It was a splendid cold Sunday with bluebird skies and crisp white snow abounding. An empty intermodal (bare table) train was called for a date with the Northland Services barge at the ARR's south... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

Welcome Home! - The Alaska Railroad's last active steam locomotive, #557, has returned after a 46 1/2 year hiatus in the lower 48. #557 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works class S-160 2-8-0 Cons... (more)

A Seward-bound passenger train skirts the Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage on a picture perfect summer afternoon in Alaska. Forty eight years ago today on March 27, 1964, the Good Friday Earthquak... (more)

There are more than a few twists and turns between Anchorage and Seward as SD70MAC 4320 turns the corner at MP 68 with a Seward bound freight.

An Alaska Railroad freight bound for Seward departs Anchorage under sunny skies and the sun would remain out, for the most part, for the entire duration of the trip to Seward. In the back ground i... (more)

On what was a beautiful winter day in the last frontier Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4320 dusts some snow off of the trestle at Moose Pass over Upper Trail Lake enroute to Seward with empty flats for t... (more)

Blazing a trail across the Alaskan wilderness.

Two GP40-2s lead a lengthy Whittier bound freight at MP 94 along the twisty shores of Turnagain Arm.

Right on the heels of the Coastal Classic and a rare opportunity to photograph three trains in the span of a couple of hours is a lengthy freight from Whittier. It is not often when this combinati... (more)

The Coastal Classic heads north towards Anchorage under a glorious spring afternoon. It is really hard to beat a spring day in Alaska

Alaska Railroad's one and only DMU runs around the wye at Portage pushing a baggage car and will soon be heading north with passengers bound for Anchorage

Two GP40-2s lead a SD70MAC with a northbound freight off the barge in Whittier. Tucked in the short siding at Rainbow is one of the railroad's many summer passenger trains.

The pride and joy of the Alaska Railroad is southbound at Cantwell, AK at the beginning of the fall season. The coloras are just beginning to turn.