I have been doing some hiking around the Bird Point area recently and was rewarded with this shot of the south coal train headed for Seward on a beautiful August afternoon

Alaska RR Whittier Turn ready to depart Anchorage

Cruise train leaving Portage to Whittier

One week after my previous shot was another stellar day and again I headed out to try a shot of the north freight in a location I have been working on for some time. Still needs a little work but ... (more)

Freights north of Anchorage can be rather elusive with only 5 day service, late call times and often marginal weather during the summer when you have the best opportunity to actually see one. But ... (more)

Southbound Fairbanks Anchorage passenger arriving Anchorage

Bird point's spot always made me dream when I saw pictures here. I realized this dream in coming here two weeks ago. One day I had a beautiful blue sky and an other day, this fantastic light thro... (more)

Beautiful spring morning near Denali National Park for this northbound freight approaching Cantwell seen from a new Hwy's bridge structure. Dedication for Frank Keller.

A shiny Alaskan GP40-2 seats at the depot in a beautiful Alaskan Summer day.

ARR GP40-2 3012 is about to cross the Nenana River as they shove a car of ties to be unloaded in Suntrana for an upcoming tie renewal program later this summer. While not exactly what I had hoped ... (more)

The southbound Denali Star is about to cross the Jack River in Cantwell, Alaska. This train left Denali Park about an hour ago and in my opinion is about to traverse some of the best scenery along... (more)

Alaska Railroad GP40-2 in original paint, now a days referred to as heritage paint, leads a 7,800' train out of Anchorage yard, in what reminds me of a classic Colorado down pour. No such case her... (more)

It is May 10th and Spring is in the air. The trees are turning green from a long winter and there are Geese arriving in Alaska. 2014 was a good year for coal unlike 2015 where so far this year onl... (more)

During last years gravel season the balloon track was removed at the Palmer load-out making it necessary for the crews to make a long back up move, so the RR re-instated one of the three remaining... (more)