage Tun... (more)

Join us at Alaska Railfanning! A matched pair of MACs just emerged from the 5,050' long Portage Tunn... (more)

Headin' Home - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint lead a short 39 car - 3073 ft train north toward Anchorage. The train is at MP F5.7 and... (more)

A northbound Whitter-Anchorage freight train rolls out of the tunnel at Bear Valley as it begins to skirt the glacier-fed waters of Portage Creek on the way to the wye at Portage Junction where it... (more)

Two GP40-2s have their 7000+ foot train in complete control as they exit Portage Tunnel and cross Placer Creek with the imposing Chugach Mountains looming behind. The train will soon pass through ... (more)

With 82 loads of northbound freight in tow, The Spirit of Alaska has just traversed the 2.5 mile Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel from Whittier and crosses the scenic Placer Creek trestle. Th... (more)

Northbound freight off of the port at Whittier behind a pair of SD70MACs crosses Placer Creek at Bear Valley as it begins the journey to Anchorage and points north.