HOUSTON, Alaska (KTUU) - The Port MacKenzie Rail Extension’s 32-mile embankment has been closed to travel, after numerous incidents of vandalism and thefts in the last month.

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - In an old warehouse in Wasilla, along the main line of the Alaska Railroad, dedicated volunteers are working to get a part of Alaska's history back on track.

Across the entire globe, there are precious few demonstrations of railroading more majestic, more challenging, and more memorable than the remarkable Alaska Railroad – and soon, the southern portion of this incomparable rail line will be coming to Train Simulator with the Alaska Railroad – Seward to Anchorage route!

Robert Krol sent us two photos of Brew 602's passenger car getting a new coat of paint and yellow stripe. (1, 2)

The nation's only coal-fired power plant currently under construction is being built at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a distinction that highlights the steep challenges facing the coal industry in Alaska and nationally — even as President Donald Trump fights to revive it.

Historic Alaska Railroad equipment for sale

• Refrigeration cars
• Speeders
• Numbers one cab

"The locomotive cab is from #6/1. It was replaced during the attempted overhaul years ago. The two reefers are just mechanical refers used by the fish processor in Whittier for storage." - Patrick Durand

So, word on the street here in PA is that some of the ex-Norfolk Southern equipment may be heading north to Alaska...I guess it has been confirmed that Holland America bought a couple of coaches off NS.

The Kenai Peninsula will get a few projects funded in the Legislature’s fiscal year 2018, the majority of which are in Seward.

WASILLA -- On Monday, the Engine 557 Restoration Co. received two $5,000 checks to help further the refurbishment of their World War II era steam engine.

Stubbs, Talkeetna’s honorary cat mayor beloved by Alaskans and tourists alike, has died at the age of 20 according to the animal’s owners.

No one was injured when a freight train crashed into an SUV in South Anchorage early Thursday, according to the Anchorage Police Department and the Alaska Railroad.