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Work being done to prepare new Tanana River bridge site, massive amounts of rock needed

...near North Pole. The lead contractor is working with a Chinese seller to acquire steel needed for the bridge. Railroad spokesman Tim Sullivan said crews will use the rock to build rip rap along the river's edge. He said workers could start...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-08-08/work-being-done-prepare-new-tanana-rive
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Alaska Digest

...rock slide left the track impassable Tuesday morning. The first freight train went out around 4 p.m. Thursday, railroad spokesman Tim Thompson said. Passenger trains began running again Friday, he said. The closure, which could cost the railroad...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061205/sta_20050612008.shtml
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Southcentral gets brief respite from rain

...spokesman for the state transportation department. The Alaska Railroad resumed regular train service, but passengers should expect delays along the route as clean up crews cleared debris and culverts, said railroad spokesman Tim Thompson.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082206/sta_20060822020.shtml
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Contracts signed to ship Alaska coal to Korea

...Railroad and Hyundai Merchant Marine will allow 400,000 tons of coal to be sold annually to Seoul, said Pat Flynn, railroad spokesman. The shipments, cut off last September after Alaska lost ground to low-cost Pacific Rim producers, are set...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091903/bus_coal.shtml
Business
Juneau Empire Story Archive

...service currently offered between Portage and Whittier will cease when the tunnel opens to vehicles on June 7, railroad spokesman Scott Banks said. DOT officials have decided not to collect tunnel tolls until April 1, 2001, because tour operators...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031300/Loc_whitt.shtml
Alaska Digest

...by trains. In comparison, trains have killed only about 30 moose in Mat-Su this year, according to an Alaska Railroad spokesman. Biologists usually blame the high number of collisions with heavy snowfall which pushes moose to roadways in search...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032904/sta_akdigest_.shtml
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State Briefs

...projecting only modest growth in its freight revenues through 2007 after they quadrupled in the last few years. Railroad spokesman Patrick Flynn told the Alaska Journal of Commerce that the slide is "natural maturation after a sustained period...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010203/sta_briefs.shtml
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Alaska Railroad to straighten track

...capital projects, not including the $58.4 million in federal money it expects to receive this year, according to railroad spokesman Patrick Flynn. A new depot at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was completed late this fall at a cost...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010903/sta_railroad.shtml
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State projects win $112 million

...ranking minority member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped secure the latest funding, said Alaska Railroad spokesman Patrick Flynn. The watchdog group is critical of lawmakers quietly inserting federal funds for projects that aren't...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/020402/sta_money.shtml
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Healy coal mine says layoffs may be coming

...to Seward, where it is loaded onto ships bound for South Korea. The impact will not be felt right away, said railroad spokesman Pat Flynn said, because the summer construction season will offset the loss of Usibelli's shipments. Usibelli...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032502/bus_healey.shtml
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