The Alaska Railroad was completed three decades before Alaska became a state. It stretches from Seward to Fairbanks, the northernmost passenger train station in North America. With its glass dome ...

Alaska Railroad spokesperson Meghan Clemens said the ATV was struck by a passenger train headed south from Healy to Whittier. She said the train crew reported no injuries, but there was minor ...

One particular highlight was my four-hour ride on the Alaska Railroad from Denali National Park to Fairbanks. For this trip, I splurged on a GoldStar premium-service class ticket for $202.

With popular national parks still searching for the answers to congestion, train travel is a practical solution—and a unique adventure.

The passenger trains only run in summer: the Fairbanks temperature drops to -50 in winter. ... Crossing Alaska by train was a great adventure, and I’m very glad I did it.

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad.

The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes up for auction Friday in New York as part of the Christie’s ...

It’s a Dall sheep!” the train tour guide exclaims as we swoop past a jagged cliffside dotted with fuzzy white creatures impressively balanced on their rocky perch. It's the second time we've been ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a ...