An Alaska Railroad work train is in the hole at Brookman waiting on the last passenger train of the night. The work train spent the day dropping rail between Girdwood and MP 72

Almost at the end of the days journey, Engineer Carey has Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery well under control as they roll along the Fireweed at Potter and in just a few minutes will have an on... (more)

The Glacier Discovery drifts over Bird Creek as it runs north toward Anchorage. The tide was out on the Turnagain Arm, and if you look closely, you can see a couple of fisherman in the creek purs... (more)

One of the signature locations on the Alaska Railroad is the Hurricane Bridge over Hurrican Gulch. The bridge is over 300 feet above Hurricane creek. When riding the train this bridge appears out ... (more)

ARR 3006 spends a lonely but gorgeous summer evening on the south side of the Alaska Railroad's diesel shop. Built as the class unit of this order of GP40-2s in April of 1975, this Geep is one of... (more)

Sunny skies greet the southbound Denali Star as it works its way through Elmendorf AFB.

ARR 4008, one of the Alaska Railroad's first-generation SD70MACs, leads the Denali Star into Anchorage during the final few seconds of its 12-hour journey from Fairbanks. First time I've seen a n... (more)

The Glacier Discovery follows the contours of Turnagain Arm on the way back to Anchorage after a day of delivering passengers to the cruise boats in Whittier.

A empty coal train follows the lay of land enroute to Anchorage and then further north to the load out at Usibelli.

A train of traditional freight cars rolls past the salt water pond in Portage. These cars were delivered to the Alaska Railroad via the Canadian barge service out of Prince Rupert and makes a roun... (more)

Things can be pretty static in the 49th state so the chance to see something different brought me trackside on what was not the best day weather wise. Coming off the barge in Whittier were wind mi... (more)

Alaska Railroad's daily train (Glacier Discovery) from Anchorage to Whittier is about to make a station stop at Girdwood on June 27, 2005. The train's passenger car windows are hand washed every ... (more)

ARR 3009 leads the Glacier Discovery around the curve just north of the Rainbow siding.

From high above the cliffs at Beluga an Alaska Railroad train bound for the barge in Whittier and from there the lower 48 enters the curve at Beluga. From this perspective one gets a good view of ... (more)

Learn more at Alaska Railfanning. The northbound Glacier Discovery works through the picturesque sce... (more)