On a cloudy but warm night the 5 nights a week north freight to Fairbanks crosses the Matanuska River, roughly 20 miles into a 350 mile 12 hour journey.

The Denali Star Train, crosses the Nenana River, in Ferry, Alaska.

It's the hottest time of the year, so cool off with this chilly image of an Alaska Railroad lumber drag departing Seward on a late February morning. Recent snowstorms have dumped several feet of s... (more)

ARR 4325 with a five car Holland America HEX train, passes through the daylighted windy tunnel, in route to Denali National Park, to pick up passengers, to take to Anchorage, Alaska.

ARR 4318 leads Princess Cruise Lines DEX train, bound for Whittier, Alaska, for a meet with a cruise ship.

The Usabeli Coal Train, crosses the Tanana River, on the 700-foot Mears Memorial Bridge. When it was built in 1923, it was the second longest single-span steel railroad bridge in the country. Pres... (more)

Sometimes things just don't go as planned. I had often thought about catching a lengthy freight at this location but looking in the other direction. The tracks hug the shoreline and lengthy freigh... (more)

One of Alaska Railroads 12 HEP equipped SD70MACs leans into a sharp curve just south of Girdwood with a cruise train for Whittier in tow.

The northbound Anchorage to Fairbanks freight eases across the Matanuska River just a little under an hour into the 350 mile long trip into the interior of Alaska.

A southbound cruise train rolls along Turnagain Arm on its way to an awaiting cruise ship at the port of Seward.

A lengthy lumber train off the barge in Seward rolls along the shores of Turnagain Arm and into the setting sun on a fantastic late winter's day. Although it is winter in this scene there is still... (more)

There is one round trip passenger train to Seward each day in the summer. We left the house and headed for Seward about the same time the train left the depot in Anchorage. We spent the day in Sew... (more)

The rear of a Princess Lines cruise train passes over 20 Mile River just north of the junction at Portage.

A southbound Princess Lines cruise train flies by the 2,511 foot long siding at Brookman.

A southbound cruise train passes the popular tourist lookout point known as Beluga Point on its journey to the Port of Whittier.