The Whittier Turn has arrived at its port city after a short run from Anchorage. The depot is the canopy to the right of 2002 and the GP38-2 is displaying red markers preparing for its return tri... (more)

A southbound loaded coal train traces the shoreline of Turnagain Arm. There are many off the road shots in Alaska of the line between Anchorage and Portage, this is not one of them. This shot repr... (more)

An Alaska Railroad work train is in the hole at Brookman waiting on the last passenger train of the night. The work train spent the day dropping rail between Girdwood and MP 72

The Glacier Discovery drifts over Bird Creek as it runs north toward Anchorage. The tide was out on the Turnagain Arm, and if you look closely, you can see a couple of fisherman in the creek purs... (more)

One of the signature locations on the Alaska Railroad is the Hurricane Bridge over Hurrican Gulch. The bridge is over 300 feet above Hurricane creek. When riding the train this bridge appears out ... (more)

ARR 4008, one of the Alaska Railroad's first-generation SD70MACs, leads the Denali Star into Anchorage during the final few seconds of its 12-hour journey from Fairbanks. First time I've seen a n... (more)

The Glacier Discovery follows the contours of Turnagain Arm on the way back to Anchorage after a day of delivering passengers to the cruise boats in Whittier.

A train of traditional freight cars rolls past the salt water pond in Portage. These cars were delivered to the Alaska Railroad via the Canadian barge service out of Prince Rupert and makes a roun... (more)

ARR 3009 leads the Glacier Discovery around the curve just north of the Rainbow siding.

From high above the cliffs at Beluga an Alaska Railroad train bound for the barge in Whittier and from there the lower 48 enters the curve at Beluga. From this perspective one gets a good view of ... (more)

Learn more at Alaska Railfanning. The northbound Glacier Discovery works through the picturesque sce... (more)

An empty coal heads north crossing the Knik River Bridge at 148.3. It was a nice day in Alaska for a change and I enjoyed the opportunity to check a location off my bucket list.

Alaska Railfanning. The Glacier Discovery works its way northbound along the scenic Turnagain Arm.

The northbound Denali Star is in the Nenana River Canyon just south of Healy.

ARR 4321, affectionately dubbed the Countdown Unit, leads another Denali Star southbound on a picture-perfect summer evening. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I actually live... (more)