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On July 15, 2023, the Alaska Railroad will celebrate its Centennial. However, it all began on March 12, 1914. On that day, the United States Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1914.
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It is one of the few private railroads to continue hosting passenger trains regularly with equipment adorned in a beautiful dark blue and yellow livery with "ALASKA" proudly flanking locomotives and cars. Tourism has blossomed into a significant aspect of the railroad's operations. With so many folks now flocking to see Alaska's incredible natural ...
The State of Alaska's rail heritage dates back to 1898 when the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad opened its 111-mile line between Skagway and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory (Canada). However, this narrow-gauge operation was largely local in nature to serve the booming Klondike Gold Rush of 1897. It later transitioned into handling copper, silver, and...
The project carried three stipulations; it could not extend further than 1,000 miles, connect at least one Pacific harbor with northern coal fields, and exceed $35 million. To accomplish the latter and reduce construction costs the Alaska Northern was purchased. The railroad was projected to extend a total of 473 miles with a branch extending north...
The southern segment (Anchorage-Turnagain Arm) was finished shortly after the Tanana Valley Railroad acquisition when the final rail was laid on September 17, 1918. From that point, forward, the task of linking Anchorage and Fairbanksbegan. After the purchase of the Tanana Valley Railroad it tookconstruction crews six years to link the two cities c...
By 1944 with the establishment of a second port at Whittier, the Alaska Railroad was all but complete and has changed little over the last 70+ years. The ARR became state owned in the 1980s whenPresident Ronald Reagan, in 1983, signed legislation transferringownership of the railroad to the State of Alaska. The transfer wasofficial on January 5th, ...
Dec 22, 2022 · Know before you go. From early May to mid-September, the Alaska Railroad operates three main train routes, each departing from Anchorage, including the Coastal Classic to Seward, the Glacier Discovery to Spencer Glacier, and the Denali Star to Fairbanks.
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Oct 11, 2023 · The history of the Alaska Railroad began in 1903 when the Alaska Central Railway completed its main line between Seward and 50 miles northward. It went bankrupt just four years later and was reorganized as the Alaska Northern Railway. The Alaska Northern extended the system to Kern Creek, 71 miles from Seward by 1910.
May 5, 2023 · One hundred years ago in 1923, President Warren G. Harding arrived in Nenana, about 60 miles south of Fairbanks in the heart of Alaska’s Interior, to drive the ceremonial golden spike into the last connecting stretch of new railroad track.
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