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Thumbnails
Nenana Canyon
Leaving Denali
Northbound FOX (Freight Overnight Express)
Seward passenger train
Southbound passenger train crossing Denali Park trestle
North to Cantwell
Million Dollar Curve
Piggyback freight
On the way to Denali NP
Black bear at tracks
Meeting of work and gravel trains
Company work train engines in Bear Valley
South of Denali
Number 3008 at Nenana Canyon
Six locomotives surrounded by fall colors
Alaska Railroad crossing
Alaska State Fair
Crossing a fork of the Matanuska River
Aurora 1994
Seward coal train
Mountains, fall foliage, trains - it just doesn't get any better than this!
Turnagain Arm (1976-1978)
A-B-B-B-A at Girdwood (1976-1978)
Oil tank train
Hot box detector
Ski Train 2002
Passenger train from Healy Overpass
Grandview and the Aurora
Passenger train at Riley Creek trestle
Empty tank cars at Healy yard
Whittier Shuttle exiting portal 3 into Bear Valley
Snow Face (late 1980s)
Aerial view of five tunnels in less than one mile
Bicentennial locomotives at Garner Tunnel (1977)

North Pole's 50th anniversary dinner train
No's.2007 and 2008 heading to Fairbanks from North Pole
Passenger train southbound from Fairbanks at Ester (1973)
Oil train is leaving North Pole for Fairbanks at 25 below
Number 1500 leaving south past the earthquake park area (1981)
ALCo number 1612 switching passenger train at Anchorage (1977)
Number 2504 on the highlands approaching the park (1980)
Number 1502 heading a passenger train (1972)
Number 1078 pulling hoppers through Portage (1971)
A-B-A set of the repainted F-7's (1982)
Numbers 1506, 1503, and 1500 in work train service (1979)
Northbound passenger departing Anchorage (1976)
Southbound freight crossing the Riley Creek Trestle (1979)
Of coal and cruise ships
Numbers 1500 and 1503 arriving at the Anchorage depot (1984)
Numbers 1502 and 1530 northbound on Riley Creek trestle (1982)
Termination dust is evident as no. 3015 crosses Riley Creek (1985)
The 1508 & 1507 lead a SB passenger train thru Denali Park (1982)
Eielson Coal train in North Pole 48 below zero
A northbound tank train kicks up snow at the Healy overpass
Number 1530 in Fairbanks
Number 3005 at Bird Creek
A passenger train crossing the Eagle River (1979)
An early March morning at Windy picking up the work train
FP7 1510 along Turnagain Arm with a ten car passenger extra
Palmer Fair Special 1956
A very Alaskan photo...fireweed and a fireball.
A passenger train pulled by one of the new SD70MACs at MP129
Fair Special ARR #1000 North 1957

1031 ALCO RSC-1 on four wheel trucks switching #7 South 1957

Train #3 South is shown departing Anchorage for Whittier 1957

A passenger train crossing the Eagle River (2004)
Six GP49s crossing the Knik overflow bridge
Passenger train at MP 49 in the old loop district (1949-1952)
Santa prefers an SD70MAC over a sleigh
Second tank train off the North Pole branch for 2005
Winter Hurricane Turn approaching Hurricane
Three cruise ships in Seward on the same day
A misty morning in Portage
Low light image of the oil train at the refinery
Bicentennial unit in the lead of a passenger train (1976)
Bicentennial F7A #1512 pulls a passenger train (1977)
F7 Nos. 1522, 1503, 1516 (1977)
Passenger train in the beautiful Alaskan wilderness (1971)
Denali as seen from 4002 North
Snowfall is above the door at Sherman City Hall
No. 4321 South meets the 4002 North at Hurricane
Passenger train halted due to snow slide (1940s)
Chasing Number 3015 along Turnagain Arm (1980)
Southbound passenger train approaches Girdwood
Southbound tank train roars through Healy

Southbound train from Fairbanks, 4004+4005+oil cars at Honolulu
Numbers 4317 & 4016 lead southbound oil train at Fairbanks
Numbers 4007 & 3012 lead freight south from Fairbanks
Numbers 4318 & 4320 arrive Fairbanks with “Denali Star”
Numbers 4324+4010+4015 on coal train to Seward
Numbers 4324+4010+4015 on coal train to Seward
Numbers 4324+4010+4015 on coal train to Seward
Number 4322 north of Portage on “Coastal Classic” to Anchorage
Numbers 4014 & 4002 on northbound oil train at MP129
Numbers 4318 & 4320 pass MP129 on “Denali Star” to Anchorage
Work train crossing Riley Creek
SD70MAC No. 4014 pulls out of the North Pole refinery
Passenger train extra #3015 at Windy (1986)
R.J. McKay at end of the line in Fairbanks (1986)
Ted Prudence getting ice water at Garner (1986)
R.J. McKay running the train (1986)
Whittier shuttle leaving Portage (1986)
RDCs at end of track in Seward (1986)
View from engineer's mirror of #3014 emerging from a tunnel (1986)
Whittier shuttle leaving Portage (1986)
Passenger train inside a tunnel
Princess cars crossing the Alaskan wilderness
Number 2000 at Bird Creek
North Pole oil train
Views of the Alaskan winter from an SD70MAC
Denali Star from 1,000 feet
Whittier tunnel with train
Hauling Rip Rap in Healy Canyon
No. 3005 and passenger train at Denali Depot
No. 1500 at Denali Depot
No. 3014 delivering coal from Healy
P-31 along the Seward Highway
Numbers 1072 and 1078 with Whittier freight #23
ARR #1070 and "Aurora" #6
Four GP49s pulling a mixed train (1983)
Six F7s in the Anchorage Yard
Two beautiful photos from Frank Pantuso's trip
Isn't wintertime in Alaska awesome!
F7 no. 1510 pulling passenger train (1975)
Chasing the Aurora to Wasilla
Aurora on Hurricane Gulch Bridge (1975)
Number 1510 pulling a passenger train (1975)
Number 1606 pulling a freight train (1975)
Freight train on the Ferry bridge (1975)

A long freight train rounds the bend (1975)

Number 2502 heads up an oil train (1975)
Passenger train pulled by Number 1510 (1975)
Riding the Whittier shuttle (1975)
4th of July train above tunnel (1962)
Number 4317 pulls a passenger train along Turnagain Arm
Hurricane Curves
Nenana Sunset
F units taking the sun (1976)
No 1500 at Ferry (1984)
No. 1508 in New York
A string of black and yellow (1984)
Pulling a freight train near McKinley Park (1982)
Arctic Power
Night Light
No. 2809 and 3010 leading a passenger train at Denali Park
Coal train in the Loop District
4005 crosses Glacier Creek
GP-7 #1808 crosses a ghost forest
Fireworks
20320!
No. 1580 on the Adirondack RR

Whittier shuttle (1, 2)
"Just Married" (1986)
Seward end of track
Seward passenger train
Extra 1802 at Whittier tank farm (1982)
Extra 1802 (1982)
No. 2502 approaching Matanuska Junction (1982)
No. 1074 heads up a MoW consist (1964)
No. 2502 approaching Matanuska Junction #2 (1982)
No. 3010 in Seattle
A beautiful day at Tunnel
No. 3003 North (1982)
No. 3014 south (1983)
No. 3014 south at MP 151 (1983)
No. 3014 south heading out of Anchorage (1983)
No. 3012 at Hurricane
Southbound passenger train near Healy

Southbound passenger train south of Healy
Aurora Approaching Mt. McKinley National Park
No. 1801 in Fairbanks (1983)
Fall in Healy Canyon
No. 2501 northbound out of Whittier
Aurora, lead by the 1530

Denali Star crosses the Mears bridge
Nenana nights
The Glacier Discovery in Bear Valley
Loading gravel at Healy
A Princess in Nenana
Hurricane Turn at MP239
NB Denali Star at Riley Creek
Denali Star at Cantwell
Southbound passenger train at Bird
Hurricane Turn near Talkeetna

Hurricane Turn near Chase

Fall at Riley Creek bridge
Period Dress
No. 1530 at Honolulu
Coal train at Matanuska Junction

TAIX 7090 at Old Glenn Highway crossing
No. 4327 south of McKinley Park
Anchorage skyline

Hurricane Turn at MP284.2
No. 701 at Matanuska

No. 3006 leading a gravel train
All black lash up on an all black train
Cleaning out the freezer
Weekend northbound passenger train at Garner
DEX approaching Healy
Nancy Lake
Brookman
Riley Creek
Two train meet
Light at the end of the tunnel
Reflections
Shadows
Hurricane Turn at Hurricane Gulch
Coastal Classic
Northbound Whittier train (1986)
No. 3010 at Bird Point (1986)
Bear Valley then and now
Whittier freight
Trumpeter Swans watching passing train

GP7 #1803 on the point of a coal train
Freight train at Portage
GP40-2 #3015 loading the Whittier shuttle at Portage
Tank Train at Garner (1985)
No. 2805 and friends (1985)
No. 3008 in Bear Valley (1986)
Aurora roaring through Montana (1985)
Reflection at MP 145
No. 1506 in fresh snow approaching Girdwood (1986)
Denali Star at Colorado
McKinley Explorer at Healy
Hurricane Turn crew
No. 3009 at Potter
Citizenry of Sherman, Alaska
Scenic Spenard
No. 2804 at Eklutna
Susitna River break up (1975)
Hurricane Gulch via drone
Chasing #3015
Quality Asphalt Paving gravel train in Anchorage
Whittier freight returning to Anchorage
Hurricane Turn (2012)
Talkeetna Bridge from drone
Norwegian Cruise Lines crosses the Trail River
Nearly 9,000 feet of containers and mixed freight at Girdwood
Northbound freight glides across the Matanuska River
Northbound Winter Aurora
Sunset at Potter Marsh
Freight train at Portage
Train crossing Riley Creek
Snow fleet heading to Seward
Snowfall along Turnagain Arm
Night shot at Riley Creek Trestle
Maintenance of Way train along Turnagain Arm
Aerial view of Whittier Tunnel from Bear Valley
Night view of four SD70MACs at Cantwell
Empty hopper train at Ferry
Aurora at Healy
Night shot at Hurricane
Northbound coal at Nenana
Freight train through Nenana
Nordic Ski train at Curry
Sunset along Turnagain Arm
Northbound freight along Turnagain Arm
Northbound freight #125N departing Whittier
Aurora passenger train heads across the Sheep Creek
Winter's last gasp
Heading for the Hills
Southbound Aurora at Riley Creek
Fall colors at Riley Creek Trestle
Fall colors at Hurricane Gulch Bridge
ARR 1500, 2402 & 1503 lead the Aurora southbound over Hurricane
No. 1802 leading the Whittier Shuttle at west portal of the Portage
No. 3002 on the point of Alaska Fair train departing the Palmer depot
No. 3005 works a gravel train up the Palmer branch at Matanuska

Denali Star at Nenana Canyon
Fall freight
No. 1804 near North Pole
There's no place like Dome
Numbers 3009, 3015 and 2803 heading up a freight along Turnagain Arm
Nenana Canyon
No. 1500 brings NB Anchorage passenger into Fairbanks back (1980)
ARR 2006 heads south with the passenger train along the Susitna River
ARR 3004 leads a daytime southbound freight through Cantwell
ARR 2808 leads a morning northbound freight over the Mears Bridge
ARR 3012 is seen leading the southbound passenger train
Coastal Classic along Kenai Lake
Monster freight
Northbound OX at Mears Memorial Bridge
Southbound coal at Broad Pass
No. 1802 pulling the Whittier Shuttle at west portal of the Portage Tunnel
Whittier shuttle at Portage
ARR 2809 is seen leading a charter/cruise train
ARR 2401 leading the Aurora
Trail Lake
Healy in the 1980s
No. 3008 in Healy
Crown Point
Matanuska
Snow River
GP38-2 numbers 2004/2005 with a string of tank cars
Moose Pass
Motion blur at Moose Pass
Resurrection
Seward
Snow spreader
Spreader at night
Surfacing gang at Hunter Flat
No. 3013 heads up the southbound Denali Star
Whittier Shuttle
Hurricane Turn and Mount Foraker

Fall gravel train in Anchorage
Transitioning from fall to winter quickly
Passenger train at UAF overpass
Military loads on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Sullivan's Curve
Southbound Oil Express (OX) near Nenana
Numbers ARR 2803 and HLCX 3878 pulling a freight train at Fairbanks

No. 1551 to North Pole refinery along the old Richardson Highway

No.3010 on its way home after servicing
Nenana at minus 36
Tank train at Nenana canyon

TLC at the airport branch

Snow fleet at Healy
Boats at Nenana from north end of bridge
No. 1802 at Portage Tunnel
No. 1802 at Portage

Whittier shuttle

Aurora train with mixed freight

No. 3002 at Indian

Passenger train at Nenana River Canyon

ARR 4328 working north from MP 357 toward Healy

Glacier Discovery at Portage Tunnel

Passenger train at Portage
ARR 4328 leads the southbound McKinley Explorer
Freight train at Portage
SD70MAC #4328 at Talkeetna bridge

Southbound Glacier Discovery heading to Whittier

Southbound coal train traverses the canyon ledge above the Nenana River
SD70MAC at Matanuska Junction
F7A #1500 at Healy Canyon

No. 2401 at Hurricane

No. 3008 heads up a gravel train

Southbound McKinley Express at Montana Creek campground

Northbound Denali Star at Riley Creek and Denali National Park

Northbound Denali Star at Healy

Southbound AS&G gravel train

GP40 #3010 with 30 flat cars

Big Time Coal

ARR 3012 (& 3011) are seen arriving at the depot

Scenery around Mile Post 350.9

Goldstar coach 655

Spirit of Anchorage on a southbound gravel train

Glacier Discovery

Chasing the Coastal Classic

Standing Tall

Winter RDC 701 trip

Twin SD70MACs with a load of containers bound for Whittier

Riley Creek - Three Ways!

Frac sand

Chasing a southbound freight train from Fairbanks

Southbound Denali Star in the homestretch for Denali Park

First Glacier Discovery following COVID-19

Bill Hess and "Sancho" capture a northbound freight in Wasilla

Aurora at Riley Creek bridge

Trainspotting near Seward

Denali Star passing 557 restoration building

A pair of GP40s with CN's Aqua Train

Enough Lights?

120S at Bird Point

Fast food train

Freight train at Wasilla Lake

Southbound Denali Star at Nenana Canyon

Doing his best Art Chase Impersonation

110N at Placer Valley

Coastal Classic at Portage

Denali Star at Bison Gulch

Drone footage of freight train at Healy

Drone footage of frac sand train at Palmer Hay Flats

Freight at Cottonwood Creek

Alaska state flag and SD70MAC #4325

Fireweed at Matanuska
Northbound Denali Star at Trail Lakes Bridge
Glorious Girdwood

Turnagain Arm near MP 85

Classic black & yellow geep races south shoving on the rear of a short train

A train rolls through it

Wasilla’s Quality Sand and Gravel

Be careful out there!

I heard the whistle blow

Saturday layover

Broad Pass changeover

Cold December

Color of summer

Kenai Mountains

Northbound for Fairbanks

Remnants of Fall

The Steady Hand

Taking a break on Hurricane Gulch bridge

Approaching Bird Creek northbound along Turnagain Arm

North switch of Reeves

Chugach Explorer along Turnagain Arm

Northbound Blade Train

Found In The Archives

I blew the assignment

My assignment fell short

Summer freight

Alaska Dream Makers

Palmer Hay Flats

Palmer Hay Flats #2

Knik River train trestle

Palmer gravel train

Bucket list

Cook Inlet

Fireweed and summer

Fireweed and the Coastal Classic

Everyone is wearing a mask

Newly moved Wasilla depot

Plowing North at Broad Pass

Alaska Denali Star Summit

The boy who loved trains

Disappointment

Dog Wash Overpass

Freight train between Chulitna and Hurricane

Southbound freight with ARR 2802 on the point at Bird Point

ARR 702 southbound at Chulitna

A silty reflection
Dude, Where's My Car?
Say "Hi!" back
On top of Garner Tunnel
Aurora winter train
Termination dust
Afternoon hike along the Turnagain Arm was glorious!
Sancho and I Return to the Scene of the Crime
A Picnic With Old Friends
Spoiled
The coal turn crosses the frozen Tanana River in Nenana
A spooky passenger
Passenger train at Wasilla
No. 2809 leads an evening passenger train north

Summer greens
Freight train passes through snowy Nenana Canyon
Denali Star around mile 351 directly across from Dragonfly Creek falls
Southbound passenger train crossing Riley Creek trestle

Hurricane Turn 2013
Aurora winter train
No. 4326 at Healy
Waning gibbous moon
Seaway trailers in the loop district
Colorful trains
A near perfect reflection as the barge train rolls into Portage
Passenger train passing work train at Carlo
The Best Looking Face In Railroading

Dashing Thru The Snow
Punching Through The Snow
Golden Glow Of The Last Frontier

Winter in Alaska can be exhilarating

Working the barge in Whittier

Passenger train in the fall

Slogging

Some Alaska Heritage
A Christmas present for Anchorage
Big Time Freight

The last chase

Snow fleet aerial

Seward bound passenger extra along Turnagain Arm in July 1984

Tidewater bound
There must be coffee
Layered ice
No. 1000 pulling a passenger train
No. 1551 pushing tankers into the North Pole Refinery

Twisting north

The great white north

Portside
Number 1 storming into Healy
Coming Round the Mountain
Aurora Winter Train #2

Aerial dome shot from helicopter
No. 1 at Healy in the late 1980's
The Alaskan Way To Go
High ball, the eyeball
Buddy Gray on snowfleet at Eklutna
Pure Alaska
Work train and the Chugach Mountains

Rare leader
Sunset Sentinels
Spit and polished
Amongst the Color
Triple Lakes Trail
Winter Wonderland
Encrusted in Snow
Chasing the Alaska Railroad Heritage Units
Denali watches over
AS&G train at the Palmer Branch

Saturday morning in Wasilla
Knik Crossing
Valentine's Day winter Aurora
Heritage units heading to Whittier
High Iron to Whittier
The Aurora Winter Passenger Train is hauling freight as well as passengers
Number 5 in Nenana Canyon (1978)
Coal train drops down Divide Hill
A
couple of RDCs at the Fairbanks depot
Crossing the Knik River
On Frozen Ground
Was it the quake?
Crossing the North Fork of the Chulitna River, plowing as they go
The 3017 trailing GP 40-2 3005 at Healy
Mears Memorial Bridge
Hurricane Gulch in the fall
Fairbanks depot sunrise
Burger King burrito and freight
Southbound morning freight

Freight at Palmer Hay Flats
E9-A #2401 leading at Matanuska Junction
No. 1802 on the Whittier Shuttle
No. 2502 on the Palmer local

Picture Perfect
When It's Springtime In Alaska...
Time To Part Ways

Fairbanks In Winter
Whittier Bound

No. 2808 on the southbound freight

No. 3014 on the northbound passenger

Aurora crosses Riley Creek Trestle

Steam locomotive at the loop

Tundra truck delivering a 350 pound wood stove
A calm morning along Turnagain Arm as a cruise train heads for Whittier
Matanuska, 1972

Moose Pass, 1972
Train time for Number 6, 1972
F7A #1502 leading freight from Whittier

Seward freight train

Full moon at Lake Lucille

Southbound Aurora at Knik River Bridge

Curling South To Seward

Big scenery in Alaska

In Another Land, In Another Life...

Storm light Alaska style

Switching Suburban

Mixed Train 2009!

The Whittier Turn at Beluga at dusk

Whittier freight curves along Turnagain Arm

Alaska Railroad at the end of the rainbow

Crossing the Matanuska River

Crossing the Knik on a beautiful summer evening

Northbound AuRoRa at Mahay’s dock

Outbound Whittier freight

Inbound Whittier freight

Shuttle reborn

ACVB Charter At Girdwood

Freight to Fairbanks

Cruise train

The police car

The first Denali Star

The Saddest Train of All

GP40 #3010 loading passengers at Portage

Whittier Shuttle heading toward Whittier

Coastal Classic crosses TwentyMile River

The Coastal Classic departs Seward

Caboosed work train

Freight train meets work train in Palmer

Last night

The slippery slope

Newcomb Park

The One and Only

The Blues at Bird

Big Country

Gold and Blues

Twisting towards Oliver

ARR 1500, 1517 and 2402 on a southbound passenger train at Birchwood

Final sunbeams of the season

ARR 1802 and 1067 leading the Whittier Shuttle north for Anchorage

Distributed power on a consist of empty hoppers crossing Ship Creek

Reflecting On Three Decades

Railroading Under The Midnight Sun

Around the Loop

Flag at half mast

Northbound freight at the Dog Wash

Accidental Video

Southbound Mixed Over The Knik

Headed north to Anchorage a barge train near MP 72

Headed for Whittier

Living the dream!

New 186XX flat cars

Dawn's Early Light

Aurora at Sunshine Crossing

Paris on the Alaska Railroad

Bringing up the rear

The elusive 1092

Turnin' Round the Wye

Alaska Railroad Aurora Winter Train

And so it begins

Winter Wonderland

Riley Creek
Winter Wonderland
The snowfleet coming around the wye at Healy

RDC at Willow

Northbound passenger and northbound freight at Willow

Northbound freight in Palmer

Delivering the goods

125N along Turnagain Arm

Three different locomotive paint schemes cross TwentyMile bridge

Geeps on high

Northbound snow fleet

Lengthy Coastal Classic rolls through Brookman

Off to a spectacular start to the 2016 passenger season

Clearing the path

Winging On Top Of The World

Holiday Cheer In The Last Frontier

Land of the midnight sun

Freight train on the Eagle River Bridge

Work train south

The Last Coal Train

Everyone has a hobby

No. 3011 in Whittier

Daylight Freight Memories

Don't Look Close...

Left Turn

Mixed Train Weekly

Railroading At 30 Below!

Freight passing the old Wasilla depot

The Conductor

Whittier shuttle 1986

ARR 3020 leading a northbound work train

Almost midnight

Gleaner Combine

Frosty Matanuska Morning

As the snow flies...

A Dangerous Railroad

Nineteen Car Star

Work Train Trifecta

Coal turn is south out of Nenana along the Nenana River

Crossing the new bridge over Indian Creek as they head south

More summer goodness

Work train at Pioneer Peak

PTC test train

ARR 3004 (w/3001 & 3009) arrive in the siding northbound

Three SD70MACs near Portage

The Denali Star near Sheep Creek and Windy

Alaskan Glory

On Golden Pond
Special permit passenger train with freight
The Glacier Discovery

Sancho and 557

Bella Vista West Apartments

125N at Bird Flats

A Thousand More Feet to Go

Alaska Commuter Train

AquaTrain

Back at Moose Pass

Big Train, Bigger Country

Hauling Hoppers

Just a Geep

North Fox

Northbound at Reeves

Perfectly Manicured
Seward Dockside
Something Different Down the Street

Sure Bruce
The Sign Says it All
Valentine's Delight
ARR 1802 leads a southbound Whittier Shuttle

Northbound Aurora
Northbound Aurora near Three Bears
Freight meets Maintenance of Way at Indian

Anchorage Aurora
Denali Star at the Old Glenn Highway

Crane at Portage Creek Bridge #1

Crossing the Matanuska

Whittier Shuttle southbound at Potter and Bird

Whittier Shuttle southbound at Potter and Bird (part 2)

Mourning the loss of Congressman Don Young

The Talkeetna Mountains stand tall as the south freight rolls by MP 145

Denali Star crossing Sheep Creek

Three GP40-2's climb the hill with the ballast train along Fireweed Road

Three SD70MACs head a freight train at near downtown Anchorage

A bit too close

A full house

Blue hour freight

Over the top over Potter Hill and an easy glide into Anchorage

120S To Whittier

120N Freight

Hello And Goodbye

Portage Reflection

North At 99

Usibelli Bound

The Backshop

By Land, By Sea, Or By Air

Saturday At The Shop

Waiting In Whittier

Foggy Morning

Warm Late Winter Light

Manny!

Make The Train Small

Across The Great Divide

Wheeling To Whittier

Memories Lost...Memories Found

Saturday Night At The Shops

Railroading Under The Midnight Sun

Under The Rainbow

Steam Sunday - Coming Home

Solstice 120S

Beneath The Shadow Of Pioneer Peak

That Alaskan Summer

Alaskan Glory

Switching In The Snow At Ship Creek

Top Cover And Global Engagement

Bird Sunrise

Contours

Delivering the Goods

Desired Subject

Gorilla Rock

Hospital Train

Jack Creek

Leading the Charge

Moonrise

Southbound Coal at TwentyMile

Seward freight

Summer Sunrise

Winter Beauty

The three rear DP units reflect nicely in a pond near Girdwood

557 Restoration Company

Palmer Hay Flats

120S At Bird Point

Geep Reflections

One Of Each At Gorilla Rock

Scenic Ship Creek

Streetside Sandwich

A Simple PORTrait

Looking Back At The Back

Out Behind The Shops

Snaking South

Wasilla!?

ARR 4324 at Talkeetna

ARR 4327 south of Healy

80 Miles To Go...

Bird Point from the dark side

Coastal Classic in route to Seward

Crossing Trail Lake on a nice Winter afternoon

An extra work train rolls through the rock cut at Windy

Headed for Seward on a glorious summer day

Highway and the tracks all share space

Partial rainbow greet the northbound freight

Spring run off is in full force

Summer passenger season has arrived

Bear cars

Northbound night freight

Southbound Denali Star

Gravel Season Is Here

Coal At TwentyMile

Alaskan Relics

Working The Slip

Lengthy freight along Turnagain Arm
The many faces of Hurricane Gulch
First Coastal Classic of 2022
Pure Alaskana
120S At Bird Point
Old School ARR
Empty gravel train at Engine 557 Restoration Company
Three GP40s head up a freight train at Indian
557 volunteers
Ten times before success
The Rarest Local
Snow Fleet Southbound
Denali Star nears the Old Glenn Highway overpass
ARR 3002 leading a Whittier bound freight
4319 is leading the Denali Star out of Denali Park
3012 northbound at Chulitna and southbound oil train with Denali
ARR 3019 and ARR 3020 lead a southbound Whittier train
No. 3014 leads the MEX (McKinley Express)
No. 3011 pulling the Glacier Discovery at Portage Tunnel
Alaskan Railroaders Of The Finest Kind
Short But Spectacular
The Last Loads
Up On The Ledge
Caboose 1092 at Moose Pass
Summer Solstice at Healy Canyon
Pulling around the south leg of the wye at Portage
Work train rolls through Summit
Fall in Alaska
Procession of military vehicles
Empty DEX returning to Anchorage
A smattering of Tyler Bell photos
Bird's Eye View
No. 3005 at Anchorage
Aurora winter train at East Glenwood Crossing
The Last Ride South
Budds on the Bridge
Alaska Railroad's Holiday Day
Bicentennial locomotives in front of the Anchorage depot
Pristine Potter
Over the Placer River

Reflections of Summers Past
Winter Aurora at Lake Lucille
White as snow
More winter goodness
In The Shadow Of Site Summit
Bill Sheffield Depot

Winging Out Hurricane

Roadless Railfanning

Mixed Train Weekly

Seward freight
Chena Flood Plains
Dashing through the snow in a 4300HP sleigh
Moody
The DMU Arrives
Blue Ice And Golden Leaves
Popping Out Of Tunnel 5
A string of tank cars in Anchorage
#557 and the Aurora
Seward freight train with frac sand
Northbound Blade Train

Fall color in Nenana Canyon
Trail Lake Transportation
Muddy Matanuska
Turning North
Train #1 at Nenana
1980's fair train
Ira Silverman's trip from Fairbanks to Anchorage
Curry quarry equipment train
The Whittier Shuttle arrives at Portage
The Southbound Aurora arrives at Denali Park
Chena Flood Plains
Slide Zone 415

MP G24

Southbound Seward freight train at Bird Point

Work train at Bird Point

Crossing the Susitna River at Gold Creek

Southbound Denali Star exits Healy Canyon

Denali Star at MP356

No. 2004 heads up a train entering the Eielson Branch

Ten locomotives along Turnagain Arm

ARR 4328 southbound with the Denali Star

ARR 4009 with freight in Wasilla

Chasing a freight from Wasilla to Anchorage

No. 4328 in Wasilla with the Denali Star

Freight train near Clapp Road Crossing

Beautiful Alaska - passenger and freight train

One car cruise train plus southbound Denali Express

A busy day on the railroad

March 1985

Bartlett Glacier

Alaska Gold Rush

A silhouetted #3003 passes in front of an illuminated Anchorage skyline

Milepost G24

Into The Wild Gold Yonder

A Gloomy Day

Fairbanks yard job at Graffiti Rock

Centennial unit at Honolulu

Fairbanks Yard Job heads North into the small community of Moose Creek

Portage Valley

A study of people who wave at and from passing trains

Flying High

RDC2 712, GP40-2 3001 & GP38-2 2005 at Whittier

Denali Star in summer 2009

Holiday train 2016

Holiday train 2017

CP F120 and the Coastal

120S Emerging from Portage Tunnel

That Sweet Light

Winter Wonderland in Alaska

Turning the snow fleet on the wye at Healy

Denali Star exits Healy Canyon

Coal and Geometry car

Autumn in the Last Frontier

Alaskan Splendor

The Battle For Winter

Spreader 9 blasting towards MP345

Denali via Montana

Summer gravel business

The contours of Turnagain Arm

Minus 36

Broad Pas
s
Northbound freight just before arriving at Denali Park

This Ain't Right!

Fairbanks Yard Job plowing railroad with 30 cars of black diamonds in two

120N At Potter Marsh

Digging Out

Southbound coal at Brookman

Overnight freight

Tie drop on the Eielson Branch

GP40 #3011 with newly painted trucks in Whittier

The last Canadian National barge

Export Coal

Massive pipe train

SD70MAC #4008 with hoppers at Matanuska

Glacier Discovery Train - Turnagain Arm

The Coastal Classic rolls through Brookman

The Coastal Classic at Moose Pass

Freight train at North Pole

Freight train at Bear Valley heading to Whittier

Drone view of the northbound Denali Star in Wasilla

Sunroof ride on the Whittier Shuttle

Summer solstice 2024

Baptism ceremony

No. 1072 in Curry in 1953

A work train at Hurricane, 2008

GP40-2 3014 ready to depart Fairbanks

110S heads South over the Upper Trail Lake Bridge located at MP 29.5

No. 4328 on Turnagain Arm

Freight train at Indian

Now THAT Is Cold!

Healy bound coal train at Ferry Bridge

Northbound freight crosses the bridge between Upper and Lower Trail Lakes

Denali Star at the Garner Tunnel bypass

Hopper car infinity

Denali Express in Whittier

Palmer Branch Passenger

GP38-2’s 2007 & 2006 followed by track geometry car & 17 empty coal hoppers

Three yard motors as power for the Whittier-Anchorage freight

No. 4010 in Cantwell

Circle K and UP in Alaska

110N at 20 Mile Slough

Centennial unit brings the Denali Star northbound at Talkeetna

Frank Keller's first fall in Alaska

Wasilla Train Station Enhancement Progress Report

Short summer freight

Short summer freight at Snow River Bridge
The last photos in the series of the short summer freight
Anchorage sunset

Glacier Discovery at Bird Creek

Work train heading North through Wasilla

Fire suppression tank cars on the move

ARR 3003 rounds the sweeping curve at Brookman

Little Susitna River at Houston

Exiting the canyon

Northbound barge train

PTC Test train




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