In a rather unusual move the 120S is lead by a GP38-2, essentially a yard motor on the Alaska Railroad. In fact this train is led my 3 separate models of EMD products. The afore mentioned GP38-2, ... (more)

The ARR isn't all gleaming passenger trains, here a Geep goes about switching a flatcar loaded with axle sets passing an old warehouse complex.

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 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)

The Whittier Turn has arrived at its port city after a short run from Anchorage. The depot is the canopy to the right of 2002 and the GP38-2 is displaying red markers preparing for its return tri... (more)

Alaska Railroad's daily train (Glacier Discovery) from Anchorage to Whittier is about to make a station stop at Girdwood on June 27, 2005. The train's passenger car windows are hand washed every ... (more)

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

A pair of ARR geeps trundle slowly up the yard lead and across C Street on a winter afternoon in Alaska's largest city. They are leading a rare dedicated high-wide special train into town for del... (more)

A pair of ARR geeps arrive Anchorage and are about to diverge onto the yard lead at CP 1140. They are leading a rare dedicated high-wide special train into town for delivery to the Northstar Term... (more)

This is odd looking little mixed train is used for student training out on the isolated and little used Ft. Richardson classification yard. The twin geeps are used to practice switching with newl... (more)

This is odd looking little mixed train is used for student training out on the isolated and little used Ft. Richardson classification yard. The twin geeps are used to practice switching with newl... (more)

This is an odd looking little mixed train on a very obscure and rarely used piece of trackage. This train is deep in the hard to access Ft. Richardson Army garrison. Ft. Rich is a veritable maze... (more)

A rare (for the ARR) northbound Whittier to Anchorage high-wide special winds its way along the Turnagain Arm in a scene that could very easily be mistaken for June instead of February due to sout... (more)

A yard crew with a "geep sandwich" trundles slowly back north on the ARR mainline. They have a mixed consist of equipment from local industries off the APU Spur and the adjacent mainline. This l... (more)

Not what one generally thinks of when they think of the Alaska Railroad, the APU spur is one of my personal favorite photo locations. This obscure little branch leads one mile off the ARR mainlin... (more)