ANCHORAGE - Artwork submissions are now being accepted by the Alaska Railroad Corp. for its annual commemorative program. Officials say the winning entry will be the basis for the railroad's 2016 official print.

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JUNEAU - The Alaska Railroad is applying to become the nation's first railroad system to ship natural gas by rail, a move that comes as the state looks for cheap ways to deliver the product to Fairbanks.

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WASILLA - The Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s hopes for $35 million from the state for a rail link between Port MacKenzie and the Parks Highway near Houston just hit the Alaska's multibillion-dollar deficit.

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JUNEAU -- A federally imposed deadline for an Alaska Railroad safety upgrade is butting up against the state’s dire fiscal circumstances, as legislators Monday signaled that they may not be able to supply the money the railroad says it needs to finish the project.

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JUNEAU -- In a step that could reshape the Fairbanks energy picture, a state agency has signed a letter of intent to purchase the small natural gas utility system there for $52.5 million, fueled by natural gas supplies that would be trucked or shipped by rail to the Interior city.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alaska Railroad is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the historic serum run, which began Jan. 26, 1925, and became the inspiration for the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Thirty years ago today, the federal government turned ownership of the Alaska Railroad over to the state.

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