The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad that operates freight and passenger trains in the state of Alaska. The railroad's mainline runs between Seward on the southern coast and Fairbanks, near the center of the state. It passes through Anchorage and Denali National Park, to which 17% of visitors travel by train.
An Alaska Railroad passenger excursion train at Spencer Glacier.
A 1915 photograph of the railroad under construction.
An Alaska Railroad steam locomotive crossing the Tanana River on the ice at Nenana just prior to completion of the railroad in 1923.
An Alaska Railroad passenger train rolling between Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks.
Seward is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately 120 miles (190 km) by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.
Aerial view of Seward
Fourth Avenue, August 1907
caption reads "Ready for The Long Mush, Seward, Alaska" (click photo for further information) ca 1914
Port of Seward, 1940s