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 ...

Alaska Railroad is enhancing its 2026 summer season offerings with a new Seward terminal, fresh travel packages like the 12-day 'Grande Alaska Tour' and updated routes including the Coastal Classic ...

The Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train is running now through mid-May, offering weekend journeys between Anchorage and Fairbanks with stops including Wasilla and Talkeetna. In February and March ...

View of the Alaska Railroad going around a mountain. If anyone tells you the only efficient, memorable train rides are in Europe, then they’ve never boarded the Alaska Railroad. With its main line ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 6—An Alaska Railroad train derailed north of Talkeetna early Friday morning with no injuries reported. Three crew members ...

An Alaska Railroad crew works on track repairs at rail milepost 71.5 near Girdwood on Jan. 20, 2023. An avalanche had hit the tracks overnight on Jan. 16, and a freight train hit the debris early on ...

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 reported ...

No one was injured when an Alaska Railroad freight train derailed early Tuesday after plowing into avalanche debris south of Girdwood. The Anchorage-bound train struck a large pile of debris that ...

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 ...