Sometimes you get lucky. I was out looking for some wildlife to photograph and found a large Bull Moose along the boardwalk at Potter Marsh. As I took a few shots and followed along the boardwalk ... (more)

A lengthy 120S starts onto the Whittier Branch and begin the 12 mile trek to Whittier and a date with the ARMs barge to Seattle. In the background is 20 Mile Valley including 20 Mile Glacier. In t... (more)

ARR switch job Anchorage Airport spur switching jet fuel cars.

Alaska Railroad's, Denali Star Train, departing northbound, from Denali National Park on a fine spring day.

Alaska Railroad 3002, serving as lead locomotive, for the railroads ballast train, is seen tied up, in the Healy Yard.

Alaska RR at the time unnamed Fairbanks Anchorage passenger train passing Birchwood.

Alaska RR coal train about to cross George Parks Hwy 3 a few miles south of the famous Hurricane Gulch bridge

Those of you who are long time followers of RP.net may recall this photo and the story that accompanied it from 5 years ago. Click h... (more)

Fall has arrived in South Central Alaska. A rather rare leader leads the 120N near Bird Point. The GP38-2s are usually yard power and to see and better yet hear one out on the mainline is quite a ... (more)

A respectable mile long train of single stacked containers is nearing the end of its journey from Whittier to Anchorage. It's seen here on the mainline passing an SD70MAC on the adjacent Coastal ... (more)

I have long thought about getting a good photo at this location. Over the years I have had more than a few chances and captured a few decent photos but I always felt there was a better shot. It is... (more)

On a splendid late summer afternoon the ARR's Seward based Grandview Cruise Train rolls south across the Snow River about 15 miles from its destination at the end of the ARR mainline in Seward. T... (more)

Portal to Portal

A 7200 ft long train of mixed manifest and containers off the barge in Whittier is on the move to Anchorage behind consecutively numbered MACs. The heavy train ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad runs an extra southbound military train headed for the Port of Anchorage, seen here about to cross Fireweed Road. This is the first time I have seen a solid train of 80 cars of... (more)

Alaska RR 2401 and a sister sit in the National Railcar yard in Cudahy. Originally UP 957, the E9 would eventually end up in Wisconsin and Southern colors.