Street Running - Alaska Style

This is as close as you can get to street running in Alaska as a yard engine trundles back south beside 1st Ave after spotting three cars at a custome... (more)

It is the last day of the year in Anchorage, AK. The weather isn't too bad a balmy 14 degrees everything looks good for a railfan photographer, well in most cases anyway, except this is Alaska in ... (more)

Alaska Railroad 3002 leads a barge train north along the shore of Cook Inlet. Alaska is big country and the scenery can really make the trains looks small. In the background are the Kenai Mountain... (more)

While out trying to take photos of Eagles catching their dinner I knew it wouldn't be too long until the northbound Coastal Classic made its way up Turnagain Arm towards Anchorage. Once I heard th... (more)

Alaska Railroad 4015 "The Spirit of North Pole" in the shop at Anchorage, for new shoes.

Alaskan Nights

As summer wanes the nights finally begin to get dark and the brilliance of the northern sky can be seen. Knowing that Aurora were forecast on this Friday night I pa... (more)

Sometimes you get lucky. I was out looking for some wildlife to photograph and found a large Bull Moose along the boardwalk at Potter Marsh. As I took a few shots and followed along the boardwalk ... (more)

ARR switch job Anchorage Airport spur switching jet fuel cars.

A respectable mile long train of single stacked containers is nearing the end of its journey from Whittier to Anchorage. It's seen here on the mainline passing an SD70MAC on the adjacent Coastal ... (more)

Only F I ever saw riding on Alco trucks. It looks pretty cool and probably pulled better. Unfortunately I don't think any of the As got this treatment.

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)

Southbound barge train leaving Anchorage.

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)