During last years gravel season the balloon track was removed at the Palmer load-out making it necessary for the crews to make a long back up move, so the RR re-instated one of the three remaining... (more)
On the morning on September 25, 2014 a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Anchorage area. As a result all trains were stopped until the track, bridges etc. could be inspected. This resulted in th... (more)
Conductor Davis lines the switch back to the normal position for the north leg of the wye at Matanuska Junction while Engineer Siegmann looks on. In the distance the coal train takes the siding to... (more)
The AS&G Gravel train blows through Anchorage Yard en-route to the dump site on a warm summer morning.
In another development on the Alaska Railroad it looks as if the railroad has returned a caboose to service on one of the roads gravel trains. Due to change in operating procedure the AS&G gravel ... (more)
In 2008 the Alaska Railroad was still using cabooses on the rear of the daily gravel trains, as seen here as the AS&G gravel train rolls off the Palmer Branch and onto the mainline at Matanuska Ju... (more)
A loaded gravel train has a green signal to enter the main at Matanuska Junction while meeting the NRHS charter train a beautiful but crisp fall morning in the 49th state. I think the convention g... (more)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon one of Anchorage's lovely local residents performs a time honored American tradition--waving at a passing caboose.....for the last time. This inbound empty gravel trai... (more)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon one of Anchorage's more attractive residents waves a friendly greeting to the head end crew on the empty AS&G gravel train winding its way slowly into Anchorage after d... (more)
