In another development on the Alaska Railroad it looks as if the railroad has returned a caboose to service on one of the roads gravel trains. Due to change in operating procedure the AS&G gravel ... (more)

Since my previous barge photo was so well received I thought I would upload another perspective. With one track loaded already the barge crew shoves another track onto the barge. Notice the tight ... (more)

A pair of GP38-2s switch the CN Barge at the old Whittier slip. This piece of the railroad has been totally rebuilt and offers a more efficient way to load/unload the barges that supply the Alaska... (more)

A two unit helper is cut in ahead of the caboose to assist a heavy coal train to Palmer Lake, summit of the Joint Line between Denver and Pueblo, CO. Although much has changed since this photo was... (more)

A loaded coal train with a quartet Rio Grande tunnel motors rolls past the siding of Banning on Rio Grande's Sunnyside Branch. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

On a beautiful evening following days of rain the returning Glacier Discovery rolls by McHugh Creek. This stretch of roadway, railway and shoreline is one of the most scenic in Alaska and because ... (more)

So far this summer the Anchorage area is off to a wet start with plenty of rain and more in the forecast. So, in searching the archives I found this shot of a southbound coal train at Bird Point o... (more)

Rio Grande's version of the local coal heads north out of Grand Junction on the North Fork Branch and will make several pick ups and set outs along the way before returning to Grand Junction with ... (more)

A Coleto Creek bound coal train passes through Tolland on Rio Grande's Moffat Route. If my memory serves me correctly this train pretty consistently saw BN power. Pool power wasn't very common on ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad is served by two barges in Whittier, the CN Barge see photo #486721, and the ARMS Barge from Seattle. While the CN barge makes an appearance about every 10 days the ARMS Barge ... (more)

The deck of the CN Barge as well as the CN tug just prior to beginning the loading process. This barge is a bit unusual as it actually contains a switch on the deck. The CN Barge makes a round tri... (more)

This would be the last coal train for a couple as the weather changed, the rains came and the railroad suffered a washout at MP 59.7 suspending service to Seward for a bit while the line was repai... (more)

In 2008 the Alaska Railroad was still using cabooses on the rear of the daily gravel trains, as seen here as the AS&G gravel train rolls off the Palmer Branch and onto the mainline at Matanuska Ju... (more)

The company work train traverses the south leg of the Portage wye en-route to MP 49 where they will begin dumping some ballast to begin their work train season. The south end of the railroad recei... (more)

A regular operation on the north end of the Alaska Railroad is the local coal. This is a train that departs Fairbanks 5 days a week and heads to the mine at Usibelli loads. This train serves 4 or ... (more)