Something for the Rio Grande aficionados. An eastbound lumber drag off the SP gets a shove via two GP40-2s while a westbound general freight descends the grade toward the west switch at Gilluly. M... (more)

A train of traditional freight cars rolls past the salt water pond in Portage. These cars were delivered to the Alaska Railroad via the Canadian barge service out of Prince Rupert and makes a roun... (more)

Things can be pretty static in the 49th state so the chance to see something different brought me trackside on what was not the best day weather wise. Coming off the barge in Whittier were wind mi... (more)

An Artesia-bound freight is just a couple miles out of Montgomery's West End Yard. Ex-GM&O 635 and a trio of Paducah rebuilds are in charge, as the head end passes a speed limit sign and whistle b... (more)

A westbound BNSF drag freight races into the last rays of light on a warm desert evening near Kingman, Arizona.

Most of the year the Alaska Railroad freight that runs north to Fairbanks each evening does so under the cover of darkness. As the days grow longer in the Last Frontier shots of the freight as the... (more)

With a blazing T081 ahead of it, the mixed freight train of Q453 rounds the curve and passes underneath the signal bridge tha... (more)

A Whittier-bound freight hugs the north shore of the Turnagain Arm and the Seward Highway as it works its way south on a beautiful Spring evening.

And so my 3-year adventure in Alaska begins! After finishing up at Birchwood, a work trains runs south for Anchorage at a restricted speed to call it a day.

The three units on this southbound export coal train are not currently needed on the flat terrain between Anchorage and Portage but once south of Portage this train will need all seven units on li... (more)

At Rainbow a nortbound freight hugs the shores of Turnagain Arm that contains plenty of ice on this winter's day.

Trains along Turnagain Arm between Portage and Anchorage often are in close proximity to the road and views like this are possible in many locations in the 50 miles bewteen the two locations.

A northbound freight bound for Anchorage rolls through Girdwood and the Chugach Mountains. The winter time provides great photo opportunities for those willing to get out and explore.

In Alaska if you can combine a good weather day with train activity during the daylight hours you are doing good. Such was the case on Tuesday when not one but three trains traversed the Seward su... (more)

UPs short lived Cima ore train is coming off the UP San Pedro branch empty headed into UP's East LA yard before leaving for Cima Hill and another load of ore.