Steamscape: Inspiration Point. The White Pass Rotary Fleet claws its way past Inspiration Point en route to another day of operations to clear the line for the opening of the tourist season... (more)

Nothing happens without water. White Pass Fireman Jeremy Simmons oversees the watering of Rotary Plow #1 during a brief servicing stop at Glacier Siding. Back when steam was the primary mo... (more)

Alaska RR's daily passenger run south is amply powered with two husky SD70MACs as the train prepares to leave Denali for the 233-mile run to Anchorage. Four private cruise ship company double-de... (more)

Alone, unloved and unwanted. Gen. Douglas MacArthur once said that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." That pretty well describes what's happening with this old gal. You are lo... (more)

ARR 4006 leads its 5000' freight over the Snow River, about to tackle the steep 2%-plus grade awaiting it before the final descent in to Seward.

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The Glacier Discovery Train is arriving in Girdwood. Left a part of the small station-building

Learn more at Alaska Railfanning! The Spirit of Anchorage leads a 5000' freight train south t... (more)

A Thanksgiving surprise from the Alaska Railroad. it was expected that there would not be any road trains operating on Thanksgiving day, however high winds in Whittier delayed barge unloading resu... (more)

A Thanksgiving surprise from the Alaska Railroad. it was expected that there would not be any road trains operating on Thanksgiving day, however high winds in Whittier delayed barge unloading resu... (more)

Southbound ARMS traffic, headed up by a couple of the Alaska Railroad's beautiful SD70MACs, makes good time along the Turnagain Arm, headed for the port city of Whittier. Just a few short hours la... (more)

Sitting in the small yard at Healy, AK one can see the southbound loaded export coal led by SD70MAC 4012, in the track to the right is the local coal that will be loaded and forwarded to Fairbanks... (more)

Check us out at Alaska Railfanning! A charter train for transportation specialists from across the Un... (more)

The Glacier Discovery in the station Anchorage in the eveningsun

Join us at Alaska Railfanning! A matched pair of MACs just emerged from the 5,050' long Portage Tunn... (more)