The "Coldest" Photo I've Ever Shot!

This one made me PHYSICALLY FEEL like I never have before taking a train photo. It was 38 below zero Fahrenheit and windy...bruta... (more)

after running the previous two Saturdays sans decorations the ARR decorated the Holiday Train for the final runs on Sat 12/14. Seen here about MP 100 along Turnagain Arm. Although it is 1035 AM th... (more)

A relatively short train off the barge in Whittier wraps itself around the curve at Rainbow on a beautiful Fall afternoon. All of the tanks are empty, brought up on the barge for a new, to Anchora... (more)

A set of DL535s rest after coming in with a Freight. At this time The WP&Y still ran Freight

ARR 4321 waits for passengers to disembark from the Coastal Classic before turning the train to get ready for the return trip in a few hours.

The returning Coastal Classic is right on time. And although we are more than two hours from sunset the Chugach Mountains have blocked the sun from reaching the rails casting a shadow across the t... (more)

Fall in Alaska can be spectacular if not short and catching something other than a passenger train in Healy Canyon during the daylight hours is a treat. During the Fall and it is even a bigger bon... (more)

Surfers appear unbothered as a southbound Surfliner service races through San Clemente with a GE P42 providing the horses.

Amtrak F59PHI 451 races down the coast at Del Mar with a mid afternoon service to San Diego. 451 would eventually be the last F59 working on the LOSSAN corridor prior the fleet being sold to Metr... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Coastal Classic passenger train heads south toward the stop at Portage, AK, on its way to Seward at the south end of the line, before returning to Anchorage in the evening.

While this shot isn't exactly what I wanted it is as close as I have gotten after 18 months and 6 different attempts. It is difficult to fly the drone here as it can and usually is windy, hence th... (more)

Welcome to Whittier! - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint march a 6015 ft train out of the 13,338 ft long tunnel and into the town of Whitt... (more)

An 86 car loaded QAP gravel train coils south on the ARR mainline passing through downtown Anchorage. The train occupies the main while in the foreground is the ARR's south yard lead while on the... (more)

3015 is the trailing unit. Next is the baggage car which has a generator for HEP for the three coaches. DMU 751 is at the head. The red signals mean the tunnel operator is not ready for the tra... (more)

ARR’s Glacier Discovery runs daily in the summer Anchorage to Whittier in the morning and Whittier to Anchorage in the evening. Midday it meanders among the glaciers south of Portage. Here the... (more)