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)

While I prefer to take photos with at least some sun that isn't always possible. Sometimes you just need to get out and take the picture such is the case here when the Alaska Railroad put together... (more)

I haven't shot much on the ARR lately, but it was a Friday holiday and a southbound was leaving Anchorage for Whittier in perfect light. Most importantly, my dear friend Frank Keller was out with... (more)

I haven't shot much on the ARR lately, but it was a Friday holiday and a southbound was leaving Anchorage for Whittier in perfect light. And my dear friend Frank Keller was out with his family so... (more)

The 181S slows as it approaches the north end of Portage. The train is bound for the dumper at Seward and eventually export.

One of the first sun holes of the day is perfectly timed with the southbound Denali Star as it slows to meet the northbound at Broad Pass. This area is being reworked to have a over pass put in ov... (more)

Lone White Pass & Yukon wood box car sits at the top of White Pass on the Canadian side of the US & Canada border. The old box car is used for shelter when the weather gets bad. The couplers and a... (more)

3 MACs and GP40 lead a northbound train of sand along Turnagain Arm at MP 95 on a blustery winters day.

The train is in the middle of nowhere. It is about 12 miles south of Portage Alaska on the Seward Branch. The rail line follows the Placer River, which the train is crossing and makes a sharp righ... (more)

On a late summer morning the southbound export coal train negotiates all the twists and turns along the shores of Turnagain Arm and MP 86 of the Kenai Subdivision en route to Seward.

Engine 109 pulls it's second train of the day out of Skagway and heads toward White Pass. Lots of tourist on the White Pass trains this day.

A trio of DL-535E begins the descent down the Sawtooth Mountains, which are part of the Alaska Coastal Mountains. The scenery is breathtaking, the slopes steep and my mother clings tightly to the ... (more)

Although the winters are long and often difficult from both a weather and a train perspective there are benefits. One such benefit is that you do not have to drag yourself out of bed at an early h... (more)

In what's decidedly a very non-winters view 3012, the newest painted unit on the roster, leads 3 sisters south as they enter 20 Mile Valley near Portage en-route to Whittier and a date with the AR... (more)