President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ...

Weather conditions in Southcentral Alaska have caused some travelers along Alaska’s railroad system to have to reschedule ...

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

The 24-karat spike was hammered by President Warren Harding in a 1923 ceremony, but it has been out of Alaska almost every ...

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...

I wasn’t necessarily looking to purchase a place listed on the National Register for Historic Places,” says Knight, “but when ...

The Alaska Railroad golden spike, which will go up for auction at Christie's in January 2025. (Photo provided by Christie's) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian ...

The Alaska Railroad is hosting a poster signing event Saturday and is seeking entries for its official 2026 commemorative ...

(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) In a previous commentary, I discussed the economic opportunities a robust commuter rail system would bring to Alaska. I stressed how Alaska already has much of ...

Alaska has 6,640 miles of coastline, glaciers, fjords and mountains to explore – and that’s before you’ve even considered ...