"Alaskan Agriculture" - Now how is that for an oxymoron? This hopper is one of two that wear this unique paint scheme. A small fleet was purchased in the early 1980s to support export fro... (more)

Two GP40-2s built new for the ARR in 1975 still wear their as delivered black and yellow scheme. They are sitting on the freight main at the north end of the yard awaiting a small traffic jam to ... (more)

Sidelined - Four MP15s sit on the ready track with stacks capped and fuel tanks marked "do not fuel." These four units' careers are over in Alaska and they are awaiting shipment to the low... (more)

On a cold snowy Sunday typical of springtime in Alaska a yard crew is switching at the north end of the yard with the export coal train power. The gently falling snowflakes seem so harmless, yet ... (more)

ARR's two brand new Goldstar cars are seen on their first revenue trip curling around the south leg of the wye off the Airport Branch about to enter the Alaska Division mainline for a southward jo... (more)

Looking north from atop a covered hopper of flour provides an interesting panorama of the Anchorage classification yard. To the left can be seen surplus and stored power tied up on the ready trac... (more)

The 9 AM yard assignment is hard at work wye and switching out coaches on the south end of the ARR car shop as they go about their chores assembling the 17 car "Ski Train" for the upcoming Saturda... (more)

Five retired cabooses rest silently on the Old Park Spur with their markings painted over. This little spur track sits directly south of the ARR's corporate headquarters building which is just ou... (more)

The deadline....Four retired Budd RDCs rest quietly south of five retired cabooses. Times are changing on the ARR, and while all of these were in active service last summer they now await an unce... (more)

Springtime in Alaska! Three SD70MACs shove north up the south end of the Anchorage yard lead and around the loop toward the port to deliver their train load of refined petroleum products to the F... (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)

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)