The passengers on the Southbound Denali Star are enjoying the fall colors on a mild Alaskan Fall day.

Living in Colorado I am used to seeing various fall colors. However I wasn't expecting these fantastic colors in Alaska so early in September.

Alaska 3003 heads up a work train as it traverses Healy Canyon with 7 cars of rail. At Healy these cars will be set out for the mobile CWR welding train currently parked at Healy. The Alaska RR is... (more)

An Alaska northbound manifest crosses the Tanana River in the early morning hours. This is the last easily accessible photo spot on the Alaska Railroad for the last 50 miles into Fairbanks.

The pride of the passenger department the Southbound Denali Star rolls across the summit of Broad Pass 2343' high. Not much by western standards but the fall colors are truly impressive.

An Alaska work train crosses Riley Creek Trestle just inside the boundaries of Denali National Park. Fall comes early in Alaska and the fall colors are at their peak around Denali.

Northbound passenger train arriving at Wasilla, Alaska

Alaska Railroad GP38s 2008 and 2002 cross Bird Creek as they head up a freight bound for the Alaska Rail Marine Barge in Whittier. The weather is a very hit or miss thing in Alaska and this was th... (more)

Continuously welded rail is a rarity on the Alaska Railroad, but this stretch of track between Potter and Girdwood has recently been rebuilt, allowing the railroad to put ribbon rail and a class 1... (more)

In stark contrast to the gleaming SD70MACs and spotless blue and yellow passenger trains commonly associated with the Alaska Railroad, two well-worn GP40-2s, still in the black and yellow colors o... (more)

It's nearly 9 PM on Thursday evening as this 67 car, 5500 ft. freight reaches the end of the 12 mile long Whittier Division and prepares to enter the Alaska Division mainline at MP 64.3. As the t... (more)

It's past 10:15 PM in on this Thursday evening as a northbound freight with 67 cars and well over a mile of freight wends its way north along Turnagain Arm passing the mile board at 99, just 15 mi... (more)

The North FOX (Fairbanks Overnight Express) scurries across the glacier fed Knik River just about 1 hr into its 356 mile and 12 hr journey through the wilderness. The ARR runs the FOX four nights... (more)

On a stunning Sunday evening the Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery works its way north from Whittier providing its passengers a far more pleasant and relaxing experience than the throngs of driv... (more)

The Glacier Discovery works north after passing the Girdwood Passenger station. Moments earlier a rainbow filled the Girdwood Valley but now dark storm clouds are shrouding the Chugach Mountains ... (more)