A combined CN/ARMS barge train heads for the Port of Whittier along Turnagain Arm. The ARMS barge is a weekly affair from Seattle, however the CN is about every 2 weeks these days. On occasion it ... (more)

The setting sun shines just long enough to illuminate the sides of the two MACs as they bring a train to Whittier on a very nice April evening.

The north freight, having departed Anchorage at 2010 the previous night, is crossing the Tanana River on the Mears Bridge at Nenana on a gloomy morning. It is not quite 0600 yet and this crew has ... (more)

The empty coal train has some empty flats from Seward at the front of the train as they skirt Turnagain Arm and the numerous waterfalls en-route to Anchorage and the start of the next cycle.

With the export coal market all but dead I was thankfully surprised to learn we would soon be running a few trains of export coal from Usibelli for a customer in Japan, I believe. In any event the... (more)

It is May 10th and Spring is in the air. The trees are turning green from a long winter and there are Geese arriving in Alaska. 2014 was a good year for coal unlike 2015 where so far this year onl... (more)

After traveling along the shores of Turnagain Arm for the last 30 miles or so the tracks turn inland for a bit and then will follow Cook inlet for a bit before finally coming to the yard in Anchor... (more)

The state of Alaska has plenty of water and shoreline and the Alaska Railroad has no shortage of either as well. A train off the barge in Whittier, all 7811' of it trundles along the shoreline at ... (more)

Feeling a bit ambitious I decided to snow shoe out to this spot where the Alaska Railroad crosses the Knik River on a truss bridge with plenty of mountains and snow in the back ground. I think the... (more)

A southbound coal train traverses the confines of treacherous Healy Canyon on what was a beautiful fall day. Fall is a great time to take photos in Alaska as often it is the best weather of the ye... (more)

An Alaska Railroad coal crosses the Snowy River Bridge and is climbing the Hill to the summit at Divide. On of a couple of steep grades between Anchorage and Seward.

An Alaska Railroad hugs the shore of Turnagain Arm between Indian and Bird Point on a glorious first day in Alaska 2010.

A coal train arrives at the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad. This train will be unloaded and headed north in 5 hours to repeat the cycle again.

SD70MAC 4004 and two sisters on the headend and 3 on the rear have this coal train easily in hand at Windy Point along Turnagain Arm. In the background is the Kenai Peninsula. All this power doesn... (more)

There are many places between Anchorage and Seward where it is possible to capture, train, mountains and ocean. A coal train heads south along the Arm.