As the days begin to shorten in Alaska the last rays of light reflect off of the northbound Coastal Classic as it journeys to Anchorage. In the early summer months one can photograph this train al... (more)

Decorated for the fourth of July, WPY 73 is on display in downtown Skagway, it will pull a train up to Fraser, BC later in the day

Alaska Railroad's Coastal Classic sits in the train station in Seward, Alaska.

WPY 73, decorated for the 4th of July, poses next to a GE shovel nose.

Passengers on board Alaska Railroad's Coastal Classic watch the train snake through the mountains through the dome car.

A trio of Class 101 locomotives lead a train into Skagway.

This long train coming from Skagway has just made a brief stop at the Glacier siding to drop some passengers. From here, they will follow a small trail up to the Laughton Glacier.

This is the right way to drive the "Gila Monster"! In June 1908 the Baldwin Locomotive Works Co. of Philadelphia, delivered the second of two specially designed narrow gauge steam locomotives that... (more)

Big Land - Big Mountains - Big Bridge - Little Train - The quintessential Alaskan train ride The Hurricane Turn crawls out on to the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a... (more)

On a splendid Friday evening the ARR's regular nightly Anchorage Fairbanks freight is only 30 minutes out of its origin as it clips along through the wilderness on the vast Joint Base Elemdorf-Ric... (more)

A photographer leans out an open vestibule dutch door to snap a few more shots on this glorious Friday evening. The classic domes and the warm hospitality (while riding in dutch doors is shunned ... (more)

Big Land - Big Mountains - Big Bridge - Little Train - The quintisential Alaskan train ride The Hurricane Turn crawls out on to the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a ... (more)

Railfanning - Alaska Style! - The pride of the fleet, ARR's flagship passenger train the Denali Star crawls south across the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a stunnin... (more)

Railfanning - Alaska Style! - The pride of the fleet, ARR's flagship passenger train the Denali Star crawls south across the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a stunnin... (more)