Alaska has long crawled with visitors in the summer months. Now, more people are hopping aboard the Alaska Railroad for winter tourism here, too.

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FAIRBANKS - More than 4,000 soldiers - about 4 percent of the Fairbanks North Star Borough population — will leave Alaska next month for about a month of preparation and training in the Mojave Desert of Southern California.

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Excerpt from this award:

AK - GPS Precision Upgrade for PTC (Up to $2,530,618)
Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC)
- For this rural project, ARRC will procure a platform with software to improve the accuracy and functionality of the global positioning system (GPS) in ARRC’s locomotives and on-track equipment, and implement the vital functions for its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS).

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FAIRBANKS - Chickaloon is a small community just off the Glenn Highway, about 75 miles northeast of Anchorage.

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The railroad plans on resuming freight operations tonight. Both north and southbound trains will operate on a slow basis.

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The first Alaska Railroad trains should be back traveling between Anchorage and Fairbanks by Monday night following Friday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake that damaged the tracks running between Alaska’s largest cities.

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FAIRBANKS - Inspection of Alaska Railroad tracks and bridges has been completed.

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FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Railroad suspended all operations Friday amid "severe" earthquake damage at their Anchorage Operations Center and the unknown condition of tracks throughout the state.

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Earthquake damage to Alaska Railroad tracks north of Houston has stopped train service between Anchorage and Fairbanks as repair crews head to several other stretches of damaged track.

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Situated on the ‘Ring of Fire’, Alaska earthquakes are a fairly common occurrence.

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Damage from Friday’s 7.0 earthquake in Southcentral Alaska has rendered parts of the Alaska Railroad system north of Anchorage “impassable,” indefinitely shutting down train service between Anchorage and Fairbanks, an official said Saturday.

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In the 1940’s, while World War II wreaked havoc across the earth, protection of the home front brought numerous advances to Alaska’s infrastructure.

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Big changes are happening at a long-vacant building by the railroad tracks in downtown Anchorage near Ship Creek.

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The Alaska Railroad is revving up for winter service, increasing the number of trains for the fifth year in a row.

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Utility officials have signed a one-year agreement with Siemens Government Technologies to further investigate the company's plan to get more and cheaper natural gas to Interior Alaska.

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The Soldotna City Council voted to rename Kleeb Loop to Whistle Hill Loop.

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FAIRBANKS - A coal mining company is planning to sell land to residents who have subleased lots in a neighborhood southwest of Fairbanks.

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The City of Soldotna received a request from commercial property owner Mary Krull to rename Kleeb Loop to Whistle Hill Loop, back in September.

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The 2019 Alaska Railroad art print is based on an original oil painting by Alaskan artist Susan Watkins. Entitled "On Time for Dinner," this vibrant artwork depicts an Alaska Railroad passenger train moving beside a stretch of track between Portage and Seward,where a sow and her two cubs prepare to fish the salmon-rich stream. Print signing will be held in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
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FAIRBANKS -- Usibelli Coal Mine made a stunning financial contribution to the Fairbanks Children’s Museum, donating $75,000 for the construction of a climbing exhibit.