A high pressure system afforded clear skies and the Alaska Railroad had a southbound train to Seward to run all in the same day. Train 110S is headed to Seward with empty flats for the lumber ship... (more)

The weather looked promising upon departure from Anchorage but by the time I reached the tracks along Turnagain Arm bad weather had set in. I decided to wait it out and managed this shot of a nort... (more)

On a dreary day the sun makes a brief appearance as a northbound freight off of the barge in Whittier is making track speed and causing quite the flurry of snow.

The Denali Star arrives at Anchorage in the evening sun

ARR 2005 takes a break in the sun as its crew is off grabbing a quick bite of lunch. This GP38 will be 45 years old this August and has been on the Alaska Railroad for the past 28 years. It star... (more)

Even though things are slow on the Alaska Railroad during the winter, there's always work to be done in the yard. It's just after lunch and the sun is not long above the horizon as man and machin... (more)

The Glacier Discovery arrives at the station Anchorage in the eveningsun. The white house on the left side is the stationbuilding. See also #413071

The Alaska State Fair Train returns to Anchorage with ARR 32 on the point for this southbound move from Palmer. The State Fair Train is running two weekends in 2013 with four trips between Anchor... (more)

It's getting late in the tourist season and the Denali Star is showing it with a rather short train, seen here about to pull off the main track and into the depot in downtown Anchorage.

6 Locs on one photo: ARR-Meeting in the yard at Anchorage. We are arriving with the Denali Star, I am standing on the open deck in the second double-stock car

ARR-Meeting in Whittier early in the morning. The train in the background waits until the conductor has changed the switch. This train will pick up the passengers from the cruise ship 'Island Prin... (more)

ARR 3006 leads a long Whittier-bound freight through south Anchorage as it breezes by Alaska Sand & Gravel which sees a unit rock train 6 days a week.

Delivered new as ARR 3000 in 1975, ARR 3006 was re-numbered to its current I.D. later that same year. Without a little digging, you'd never know this is the class unit of ARR's GP40-2s! Here, 38... (more)

A pair of Geeps rest in front of the Alaska Railroad's diesel shop. These two Geeps were purchased new by the ARR, and even though they are only separated by two years, they do have their subtle ... (more)

The Denali Star breezes over a swollen Ship Creek (and under the overly-complex pedestrian bridge) just moments from hitting the depot in Anchorage.