Modern Day RDC? - At first it seems a bit ungainly and dare I say ugly, but after a bit it really does kind of grow on you. I imagine this is how fans felt in 1949 when they gazed at the f... (more)

A northbound hi-wide special heads toward Anchorage along the Seward Highway with the Chugach Mountains imposing in the background.

Autumn is fleeting in Alaska with the peak foliage lasting only a day or two it seems. If one wants to get out and shoot trains amidst the color the window is extremely narrow. Knowing that a no... (more)

The Northbound Denali Star crosses Riley Creek on a nice steel trestle and arrives on time at the Denali Park station. This is one of the last runs of the daily train as staring next week this tra... (more)

Golden Leaves and Black Diamonds - Three SD70MACs lead 70 loaded 100 ton hopper cars at the posted speed of 10 MPH but as soon as they cross the bridge they'll be throttling up to dig into ... (more)

Railfanning - Alaska Style! - The train referred to as the DEX (Denali Express) crawls across the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a stunning view of the Chulitna River and t... (more)

Big Land - Big Mountains - Big Bridge - Little Train - The quintisential Alaskan train ride The Hurricane Turn crawls out on to the Hurricane Gulch bridge affording the passengers a ... (more)

An empty coal train is northbound along the Seward Subdivision. The railroad and highway share a narrow area between the mountains and the waters of Turnagain Arm. In the background the Chugach Mo... (more)

An Alaska gravel train traverses the last section of the Palmer Branch and will join the mainline at Matanuska Junction in about a quarter of mile. You can just begin to see the start of the fall ... (more)

Sunrise in Seward - A pair of SD70MACs sit on the Jesse Lee main at the north end of Seward yard just south of the airport road crossing. They arrived the prior evening on a 7000 ft contai... (more)

Three SD70MACs lead 92 loads and just shy of 7000 ft. of flat cars consisting of southbound containers for the Northland Services barge connection in Seward. This big train is curling across the ... (more)

A quartet of SD70MACs leads a northbound empty coal train along the Seward Highway and the scenic shore of the Turnagain Arm on a beautiful summer's afternoon in the 49th state.

End of the Line. A lone GP38-2 has gone as far as it can go on the Alaska RR Palmer Branch, all to retrieve a couple of empty gondola cars stored at the end of the line. This trackage was a... (more)

Workin' the Barge - This is a view from the deck of the AML Barge Fairbanks Provider which is tied up in Whittier at the ship. This view looks off the stern across the recently upgraded sl... (more)

Daylight freight movements are rare occurrences in the midsection of the Alaska Railroads owing to a nocturnal scheduling of freight movements through the area. It was my luck to catch this south... (more)