First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe into a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing switch that branches off ... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe into a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing switch that branches off ... (more)

First Run! ARR GP40-2 shoves a load of pipe into a brand new industrial spur in South Anchorage. The spur is over 1500 feet long and connects via a south facing switch that branches off ... (more)

ARR Jordan Spreader #9 sits on the fuel rack coupled to a pair of Geeps ready for "snow fleet" service keeping the mainline open. #9 is a special machine as it is the newest Jordan Spreader in th... (more)

This is the end. All four of the Alaska Railroad's MP15s are lined up on the ramp track outside the ARR's yard office ready for shipment south to Whittier and back to the lower 48. They w... (more)

An original ARR Geep built new for the railroad in 1976 still wears it's as delivered scheme sitting here in the electric bay. This unit still features a large curved plow, Espee style light pack... (more)

An original ARR Geep built new for the railroad in 1975 still wears it's as delivered scheme. This is presently one of only three units on the ARR still wearing this livery. Notice the shiny new... (more)

A cool August evening in Anchorage finds a pair of GPs sitting inside the diesel shop facility with another pair sitting outside awaiting their next work. This facility and a similar one in Fairba... (more)

Just a few minutes away from an arrival at the Anchorage depot the pride of the Alaska Railroad passenger fleet rolls through Elmendorf AFB in the last rays of sunshine. IIRC the sun played hit an... (more)

Alaska Railroad GP40-2 3005 sits in the diesel shop facility at Anchorage Yard between assignments. The ARR locomotive shop keeps the railroad's fleet of GP38-2s, GP40-2s and SD70MACs in good work... (more)

The ARR Alaska State Fair Train is in the depot area awaiting its 1pm departure to Palmer while the Seward-bound loaded coal train's three DP SD70s roll southbound in the background. The ARR P32 c... (more)

Alaska RR GP40-2s 3006 and 3001, both still sporting their 1970s era black paint job, rest outside the Anchorage diesel shop on a Saturday evening. Later in the week, these two will enter company ... (more)

Saturday April 17th was overcast and dreary in the 49th State. It still didn't look much like spring, but there was a touch of warmth in the air and the snow was just barely hanging on. Earlier ... (more)

A peak inside the ARR's heavy repair back shop on a Saturday afternoon finds a 1976 vintage bought new Geep in for some upgrades, including a new pilot plow. Forklifts, overhead cranes, jacks, tr... (more)

A peak inside the ARR's heavy repair back shop on a Saturday afternoon finds two 1976 vintage bought new GP40-2s in for some upgrades. The 3011 wears the ARR's current scheme wile the 3006 peakin... (more)