Day 4 (Sept. 11): Denali to Tallkeetna In the early afternoon you’ll continue south by rail to Talkeetna, which was formed in 1916 as a headquarters for the Alaska Railroad. Here, you'll settle ...

The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...

About 75% of Alaska’s 740,000 residents also live along that stretch, called the rail belt, which Clemens said is a testament to how instrumental the railroad has been to the economic ...

Can you travel from Miami to Alaska by train? This cross-country journey follows an epic rail adventure, starting from the southernmost train station in the U.S. and ending at the northernmost station ...

A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

Alaska would not become a state until 1959. Even today, there are few highways in the nation’s largest state; one of the busiest is along the same passenger and freight rail corridor from Seward to ...