Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alaska Railroad was completed three decades before Alaska became a state. It stretches from Seward to Fairbanks, the ...

The Alaska Railroad’s daily summer routes wrap up this weekend, with the last day of daily service set for Sunday, Sept. 13.

Near Nenana, the train crosses the Tanana River on the Mears Memorial Bridge, a 700-foot span tied to one of the defining ...

The Alaska Railroad Winter Train runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Photo Credit: Kerry Tasker According to the Alaska Travel Industry Association, a record 3 million visitors flocked to Alaska for the ...

Alaska Railroad's new South to the Sea package travels from Anchorage to Seward on the Coastal Classic Train. Photo Credit: Glenn Aronwits The Alaska Railroad is expanding its traditional summer ...

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 system to ...

Next year, the Alaska Railroad Corp. (ARRC) will reach its 100th anniversary. On July 15, 1923, President Warren G. Harding drove in a golden spike in Nenana, Alaska, to commemorate the completion of ...

Known as the "backbone of the Last Frontier," the Alaska Railroad rolls its way from the coastal communities of Southern Alaska, 470 miles into the state's wilderness. This year, it's turning 100 ...