After arriving from the south, it's time to add some passengers and change crews for this pull-pull cruise train before it heads north to McKinley. This train will come back south to Whittier and... (more)

The twice-a-week cruise train runs south through Elmendorf AFB and by some already-changing leaves with the Countdown Unit on the point. The following night, the temps dipped below freezing for t... (more)

Nearing the end of a long day of running around the state, the Countdown Unit starts the last leg of its day northbound toward Anchorage after a stop in Whittier.

ARR 4321 backs a Princess Cruises Train off the south leg of the wye in Portage after a brief visit to Whittier. In the background, Explorer Glacier hangs out in the Chugach Mountains.

After backing off the Whittier Division on the south leg of the wye, ARR 4323 is now on the point as it pulls through Portage on the mainline before stopping and backing onto the siding after a lo... (more)

After backing off the wye at Portage, ARR 4324 leads a Princess Cruises train north toward Anchorage. On Saturdays when the cruise trains are running, Portage seemingly generates trains out of th... (more)

ARR 3015 is at the end of a long day that took it and cruise ship passengers from Seward, north to McKinley, and then back south eventually ending up on the siding here at Portage. The Chugach Mo... (more)

Crew change time and another round of tourists load up in downtown Anchorage for a run north to McKinley. In addition to the usual named passenger trains that run on a daily basis during the summ... (more)

ARR 4320 leads a Princess Cruises passenger train south around the curve in Chugiak.

An Alaska Cruise Train has stopped at the junction with the Seward Subdivision and will continue North once the conductor lines the switch for the mainline. By the time the summer of 2011 comes ar... (more)

The Alaska Railroad and the Seward Highway parallel Turnagain Arm for more than a few miles south of Anchorage. I knew I had 3 passenger trains and a coal train headed my way so I hiked high above... (more)

Alaska Railroad's cruise team glides along the Turnagain Arm near Indian. Lots of amazing vista like this one in Alaaska.

The Princess Cruise Train waits for a meet with another passenger train as the morning fog burns off on what would become a very productive day of photography.

Deep in the Chugach Mountains on the ARR's remote "tunnel district" veteran Conductor Ron Miller can be seen getting ready to "line behind" to let his train, the regular daily southbound Coastal C... (more)

Anchorage bound Cruise Special north of Talkeetna, Alaska.