Located within Denali Natl Park, this view of Riley Creek Trestle was taken from the shoulder of the only road leading into the park beyond the visitor center. A great amount of luck was required... (more)

Daylight freight movements are rare occurrences in the midsection of the Alaska Railroads owing to a nocturnal scheduling of freight movements through the area. It was my luck to catch this south... (more)

A northbound empty ARR coal train prepares to cross the Snow River, 15 miles north of Seward. This crew has deadheaded down from Anchorage and is taking the train back north to Anchorage where the... (more)

Southbound Seward-bound export coal loads round the sharp curve at Indian on a crystal clear Friday morning. On the rear of the train, three more SD70s are coasting along but will be put to good u... (more)

A Whittier-bound freight train leans into the curve at Beluga Point with the morning sun shadows still stretching across the rock face in the background. This train will land its train in Whittier... (more)

Landfall! - A loaded covered hopper is gingerly pulled of the AML barge Fairbanks Provider. This is the first time it's hit land in nearly a week after a 1000 mile journey by sea from the ... (more)

Upper Deck View - This is a view from the service walkway on the upper deck of the the AML Barge Fairbanks Provider which is tied up in Whittier. This view looks toward the starboard bow c... (more)

Horizon unlevel?! - Nope...that's just a normal list as the barge is stripped. Once a week an AML (Alaska Marine Lines) barge arrives at the port of Whittier from Seattle. There are three... (more)

On what turned out to be a fantastic trip weather wise in January 2011 an export rolls south under the grace of a full moon. A beautiful trip.

On the last day of my Fall 2010 visit to Alaska I captures these two original paint GP40-2s lugging a company work train north. A perfect ending to a great trip.

Seeing a few other pictures tonight of Whittier Alaska on a beautiful sunny day reminded me of a shot I myself made in Whittier also on a beautiful sunny day. The only difference was about 6 month... (more)

Welcome to Whittier! It isn't nice very often in Whittier. In fact, the town features some of the worst weather in Alaska with a normal winter seeing over 420 inches of snow! Known for r... (more)

Welcome to Whittier! - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint march a 6015 ft train out of the 13,338 ft long tunnel and into the town of Whitt... (more)

The nightly freight from Fairbanks to Anchorage has just crossed the long Knik River bridge and is swinging around a bluff to head south west toward it's final terminal in this view from the Old G... (more)

The nightly freigh from Fairbanks to Anchorage has dropped off the 1.25% grade of Wasilla hill and is accelerating through the Palmer Hay Flats just north of Matanuska Junction and just about an h... (more)