The north freight, having departed Anchorage at 2010 the previous night, is crossing the Tanana River on the Mears Bridge at Nenana on a gloomy morning. It is not quite 0600 yet and this crew has about 90 minutes to make Fairbanks before the HOS expire.
Coal and steel don't go bad. This album features long, slow, heavy freight trains; drag freights, slop freights, dead freights, etc. Trains with lots of power, and lots of different cargo slogging along behind.