The Federal Railroad Administration recently awarded a $735,000 grant to the Alaska Railroad Corp. (ARRC) to install and test its positive train-control (PTC) system on 68 locomotives. The final step ...
In response to declining freight in recent years and in search of new revenue, the Alaska Railroad Corp. is seeking bids for rentals of its locomotives. The railroad on Friday put out a request for ...
The Rasmuson Foundation will provide a $350,000 matching grant to support the mission of Engine 557 Restoration Co., a newly formed nonprofit organization charged with rehabilitating a historic steam ...
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks residents routinely idle their vehicles in the deep cold to keep them warm. The Alaska Railroad has been doing it, too, keeping its locomotives running outside even when not in ...
CORRY, Penn. — A steam locomotive made in Corry more than a century ago is on its way home from Alaska. A Climax A engine that chugged supplies to prospectors during a turn-of-the-20th-century Alaskan ...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — With fall and winter temperatures routinely below zero — a high temperature of minus-20 was forecast for Saturday — it is common for drivers in Fairbanks to idle their vehicles to ...