On Father's Day I found a pocket of sun while awaiting the arrival of the southbound Denali Star. All around me dark storm clouds loomed and it appeared to be raining everywhere except where I was... (more)

In a rather unusual move the 120S is lead by a GP38-2, essentially a yard motor on the Alaska Railroad. In fact this train is led my 3 separate models of EMD products. The afore mentioned GP38-2, ... (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.

Following the Coastal Classic to Seward was this rare coal train of 2016, only the 6th train of export coal all year. But it was a beautiful day to be out. In just moments the crew will cross 20 M... (more)

With the sun setting after 11 PM in July there isn't much chance for fireworks in Alaska. However if the day is nice one can shoot a few passenger trains returning to Anchorage late in the evening... (more)

The train from Fairbanks approaches the station at Denali Park on the Alaska Railroad.

On a very blustery day a lengthy train off the barge in Whittier rolls through the Portage Valley while a mostly obscured Begich Peak looks on as the day begins to clear. One can look quite a way ... (more)

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)

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)

The sun has yet to clear the Chugach Mountains but by all accounts it looks to be a beautiful start to the day. The company work train is backing out of Brookman Siding at MP 82 on the Kenai Sub. ... (more)

The company work train is loading rock on the mainline at Bird Point. After completing their loading they will run up the hill to MP 59 and dump, then repeat. Spring has arrived in the Last Fronti... (more)

Passenger season is two weeks from the end as the Alaska Railroad's premier train, the Denali Start rolls south about 45 min from the its destination of Anchorage after an all day 12 hr run from F... (more)

On a splendid long summer say there is plenty of light for shooting photos of the nightly freight trains. Here on Saturday afternoon a monster Anchorage to Fairbanks freight 130N is seen crossing... (more)

At the time standard power for Alaska's coal trains were six of their GP 49's all on the head end as shown northbound near Knik River.

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.