After working the refinery complex just south of North Pole, the local comes back onto the mainline to grab a cut of coal hoppers to take further south on the Eielson Branch.
The wildfire smoke is really bad on this morning in Fairbanks as a local with a pair of Alaska Railroad GP38-2's hits the elevated curve at Rentals Street on its way to North Pole Alaska.
The Holland America cruise train has just departed the Denali Park Depot as it approaches the Park Road grade crossing on its way up to Fairbanks Alaska.