His work there caught the eye of President Woodrow Wilson, who had plans for a new railroad for the Alaska territory. In his 1913 State of the Union address, Wilson touted the railroad as key to ...

Within Alaska, two railroads, the White Pass and Yukon Railroad and the Alaska Railroad ... until American soldiers built them during their work on the Alaska Highway in 1942.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that ... Nenana Mayor Joshua Verhagen said in a statement. Work on the nine-year railroad construction project began in 1914, linking the Pacific ...

Erin Kirkland In a city raised with the birth of its railroad system, it should come as no surprise that Anchorage's historic train depot marks the gateway to further Alaska adventures.