It's the second time we've been alerted of this majestic animal's presence along this leg of the Alaska Railroad, which I’ve explored for the past two days while traveling from Anchorage to ...

With the Kenai Range as a backdrop, a quartet of Alaska Railroad F7s runs along the Turnagain Arm with a Seward-Anchorage freight. Trains files Early last spring, it was time to plan a summer vacation ...

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and often include picturesque rides into Alaska's remote wilderness aboard the Alaska Railroad. Some tours also head north to Fairbanks and visit Kenai Fjords National Park or Wrangell-St.