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

You see a locomotive, and I see a movie star. Runaway Train is one of my favorite movies, and not just because it starred four locomotives racing through the Alaska wilderness at high speed. Rid... (more)

Led by ARR #3010, the Glacier Discovery train slows down for a stop to load people coming off the Spencer Glacier rafting tour (including the photographer).

The Glacier Discovery crosses the Twentymile River as it makes its way north for Anchorage. ARR 3010 is one of the movie stars on the ARR roster as it was the lead unit in the movie 'Runaway Trai... (more)

ARR 32 is about to enter Portage Tunnel with the Glacier Discovery as it works north toward Portage.

The Glacier Discovery is fresh off the south leg of the wye at Portage after a run out out Whittier. ARR 32, former AMTK 268, was on the point out of the Portage Valley and will lead the way as t... (more)

ARR 3010 leads the Glacier Discovery out of the Portage tunnel as it works its way south over Placer Creek toward its destination in Whittier.

The Glacier Discovery heads north towards Anchorage on what has become the summer of a lifetime. There have been more sunny days this summer then the last three summers combined. In the background... (more)

The Glacier Discovery pops out of the Portage Tunnel on its was north towards Anchorage. The water in the foreground is Portage Creek and has the very distinctive gray-green hue of glacier runoff... (more)

After clearing the 13,300'-long Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (seen in the back right), ARR 3010 brings the Glacier Discovery into Whittier for the second time on this amazingly beautiful day.

ARR 3010 leads the Glacier Discovery out of the 5,050'-long Portage Tunnel as it follows the Portage Glacier-fed waters of Portage Creek through the beautiful Portage Valley headed for.........Por... (more)

The Alaska Railroad's one and only DMU leads the Glacier Discovery back towards Anchorage just north of Girdwood. ARR 751 was the last DMU built by Colorado Railcar before they went out of busine... (more)

ARR 3010 leads a "pre-season" Glacier Discovery south through the postcard-esque Bird Point. The Glacier Discovery starts daily operations for the summer season on 1 June, but the ARR ran four Gl... (more)

The Glacier Discovery Train is arriving in Girdwood. Left a part of the small station-building

The Glacier Discovery in the station Anchorage in the eveningsun