...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...
...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...
...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.
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
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