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The Alaska Railroad Aurora Route train ride is fun and relaxing, especially after a week of being on the go constantly. You may see wildlife, you’ll get to roll through the towns of Nenana ...
“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 ...
The Alaska Railroad is planning to run more passenger trains this summer than in 2020, but not as many as in recent, pre-pandemic years. The railroad announced its new schedule on Thursday.
The Alaska Railroad had to cancel this weekend’s trains between Anchorage and Seward because of avalanche danger. In May. Sure, the weather’s been crazy this year, ...
Alaska Railroad will mark the 90th anniversary of the famed serum run with expanded service between Anchorage and Fairbanks, part of the rail route involved in the historic journey.
The Alaska Railroad runs one train a day in each direction between Anchorage and Fairbanks, called the Denali Star, departing at 8:15 a.m. and arriving at 8 p.m., ...
PHOTO: Alaska Railroad turning the bend opening what may be America's most naturally beautiful state to passengers. (Courtesy of Alaska Railroad) Just last year Alaska Railroad (AR) celebrated its 91 ...
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 ...
An excavator and a bulldozer clear a path through snow on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, after a northbound Alaska Railroad freight train collided with avalanche debris between Girdwood and Portage early ...
The Alaska railroad is proposing to transport LNG from the Cook Inlet’s offshore natural gas fields to the Fairbanks region. To carry the fuel by train, the company would liquefy the gas in ...
The railroad was built to open what was then the Alaska territory to development. It connected Seward, a Pacific Ocean port city on the south-central coast, to Fairbanks, 470 miles (756 kilometers ...