Alaska Railroad GP40 in her original paint scheme, and the one I like best, heads up a work train at Garner, AK. The crew will tie up for the day at the Healy Fire Department and be ready to head ... (more)

The afternoon yard job has paused for a moment for the conductor to activate the manually operated flashers for the busy Post Road crossing. In this northward looking view on the spur the train i... (more)

After spending a fair amount of time in Alaska one can usually count on SB freight headed for Whittier on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Here we see the Tuesday freight with over 7,000' feet of cont... (more)

One of the most famous locations on the Alaska Railroad, The Hurricane Bridge, spans Hurricane Gulch and the railhead is 300' above Hurrican Creek. Only in Alaska can one get this type of service.

Living in Colorado Springs the mountains are to the west however in Anchorage the Chugach mountains are to the east and were a constant source of confusion. So what are seeing here is the sunrise ... (more)

The ARR 1552 has pulled one tank car from a customer at the far north end of the APU Industrial Lead and now has returned here to make a switch before heading back up the spur to deliver two empty... (more)

The ARR 1552 is seen at the very far end of the ARR's mile long APU Industrial Lead after making a switch move. She has returned to spot up two gondolas for loading of a portion of the mountain o... (more)

The afternoon yard crew performs some switching maneuvers on the APU industrial lead as they work to deliver two cars and pull three from a total of three different customers on this interesting l... (more)

The afternoon yard job trundles slowly north pushing two cars down the mile long APU industrial lead as it crosses Post Road near downtown Anchorage. This is not what one thinks of when they hear... (more)

The afternoon yard job trundles slowly north pushing two cars down the side of the street up the mile long APU industrial lead. The two gons are destined for loading at a customer for eventual sh... (more)

The Coastal Classic is just minutes from an on time arrival in Seward the southern most point on the Alaska Railroad.

Northbound near Portage

Made up of two (now-retired) Budd RDCs and a GP38-2 on the tail end for good measure, the northbound ARR Hurricane Turn is in the hole at Canyon siding on a beautiful summer afternoon. Due ... (more)

Southbound #1 from Fairbanks to Anchorage waits to cross northbound #2 at Oliver siding, just south of Denali Park, behind 1502 1506 and 1517. A loss of radio contact between the two trains requir... (more)

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