An elderly ARR boxcar wears the classic mineral brown paint and historic McKinley Park logo while the Chugach Mountains beyond do their best to mimic their far more famous cousin far to the north.... (more)

An 86 car loaded QAP gravel train coils south on the ARR mainline passing through downtown Anchorage. The train occupies the main while in the foreground is the ARR's south yard lead while on the... (more)

This is odd looking little mixed train is used for student training out on the isolated and little used Ft. Richardson classification yard. The twin geeps are used to practice switching with newl... (more)

This is odd looking little mixed train is used for student training out on the isolated and little used Ft. Richardson classification yard. The twin geeps are used to practice switching with newl... (more)

This is an odd looking little mixed train on a very obscure and rarely used piece of trackage. This train is deep in the hard to access Ft. Richardson Army garrison. Ft. Rich is a veritable maze... (more)

Basking in the late evening Alaskan sunshine 1506, 1503 and 1517 rest at Anchorage Depot after arriving with #1 from Fairbanks in August 1985.

Former 2503 and later 3021, but then GP35u 3051, John E. Manley, leads a southbound gravel train as the line breaks out onto the coast south of Anchorage, in August 1985. Assisting are GP40-2s 300... (more)

What do you run through the depot just as #2 to Fairbanks is scheduled to depart? - about 100 cars of gravel! 1508, 1502 and 2402 sit awhile as their departure is delayed 10 minutes as 3011, 3016 ... (more)

I was surprised one morning to spot this "original" NS covered hopper here in the Anchorage rail yard. It gave me pause for a few moments to think about how many millions of miles of rail this ol... (more)

Three proud railroaders smile as they prepare to take an old friend on one final trip. While no one of these three individuals has as many years as 1948 vintage caboose built by PC&F, collectivel... (more)

A yard crew with a "geep sandwich" trundles slowly back north on the ARR mainline. They have a mixed consist of equipment from local industries off the APU Spur and the adjacent mainline. This l... (more)

The northbound DEX (Denali Express) has departed the depot in Anchorage after making a quick crew swap. This dedicated train is run every Saturday and Monday in the summer serving Princess Cruise... (more)

United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen disembarking from the ARRC's new Colorado Railcar built DMU. Madam Speaker (in the pink jacket) is shaking hands with the ARR's... (more)

An ARR geep creeps carefully up the back streets of Anchorage en route to deliver three gondolas for scrap loading. She is shoving across Orca St. and past Alaska Mill and Feed which is a railroa... (more)

Yes, I know I post a lot of photos from this location. But can you blame me? I just find this to be one of the most fascinating piece of trackage anywhere. Side of the road running, light rail,... (more)