Its around 10 PM and the Denali Star train shoves back into the yard after arriving in from Fairbanks Alaska.

Its a smokey afternoon in Anchorage due to out of control wildfires in Alaska but that does not affect this empty rock train taking a rest in the siding.

ARR 4006 "The Spirit of Anchorage" is the DPU on an empty northbound rock train tied up in the siding.

Another passenger train heads south passing an empty rock train in the siding at the Klatt Road grade crossing in Anchorage Alaska.

An empty rock train passes the Alaska Railroad downtown station after a crew change.

Alaska Railroad Alco MRS1 1601 works the roads yard in Anchorage in the summer of 1980. At the time there were several of these former US military units running. there low clearance profile is cle... (more)

Alaska Railway EMD F7A 1530 prepares to depart the station in Anchorage for the Beautiful run to Fairbanks in June of 1980. The 1530 Is the Former Rio Grande 5654. This unit was wrecked in 197... (more)

After grabbing a shot of this train under cloudy skies at Portage, I like the train headed north for Anchorage. As I got near Girdwood I could see that it was likely the sun would dip below the cl... (more)

Geep Renaissance: The Alaska Railroad powered a rail train with 5 Geeps. Seen here at Brookman with 3 GP40-2s and 2 GP38-2s in 3 separate paint schemes. To make things even better the rear of the ... (more)

after running the previous two Saturdays sans decorations the ARR decorated the Holiday Train for the final runs on Sat 12/14. Seen here about MP 100 along Turnagain Arm. Although it is 1035 AM th... (more)

A relatively short train off the barge in Whittier wraps itself around the curve at Rainbow on a beautiful Fall afternoon. All of the tanks are empty, brought up on the barge for a new, to Anchora... (more)

The returning Coastal Classic is right on time. And although we are more than two hours from sunset the Chugach Mountains have blocked the sun from reaching the rails casting a shadow across the t... (more)

GP40-2s 3015,3010 and F7B 1503 after arrival with the 08.30 passenger service from Fairbanks.

A combined CN/ARMS barge train heads for the Port of Whittier along Turnagain Arm. The ARMS barge is a weekly affair from Seattle, however the CN is about every 2 weeks these days. On occasion it ... (more)

As we approach the shortest daylight hours of the year here in Alaska, even the trains are in short supply. Not many trains at all on the south end of the RR, one that did run was the annual Holid... (more)