Alaska State Troopers and Mat-Su EMS went to the railroad crossing on East Fireweed in Wasilla and boarded the Alaska Railroad train in response to a call from the crew that they had an unresponsive passenger in one of their cars on Saturday. The call-in from the Alaska Railroad crew called in at 2:44 pm on […]
APD is advising that both directions at the Dowling overpass are closed down as the Alaska Railroad police and APD conduct an investigation concerning a fatal pedestrian/train at that location. Drivers are asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes as the closure will last several hours as they conduct their investigation. They report […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker signed three bills into law Tuesday at ceremonies in Anchorage and Juneau. Those bills, HB 140, HB 56, and SB 63, were passed during the first session of the 29th Alaska Legislature. Representative Steve Thompson of Fairbanks sponsored HB 140, which allows the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue $37 million […]
Early Wednesday afternoon, a 15-passenger car train de-railed at Milepost 20, northeast of Skagway with 360 passengers aboard. The derailment occurred at 1:55 pm when the train, owned and operated by White Pass & Yukon Route, was on its way to Fraser. Of the fifteen cars, four derailed. Of those four only three contained passengers. […]