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.

In 2008 I made three trips to Alaska. This shot was taken on the last day of my second trip. In the very last moments of sunshine the Glacier Discovery rolls through the Girdwood Valley. In just s... (more)

Three Alaska Railroad SD70MACs tag along on the rear of a southbound loaded export coal train at Girdwood, Alaska on a warm and clear late summer day in September 2010.

During the winter months often a lumber or pipe barge will dock in Seward and the railroad will haul the contents north to Anchorage. Once in Anchorage the railroad will switch out the local cars ... (more)

There aren't too many trains that traverse the line south of Portage in the Winter. One such train is the 110S seen here at Bird Point. As the Port of Anchorage is not ice free occasionally a barg... (more)

The line between Anchorage and Seward isn't used very often during the winter except for the weekly trains to Whittier and the occasional train from Seward. Since the Port of Anchorage is frozen i... (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)

On a beautiful fall day with a nice display of color the northbound coal empty pulls out of Girdwood en-route to Anchorage and then further north to Healy where they will reload to start the proce... (more)

A single DP Unit brings up the rear of a southbound coal train destined for Seward on this day before the official start of passenger season 2014. Tomorrow this sleepy, 2-3 trains a week, line sou... (more)

The fall colors have made their way south as seen here at Girdwood as a empty coal train rolls north en-route to Anchorage and then further north more another load. It was a beautiful fall afterno... (more)

The MEX hugs the rocks closely as it makes it's way south out of Girdwood.

Meets between passenger trains are common on the ARR. Here we watch on a cloudy morning from the upper deck of a Goldstar car on the southbound Coastal Classic as a northbound extra passes buy. Th... (more)

The Glacier Discovery heads for home as it parallels the Seward Highway south of Girdwood in the sweet evening light.

The northbound manifest train off of the Canadian barge charges into the setting sun and before too long will end their trip in the Anchorage Yard. Most of the cars will continue north to Fairbank... (more)