The ARR's annual Colony Christmas train has reached the end of the line in Palmer. After unloading nearly 400 passengers at the historic depot the train pulled a few car lengths north. This is j... (more)
The ARR's annual Colony Christmas train has arrived at its destination, the historic downtown Palmer depot which now serves as a community center and in which is set up the annual holiday market a... (more)
The ARR's annual Colony Christmas train is just minutes away from arriving at its destination, the historic downtown Palmer Depot. The train made the mile sprint from Anchorage to Matanuska in u... (more)
The one and only time each year this photo can be taken is when the annual Colony Christmas train traverses the otherwises outer mile of the ARR's Palmer Branch. After unloading the holiday revel... (more)
The ARR's annual Colony Christmas train creeps slowly north at 10 MPH on the ARR's Palmer Branch passing the Alaska State Fairgrounds. This annual train is the only time one can photograph a trai... (more)
An employee braves the -11 degree cold to open his window and offer a big friendly wave from the trailing unit on the ARR's annual Colony Christmas Train. The train is on the north leg of the wy... (more)
The temperature is -11 degrees as the ice fog hangs listlessly beneath the face of the mighty Chugach Mountains as the ARR's annual Colony Christmas train leaves the mainline at 150.5 for it's 6 m... (more)
The ARR's annual "Colony Christmas Train" is seen parked at the historic Palmer depot at the end of the 6 mile Palmer branch line. This train is the one and only time this trackage is used each y... (more)