The man sitting across the aisle sipping a Bloody Mary in the observation car leaned over to his wife, who was lost in thought looking out the window, and summed up this trip in one perfect sentence.

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Every Saturday in December before Christmas, the Alaska Railroad ushers in the spirit of the season with round-trip rides from Anchorage to Indian on the Holiday Train.

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For the first time, the Alaska Railroad has partnered with the Talkeetna Bachelor Society to have attendees of the annual Bachelor Auction & Ball share a car in the Aurora Winter Train on the way to the auction in Talkeetna.

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WASHINGTON -- Alaska scored another win in the five-year transportation funding bill signed by President Barack Obama Friday, getting major funding for roads and bridges despite offering relatively little to the Highway Trust Fund that doles out cash to states. 

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ANCHORAGE - In a rare bipartisan showing, both Houses of Congress have come together to pass a federal transportation bill, with Alaska's congressional delegates hailing the final product as a big win for the future of the state.

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ANCHORAGE - A southbound freight train belonging to the Alaska Railroad was caught in a snow slide north of Talkeetna Wednesday morning, an Alaska Railroad official said.

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FAIRBANKS - Tesoro Corp. announced Monday that its Alaska affiliate will purchase some Flint Hills Resources assets in Fairbanks and Anchorage.

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FAIRBANKS - Three weeks ago, the Alaska Railroad Corporation got the green light from the feds to begin transporting liquefied natural gas by railcar, a reliable alternative to trucking gas to the Fairbanks area.

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Thank you for keeping your trust in this project, we have had a few bumps here and there, the biggest and most recent has been that the Alaska Railroad, after looking at the car stated that it was too fragile to move by rail. 10 months in, and we had to start the process of getting quotes all over. This may have been a good problem, because before I tried to get quote for the Railroad to move it, I got a quote from a trucking company to move it, and from Anchorage to Seattle alone was going to be $15,000. The other company I tried to get a quote from said straight up they couldn't (or wouldn't) do it.

Recently, however, I got a new quote to move it the entire distance from Anchorage, Ak., to Ramona, Cal. and some how the cost for the entire move, which includes a steamship/barge move from Alaska to Tacoma is going to be $10656.95. We are going to to look into it more, but if the car can be kept intact, it will be. Again, thanks for waiting this whole time to see little done, we will post more in a the next week or so on any updates.

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President Barack Obama signed H.R. 3819 the "Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015" on Oct. 29.

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WASHINGTON -- The nation's rail lines, including the state-owned Alaska Railroad, have been granted several years of reprieve from a costly train safety regulation thanks to a provision included in a short-term transportation funding bill Congress passed this week. 

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Do you remember your first train trip? Our family traveled cross-country by rail in the 1960s. It was a great adventure, starting at Union Station in Portland, Oregon. It wasn’t as glamorous as jet travel, but I stayed awake all the way to our first connection at Council Bluffs, Iowa. There were interesting people on board, a dining car and an ever-changing landscape outside. 

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ANCHORAGE - A piece of Alaska will soon be on its way to Washington, D.C., but there’s much to be done before the 2015 Capitol Christmas tree hits the road.

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FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Railroad Corp. has become the first railroad in the nation with permission to transport liquefied natural gas by rail.

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We Alaskans have a unique way to get into the backcountry, on our state-owned railroad or ferry system — two of the most fun forms of transportation around. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’ll celebrate how the train and ferries can get families out to adventures hiking, skiing, paddling, floating and exploring in some truly exotic places. We’ll learn about the opportunities, and how you can do it with your family.

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