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Tour Companies Plan Changes for Interior Tourists
Channel 2 NewsTwo tour companies will transport visitors from Denali National Park to Fairbanks next year by bus instead of rail car. Princess Alaska Tours and Holland America say a two-hour bus ride instead of a four-hour Alaska Railroad trip will give tourists more...Tags: Netherlands, Tourism and Leisure, Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad Losing 54 Positions, Laying Off 29 Employees
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Railroad Corp. says it will have to lay off more than two dozen people and leave a similar number of positions unfilled, due to budget shortfalls that have forced it to restructure the organization. The move comes after what the railroad...Tags: Energy Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Appeals Court Clears The Way For Railroad Expansion
Channel 2 NewsThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals published Final Comment, denying the challenge made to the Federal Surface Transportation Board's approval of the Alaska Railroad Port MacKenzie extension. Three environmental groups, Alaska Survival, The Sierra Club,...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad Faces Projected $10M Revenue Drop
Channel 2 NewsNext year could be a bit leaner for the Alaska Railroad due to lower production of coal and refined fuel in the state's Interior. The railroad is anticipating significant decreases in next year's capital budget because of freight reductions. Flint...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral, Coal, Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad's Holiday Train Sold Out Saturday
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Railroad offered passengers a ride on the "Holiday Train" this past Saturday and tickets sold out. More than 300 passengers boarded the Holiday Train for a ride from Anchorage to Indian and back. This is the second year Alaska Railroad...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Holiday Vacations, Transportation, Holidays, Travel
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Alaska Railroad Curtails Idling Locomotives
Channel 2 NewsWith winter temperatures routinely below zero, it's common for motorists in Fairbanks to idle their vehicles to keep them warm. The Alaska Railroad has been doing it, too, keeping its locomotives running even when not in immediate use. But the...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad Locomotive Move Cuts Costs, Pollution
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Railroad says it is taking measures to help the Fairbanks North Star Borough improve its air quality. The railroad says it will now move inactive locomotives indoors during the winter, which will help cut down on unnecessary idling and reduce...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad Accepting Artwork Submissions for 2014 Print
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Railroad is soliciting artwork for its annual commemorative prints and posters. The last solicitation is 2010 produced submissions that the railroad used for the 2012 and 2013 prints and the railroad says multiple winners may be picked again....Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad Repairing Flood Damage: Costs Expected to be "Substantial"
Channel 2 NewsAlaska Railroad officials said Sunday night that track repair crews continue working day and night to repair a major washout that has left 500 feet of the mainline track dangling just south of Gold Creek, about 35 miles north of Talkeetna. Officials...Tags: Floods, Transportation, Travel
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Alaska Railroad: Damage, Lost Revenue, May Exceed $1M Due to Flooding
Dan JolingAn Alaska Railroad spokeswoman says washouts of track and lost revenue likely will cost the line more than $1 million. But Stephenie Wheeler says the state-owned railroad is progressing faster than projected repairing damaged track from a major...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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AK Railroad Freight Service Resumed, Damage nears $2M
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Railroad freight service between Anchorage and Fairbanks resumed Tuesday afternoon following the recent string of destructive Alaska flooding. Alaska Railroad officials said freight service resumed around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and weather-...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Governor Declares Disaster As Southcentral Flooding Continues
Channel 2 NewsTalkeetna officials called for evacuations in the face of major flooding Friday, the most serious crisis in a day that saw the city of Seward recovering from Thursday flooding, Matanuska River waters rising in Butte and Gov. Sean Parnell declaring a...Tags: Sean Parnell, Politics, Highway Transportation, Floods, Landforms
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