Wasilla!? - Long before the rest of the world knew about this place (for good or ill depending on your political persuasion) Wasilla was a one time sleepy Alaskan town now up and coming as ... (more)

20320! - That's the height of North America's highest peak - Mt. McKinley - which dominates the horizon and on a clear day can be seen from hundreds of miles away and is in sight for a good... (more)

The annual Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau charter passenger train is seen passing through a snow squall just north of Portage, Alaska behind a single SD70MAC. The train left Anchorage ar... (more)

A southbound loaded coal train heads towards Anchorage for a crew change. The next crew will take the train to Seward to be unloaded for export.

An Alaska RR southbound Whittier freight train passes the Alyeska Ski Train in the siding at Girdwood. The crew on this 120S is taking empty flats to Whittier to be loaded with inbound containers ... (more)

A southbound loaded Alaska RR export coal train rolls toward the Old Glenn Highway overpass just south of Matanuska Junction. In Anchorage, three distributed power SD70MACs will be added to the re... (more)

Every year the city of Anchorage hosts a two week long celebration called Fur Rendezvous...or Rondy as it's known. This is a winter carnival and the city's biggest celebration of the year. The f... (more)

A pair of Alaska RR GP40-2s lead an Anchorage-bound freight train around the north leg of the wye at Portage with the Chugach Mountains standing tall in the background. The dead trees in the foreg... (more)

Three SD70MACs lead an export coal train along the Lower Trail Lake near Crown Point, Alaska as seen fro a Cessna 182 float plane on a beautiful late summer day in Alaska.

An Alaska Railroad coal train rolls through the tiny berg of Indian along Turnagain Arm. The rails and highway both follow the contours of the shoreline and one can look across the bay and see the... (more)

Alaska Railroad SD70MAC crosses Glacier Creek just a half mile south of Girdwood. In the background are the Chugach Mountains. Some of Alaskas best skiing is in these mountains at Mt. Alyeska Ski ... (more)

My first visit to Alaska in the winter produced a great week of clear skies and cold temperatures. The first train I saw on this trip was a southbound coal train bound for export via the Seward Co... (more)

An Alaska coal trains winds its way along Turnagain Arm in the Beluga Block in a 3+3+1 configuration. While the railroad is flat here the extra horsepower will be needed to climb Grandview and Div... (more)

The Name Says It All! - The aptly named Aqua Train is owned and operated by CN to provide interchange service with the Alaska Railroad. CN owns the barge and loads it at Prince Rupert, BC... (more)

The Name Says It All! - The aptly named Aqua Train is owned and operated by CN to provide interchange service with the Alaska Railroad. CN owns the barge and loads it at Prince Rupert, BC... (more)