An Alaska Railroad cruise ship train is ready to depart the dock at Seward. In the background is Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas. A Princess ship is also visible behind the train.

A welcome sight in southcentral Alaska this summer, the railroad has decided to run a caboose on its AS&G Gravel trains when they back up the Palmer Branch. ARR 1069 is the only caboose in the Bo... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Anchorage Yard basically sits between downtown Anchorage and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Every other year the base hosts Artic Thunder Air Show featuring among others the Th... (more)

The AS&G Gravel train blows through Anchorage Yard en-route to the dump site on a warm summer morning.

The final few passengers take their time boarding the Denali Star at the depot in downtown Anchorage. This train would depart on time 17 minutes later.

The daily HEX departs Anchorage northbound over Ship Creek.

After crossing the Tanana River the railroad arrives in the small town of Nenana. Although the sun is relative low on the horizon it is still more than two hours to sunset. In a somewhat unusual o... (more)

The south freight crosses the large bridge across the Tanana River in Nenana, just about 2 hours out of Fairbanks. This two man crew is still 10 hours away from their home terminal of Anchorage on... (more)

Alaska Railroad SD70MACs 4325 and 4326 head south with the Denali Star as the roll through the curve at MP 360 near Healy Alaska on what is turning out to be a decent weather day. The Denali Star ... (more)

The Denali Star is 20 minutes from departure as it basks in the morning sunshine in downtown Anchorage.

The Denali Star makes an on-time departure as it departs the depot in Anchorage on its 12-hour journey north to Fairbanks.

In another development on the Alaska Railroad it looks as if the railroad has returned a caboose to service on one of the roads gravel trains. Due to change in operating procedure the AS&G gravel ... (more)

ARR 4326 is hustling a late Denali Star south through Fort Richardson. A truly rare sight...a late-running Alaska Railroad train!

Since my previous barge photo was so well received I thought I would upload another perspective. With one track loaded already the barge crew shoves another track onto the barge. Notice the tight ... (more)

A pair of GP38-2s switch the CN Barge at the old Whittier slip. This piece of the railroad has been totally rebuilt and offers a more efficient way to load/unload the barges that supply the Alaska... (more)