An 86 car empty gravel train, lead by 5 MACs, crosses the iconic Hurricane Gulch Bridge on the Alaska Railroad. About MP 284 on the railroad and climbing the hill towards the Summit of Broad Pass ... (more)

On a beautiful night for photography the returning Coastal Classic with 12 cars, almost 600 hundred passengers, of happy travelers are about to cross Bird Creek en route back to Anchorage culminat... (more)

With coal traffic being what it is earlier this year I focused my efforts on what may be the last export trains on the Alaska Railroad. Seen here coming into Girdwood. On the right are the Chugach... (more)

Following the Coastal Classic to Seward was this rare coal train of 2016, only the 6th train of export coal all year. But it was a beautiful day to be out. In just moments the crew will cross 20 M... (more)

On a splendid long summer say there is plenty of light for shooting photos of the nightly freight trains. Here on Saturday afternoon a monster Anchorage to Fairbanks freight 130N is seen crossing... (more)

Freights north of Anchorage can be rather elusive with only 5 day service, late call times and often marginal weather during the summer when you have the best opportunity to actually see one. But ... (more)

Following a loaded coal train south from Healy is challenging enough without having to contend with sucker holes. Unfortunately I lost the battle here as the train crests the summit of Broad Pass ... (more)

The 5-days-a-week Anchorage-to-Fairbanks freight with ARR 4009 is seen crossing the Matanuska River on its evening run on a gorgeous spring evening.

ARR 4009 leads the Anchorage-to-Fairbanks freight across the Davis Highway on a beautiful spring evening.

A southbound coal train travels along the shores of Turnagain Arm for about 40 miles between Anchorage and portage before turning inland for Seward, seen here at Rainbow.

Alaska is having the summer the locals dream about. So far this summer we have had more temps above 70 degrees then the three previous summers combined. July and August are normally the rainiest m... (more)

Sunny days are rare during the rainy season in Alaska, so when one comes along and you get a non-passenger train it is wise to take advantage of the opportunity. A coal train is at MP 99 en-route ... (more)

Sunny days are rare during the rainy season in Alaska, so when one comes along and you get a non-passenger train it is wise to take advantage of the opportunity. A coal empty is at Rainbow

An empty NB coal train travers the curves along the shores of Turnagain Arm en-route to Anchorage where they will change crews and continue north to Healy for another load.

Sitting in the small yard at Healy, AK one can see the southbound loaded export coal led by SD70MAC 4012, in the track to the right is the local coal that will be loaded and forwarded to Fairbanks... (more)