The clouds are just starting to break up and allow just a sliver of sunshine to meekly light the scene. 4319 leads 87 cars for the dock at Whittier, it is rather rare to catch a solid manifest on ... (more)

Over 7000 feet of manifest destined for Whittier and a barge for the lower 48 rolls along the Turnagain Arm a midst beautiful Fall colors on a gloomy Fall morning. Three of Alaska Railroad's beaut... (more)

The daily Glacier Discovery runs south at Beluga Point with a rather short train. This was a busy morning with 8 trains passing in or out of Anchorage in just 5 hours, a welcome feeling of glutto... (more)

A late running freight bound for the barge in Whittier has 7600' of almost entirely Alaska Marine Lines containers loaded on ex BCOL articulated flat cars. The crew on this train will unload both ... (more)

While the sun has officially risen it has yet to clear the Chugach mountains so while the background is in bright sun the train is still in shadows giving a nice pre-dawn look and feel to it. This... (more)

A trio of ARR's first-purchase SD70MACs leads a small freight toward Seward where there's a much larger freight fresh off the barge waiting to be hauled back north to Anchorage.

2 loads, 5 empties, and 3 MACs...a southbound mini-freight heading to a waiting barge for a pick-up skirts the shores along the Turnagain Arm. While not the most robust train one will see on the ... (more)

ARR 4013 leads the charge on another southbound Seward freight at Beluga Point. This was the third day in a row that saw a Seward freight hitting the steel which only happens during the winter an... (more)

This southbound left Anchorage about 4:30 PM and an empty coal train was on duty at Seward at 3:15 PM so I had hopes that they might meet somewhere in en-route however that was not to be as this W... (more)

Today was a perfect day for photos, not only was it a cruise Wednesday, which means additional passenger trains to support the cruise ships, but there was also two freights on the SB line up, a Wh... (more)

The Coastal Classic rounds the curve at Beluga just minutes before the setting sun dips behind the mountain enveloping this area in deep shadows. This shot was taken a few minutes before 10 PM on ... (more)

What another sunny day in July, impossible you say, apparently not this summer. An 8000' train off the barge at Whittier is northbound at Beluga on a non-rainy July afternoon.

In my opinion March has some of the best weather Alaska has to offer. Clear skies and moderate temperatures, by Alaska standards, make March a great month for photography. The summer months when m... (more)

From high above the cliffs at Beluga an Alaska Railroad train bound for the barge in Whittier and from there the lower 48 enters the curve at Beluga. From this perspective one gets a good view of ... (more)