If you want to learn about the Alaskan gold rush by train, the 'Scenic Railway of the World' is the perfect place to start.

It's one of several journeys I've taken on this train, but the sight of the sheep never gets old. I also see—and learn—something new every time I ride along the Alaska Railroad, in large part ...

In 1950, the Pirano family embarked on a daring 4,500-mile drive from Cape Girardeau to Fairbanks, Alaska, enduring extreme ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, July 26. -- A Trans-Alaska-Siberian Railway Company has been organized, and a petition has been forwarded to Secretary Hitchcock for his approval of the route across Alaska.

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Fr ...

Seattle Fire first shared that crews were at the scene of a train vs. pedestrian collision at the intersection of Broad Street and Alaskan Way at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday. A few minutes later ...

Highlights of the four-day trip include a guided wildlife bus tour on the park's only road, an hourlong flightseeing tour over the Alaska Range and a train ride aboard the Alaska Railroad's iconic ...