The third Coastal Classic of the 2014 season pops back into civilization and runs north through the mosquito-infested air just south of Portage. Alaska is a bastion of awesomeness, but if you're ... (more)

ARR 4318 leads the Aurora Winter Train just south of Willow, AK on its way back home to Anchorage on a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon. The Aurora Winter Train typically runs once a we... (more)

Passing beneath the high/wide detector at Whites Crossing near Willow, AK on a fine Sunday afternoon the southbound Winter Aurora is a couple of hours north of Anchorage. In the background stands ... (more)

With the change over to daylight savings time this morning I though that a shot of the southbound Aurora might work out today. Lots of sunshine made my decision easier so I drove north in search o... (more)

Alaska RR's daily passenger run south is amply powered with two husky SD70MACs as the train prepares to leave Denali for the 233-mile run to Anchorage. Four private cruise ship company double-de... (more)

The Coastal Classic heads north towards Anchorage under a glorious spring afternoon. It is really hard to beat a spring day in Alaska

Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4318 leads a 7,000' container train bound for the barge in Whittier on a beautiful spring day along Turnagain Arm.

The Pride of the Fleet - Here is a shot of the southbound Denali Star the ARR's flagship train as it crawls slowly out onto the bridge located nearly mid point on the 12 hr 356 mile run fro... (more)

A southbound Whittier freight heads into Girdwood on an unusually warm February afternoon in the 49th state.

Time to Show Off! - Every spring the ARR hosts a lavish open house in both Anchorage and Fairbanks to show off the railroad. This year Anchorage's featured equipment displays both freight ... (more)

On a beautiful late Spring evening in Alaska the Coastal Classic is Northbound on its return journey to Anchorage. The train is just a few miles north of Portage, to the right is the Seward Highwa... (more)

The clouds are starting to break up on what started as a very rainy day. The Coastal Classic is seen crossing 20 Mile River enroute to Seward

The southbound Coastal Classic passenger train skirts the Turnagain Arm at Indian Siding, 26 miles into its 114 mile journey to the south end of the Alaska RR at Seward. The P-30 power car ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic heads southbound past the bird spotter's paradise of Potter's Marsh on a beautiful Alaska morning.

Alaska Railroad's southbound Coastal Classic crosses Twenty Mile Creek just north of Whittier Junction on it's way to Seward. High tide was in so the creek drainage is full of water as the train ... (more)