The longest passenger train of Alaska Railroad's annual operating season - the Nordic Ski Association charter train - operated on March 11, 2017, and is seen returning from their day stay at Curry... (more)

The longest passenger train of Alaska Railroad's annual operating season - the Nordic Ski Association charter train - operated on March 11, 2017, and is seen returning from their day stay at Curry... (more)

In what is now hands down my most extreme night photo ever, the Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4003 leads northbound Anchorage to Fairbanks, AK train 130N (13) over the Riley's Creek Trestle in Denali Na... (more)

The perfect trifecta of Alaska Railroad paint schemes is seen making a 2 1/2 day later than planned trek northbound over the 20 Mile Creek bridge in Portage, Alaska, with GP40-2 3012 (modern schem... (more)

Just after 2 am on March 12, the southbound Fairbanks to Anchorage, Alaska freight train, #130S, is seen rolling through the wilderness town of Cantwell, Alaska, part of Denali Borough. The train... (more)

The clouds are just starting to break up and allow just a sliver of sunshine to meekly light the scene. 4319 leads 87 cars for the dock at Whittier, it is rather rare to catch a solid manifest on ... (more)

Today it finally worked out where a train was working its way south and I had some time that I could devote to a few pictures. Initially the weather was terrible in Anchorage with snow flurries an... (more)

Heading for the Hills

The Alaska Railroad dispatched a "snow fleet" work extra consisting of two GP40-2s pushing Harsco/Jordan Spreader 9 south to Portage to begin open... (more)

The Alaska Railroad dispatched a "snow fleet" work extra consisting of two GP40-2s pushing Harsco/Jordan Spreader 9 south to Portage to begin opening up the railroad to Seward. The sout... (more)

The Alaska Railroad ran a pair of sold out Kids Valentines Trains on the Saturday before Valentines Day. In this view we see the northbound returning 3 PM train approaching Rainbow Siding. The Ke... (more)

A late fall snow storm in 2015 dumped a a lot of snow on interior Alaska necessitating the ARR to call out a "snow fleet." Here we see the two GP40-2s bracketed by ARR Spreaders #9 (blt... (more)

Street Running - Alaska Style

This is as close as you can get to street running in Alaska as a yard job shoves three cars north toward CEI. The little train is running alongside 1... (more)

Street Running - Alaska Style

This is as close as you can get to street running in Alaska as a yard engine trundles back south beside 1st Ave after spotting three cars at a custome... (more)

Sometimes you just get lucky. The snow fleet as it is known on the Alaska Railroad consists of Jordan Spreaders pushed by Geeps. Called to head south to clear the line between Portage and Seward, ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad work train has just set out 3 cars for the B&B gang that will soon start building a new bridge over Indian Creek. With that chore done they head back north with 3006 leading in... (more)