I was surprised one morning to spot this "original" NS covered hopper here in the Anchorage rail yard. It gave me pause for a few moments to think about how many millions of miles of rail this ol... (more)

On a cold and windy Saturday an ARR work train pauses along the shore of Turnagain Arm to dump some rip rap. The three GP40-2s provide a history of the ARR in paint - from the austere black and g... (more)

The Whittier based extra board crew and their two geeps have made a trip over the mountains from Whittier to retrieve a lone empty flat car off the dock in Seward. They are departing northward an... (more)

The Seward extra board crew is in the process of finishing up dumping 70 cars of coal at Seward. 6 SD70MACs can be seen just about ducking into the dump shack. Beneath the train 12 conveyers sen... (more)

A Seward bound freight curls south rounding Bird Point as some low clouds hang over the waters of Turnagain Arm beyond. This train features a slug of traffic for Whittier which will be set off at... (more)

It happened to be my birthday, so to celebrate after work my friend Frank and I decided to try to get this very rare shot. It's rare in that you need access to Ft. Richardson Army base and you ha... (more)

Hot Garbage! This tiny little train is the hottest thing on the railroad this day. The coastal community of Whittier (60 miles south of Anchorage) had been cut off from the outside world ... (more)

Not what one generally thinks of when they think of the Alaska Railroad, the APU spur is one of my personal favorite photo locations. This obscure little branch leads one mile off the ARR mainlin... (more)

"Alaskan Agriculture" - Now how is that for an oxymoron? This hopper is one of two that wear this unique paint scheme. A small fleet was purchased in the early 1980s to support export fro... (more)

Two GP40-2s built new for the ARR in 1975 still wear their as delivered black and yellow scheme. They are sitting on the freight main at the north end of the yard awaiting a small traffic jam to ... (more)

Looking north from atop a covered hopper of flour provides an interesting panorama of the Anchorage classification yard. To the left can be seen surplus and stored power tied up on the ready trac... (more)

A gaggle of MP15s congregates in the "little yard" adjacent the Anchorage Yard Office. The ARR's main classification yard is particularly full on this brilliant spring day. This is a scene not l... (more)

The North FOX (Fairbanks Overnight Express) scurries across the glacier fed Knik River just about 1 hr into its 356 mile and 12 hr journey through the wilderness. The ARR runs the FOX four nights... (more)

An ARR company work train is dumping gravel fill on two brand new tracks located just north of the Anchorage Operations Center. These are two new team tracks that will have a side and end ramp to... (more)

The old meets the new at the north side of the diesel shop. The silvered trucks on HEP equippped passenger MAC sitting on House 1 contrasts with the war weary GP40-2 sitting on House 3 still in v... (more)