The train that struck and killed a 30-year-old Girdwood woman this week sounded horns and bells coming around a corner “but there was no time to stop,” said an Alaska Railroad spokeswoman.

Friends and family gathered this week to celebrate 30-year-old Kristal Lavender, the woman killed by a train near Bird Point this month after pulling her dog to safety.

An Alaska Railroad freight train is surrounded by snow after driving into an avalanche slide near Girdwood early on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Two locomotives were derailed, but no injuries were ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — No one was injured when an Alaska Railroad train derailed Tuesday near Girdwood after running into an avalanche field. Three crew members were aboard the freight train when ...