The northbound ARR McKinley Express works through Anchorage on the mainline after a quick station stop at the passenger depot. The train is enroute to McKinley Siding (Talkeetna) with a loa... (more)

Just a few moments after exiting the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (North America's longest railroad-highway tunnel), ARR's Glacier Discovery Train eases into the small port city of Whitti... (more)

Sunny skies are a rarity in Whittier; in fact, it's said that the town is cloudy over 300 days in a normal year. We lucked into a beautiful afternoon on this spring day as we found the ARR Glac... (more)

Lone ARR GP35u John E Manley leads GP40s 3008 and 3003 past Anchorage Depot just after midday with a southbound loaded gravel train off the Palmer branch at Matanuska in August 1985. The photograp... (more)

Alaska Railroad is a small railroad but still manages to field three distinct paint schemes, two of them seen here. The 3003 wears the oldest and 3011 the newest. Today the two power a short work ... (more)

As the Coastal Classic makes the station stop at Girdwood what started as a dreary rain filled morning suddenly takes a turn for the better as a rainbow brings the promise of sun.

It's just after 10 PM as a northbound freight with 67 cars and well over a mile of freight wends its way north along Turnagain Arm about 16 miles from the end of it's journey in downtown Anchorag... (more)

One of the most famous locations on the Alaska Railroad, The Hurricane Bridge, spans Hurricane Gulch and the railhead is 300' above Hurrican Creek. Only in Alaska can one get this type of service.

The Coastal Classic is just minutes from an on time arrival in Seward the southern most point on the Alaska Railroad.

Northbound near Portage

daily Fairbanks to Anchorage passenger

ARR 4011 approaches Matanuska Jct. where the branch to Palmer curls off for its name sake city.

Even in the green waters of silt laden glacier fed lake it is still possible to get a reflection of ARR's Coastal Classic as it crosses a small trestle enroute to Seward

Without a doubt the single most famous point on the Alaska Railroad, the Hurricane Gulch Bridge was completed in 1921. The span is 918 feet long and 296 feet above its namesake creek. The twin R... (more)

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.