FAIRBANKS -- In spring 1915, job-seekers and businessmen thronged to the Alaska Engineering Commission (AEC) camp at Ship Creek on Cook Inlet, eager to profit from the new railroad being built to Interior Alaska.

Demolition started Wednesday on an old building at the northwest corner of West Second Avenue and Christensen Drive by the industrial Ship Creek neighborhood, in a spot where luxury condos will go.

The Alaska Railroad resumed train service north of Talkeetna late Tuesday after crews repaired damage from flooding and an ice jam — just in time for the Wednesday start of the tourist season.

FAIRBANKS -- Alaska Railroad service remained shut down north of Talkeetna on Monday due to flooding from an ice jam on the Susitna River that pushed a 6- to 8-foot wall of ice onto the tracks.

Mark Cosson, from the Tanana Valley Railroad in Fairbanks Alaska, presents Ed Dickens, Senior Manager of Union Pacific Heritage Operations, a poster of Alaska Railroad SD70MAC 4014 and Tanana Valley Railroad Locomotive #1, to congratulate the Union Pacific on their recovery and restoration of Big Boy 4014. April 24th 2018.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Railroad says flooding and overflows of ice have interrupted train service north of Talkeetna.

A 7-foot "wall of ice" from a Susitna River ice jam slammed into Alaska Railroad tracks north of Talkeetna on Saturday, pushing the rails 25 feet off course, the railroad said Monday.

Flooding and ice overflow caused by ice jams on the Susitna River near Curry shut down Alaska Railroad train service north of Talkeetna on Saturday morning and is expected to last through Monday, a press release from the Alaska Railroad Corp. said.

An Alaska Railroad passenger train headed north was forced to turn around at Talkeetna Saturday morning, after extensive flooding along roughly three miles of nearby track caused by ice jams on the Susitna River.

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - The Alaska Railroad announced that flooding of the Susitna River had impacted some services north of Talkeetna Saturday morning and was expected to last through Monday.

Holland America Princess Tours HAP Alaska is repainting their fleet of cars to match. Cars are being painted in-state at Alaska Industrial Paint in the old CEA Power Plant on Ship Creek. Although a much more pleasing and simple design was provided by local management, This design was adopted by corporate after consulting their digital design and marketing team.

Photo 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus a screen capture for the HAP Facebook site

The month of May is an awkward time to travel in Alaska. That's because some of the most scenic vistas and popular getaways still are covered in snow.

A resolution before the Legislature attempts to put a stake in an ongoing disagreement between the Alaska Railroad Corporation and landowners next to its tracks.

Casey Durand sent us a photo and stated, "QAP gravel trains are running already." And so the season begins....

The Alaska Railroad used to ship some of its 45 passenger cars on barges to Seattle every year, then put them back on tracks for a long chug to the Midwest for repairs and paint jobs.

FAIRBANKS - Suntrana, near Healy, takes its name from an Athabascan word meaning “burning hills,” denoting the smoke rising from smoldering coal seams nearby.

The Alaska Railroad was back in the black in 2017 with a $22.4 million profit after 2016 saw its first net loss in more than 15 years.

Two longtime Alaska Railroad employees were recognized for their 50 years of service.

WASILLA -- The commuter rail task force met on March 30 to discuss logistics and planning for the pilot project and long term commuter rail options. 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Two Alaska Railroad (ARRC) employees mark 50-year work anniversaries in 2018, marking a century of service between them.