All Aboard for a Scenic Train Ride. With scenic trains transporting passengers through stunning scenery, it is really the ...

The Alaska Railroad's Engine No. 1, a 1907 Davenport saddletank locomotive, is on display in front of the Anchorage train depot. Ray Bonnell sketch ...

The engine in the drawing is Alaska Railroad No. 557, a Consolidation-type steam locomotive. Consolidation is the U.S. designation for the locomotive’s wheel-configuration – 2-8-0 – with 2 ...

The Denali Star route is the Alaska Railroad’s flagship train originally created to transport tourists in and out of Denali National Park (back then, the park was just a budding tourist ...

The Alaska State Fair and Alaska Railroad will once again collaborate for the Alaska State Fair Train in 2025. The train will run the final weekend of the fair, Aug. 29-31. Two round trips will be ...

The Alaska Railroad route was technically completed more than a year before Harding’s visit, on Feb. 5, 1922. That day, rail was laid at Riley Creek, linking Seward to Fairbanks.

The Alaska Railroad’s yards are concentrated in the central part of the city, in low areas. “The health hazards of the particulate pollution are very real,” Hopkins said.

I also see—and learn—something new every time I ride along the Alaska Railroad, in large part thanks to the passionate commentary from the local guides on board. Their love for the great land ...