Conductor Davis lines the switch back to the normal position for the north leg of the wye at Matanuska Junction while Engineer Siegmann looks on. In the distance the coal train takes the siding to... (more)
Pioneer Peak, near Palmer, AK towers over the northbound Fairbanks bound freight. Tonight's train is left Anchorage at 2015 and will arrive in Fairbanks around 0730. Most days the railroad is able... (more)
An empty coal heads north crossing the Knik River Bridge at 148.3. It was a nice day in Alaska for a change and I enjoyed the opportunity to check a location off my bucket list.
Most of the year the Alaska Railroad freight that runs north to Fairbanks each evening does so under the cover of darkness. As the days grow longer in the Last Frontier shots of the freight as the... (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)
SD70MAC 4005, a Mac from Alaska Railroads first order, heads up an empty coal train at the junction to the Palmer Branch. Coal has really seen a resurgence on the Alaska Railroad.
