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Railroad officials say no injuries were reported in Wednesday's incident, which remains under investigation by railroad ...
One of the first grants is going to replace a 100-year-old railroad bridge on the route from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Brian Lindamood is the Alaska Railroad Corporation’s vice president of ...
The railroad thrives on tourism and maintains its infrastructure, but has largely ignored its most critical responsibility — ...
A resolution calling for federal funding for two extensions of the Alaska Railroad network is dead for this year after ...
The Alaska Railroad Corporation will receive a $17 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for the replacement of a key bridge near Fort Wainwright, according to a news release. The Chena ...
The “ambitious” single-span trestle bridge over the Tanana River closed the Alaska Railroad’s final gap, per the museum. Harding’s ceremonial contribution marked both the first time a U.S ...
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 ...
Harding hammered the spike at the Mears Memorial Bridge, which spans the Tanana River. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Alaska Railroad began as a private line in the early 1900s ...