After following the charter as far as Portage I was fortunate and was able to pick up a northbound freight just out of Whittier for the journey north. Seen here with three GP40-2s crossing Glacier... (more)

The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce charter train is southbound near Girdwood on an absolutely stunning Friday fall afternoon. This train would meet a manifest train off the barge at Whittier at Por... (more)

The NRHS Charter train returns from a day in Seward. From what I heard the convention was a major success, the railroad did a good job of putting all the pieces together including several rare mil... (more)

A loaded gravel train has a green signal to enter the main at Matanuska Junction while meeting the NRHS charter train a beautiful but crisp fall morning in the 49th state. I think the convention g... (more)

The twice-a-week cruise train runs south through Elmendorf AFB and by some already-changing leaves with the Countdown Unit on the point. The following night, the temps dipped below freezing for t... (more)

Alaska Railroad's at the time unnamed Anchorage to Seward and return passenger train was laying over in Seward before returning to Anchorage later in the afternoon.

With Alaska Railroad #4323 at the rear and #3013 leading, this train is departing out of the Whittier, AK depot, returning passengers to Anchorage. In a little over a mile, the train will enter th... (more)

The Alaska State Fair Train returns north to Palmer with another load of fair goers.

ARR 32 leads the Alaska State Fair Train around the curve on Elmendorf AFB on its second day of operation in 2013. This train ran on two weekends to the state fair in Palmer, AK making 4 round tr... (more)

The Alaska State Fair Train returns to Anchorage with ARR 32 on the point for this southbound move from Palmer. The State Fair Train is running two weekends in 2013 with four trips between Anchor... (more)

It's getting late in the tourist season and the Denali Star is showing it with a rather short train, seen here about to pull off the main track and into the depot in downtown Anchorage.

A freight train bound for Whittier pops out of the 5,050'-long Portage Tunnel and into Bear Valley behind a classic black and yellow GP40-2. As an interesting note to this photo, take a look at t... (more)

6 Locs on one photo: ARR-Meeting in the yard at Anchorage. We are arriving with the Denali Star, I am standing on the open deck in the second double-stock car

ARR-Meeting in Whittier early in the morning. The train in the background waits until the conductor has changed the switch. This train will pick up the passengers from the cruise ship 'Island Prin... (more)

You see a locomotive, and I see a movie star. Runaway Train is one of my favorite movies, and not just because it starred four locomotives racing through the Alaska wilderness at high speed. Rid... (more)