The Alaska Railroad Corporation is a self-sustaining, full-service railroad serving ports and communities from the Gulf of Alaska to Fairbanks. Owned by the State of Alaska since 1985, the Railroad is overseen by a seven-member Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of Alaska. The Alaska Central Railway built the first railroad in Alaska starting in Seward and extending 50 miles north in 1903. On March 12, 1914, the U.S. Congress agrees to fund construction and operation of a railroad from Seward to Fairbanks at an estimated cost of $35 million. The line was completed in 1923. The branch line to Whitter began service in 1940 and currently uses the only shared car-rail tunnel in the United States to reach Whitter. Control of the railroad has shifted from the federal government to the State of Alaska. Currently, the Alaska Railroad operates 4 services during the summer and 2 during the winter. For more information, visit the Alaska Railroad's official website at www.alaskarailroad.com.
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 SD70MAC 4321 at Denali, August 16, 2004 |  GP40-2 3013 at Denali, August 16, 2004 |  ACF Dome Coach 501 at Denali, August 16, 2004 |
 Royal Celebrity Tours "Wildnerness Express" car RCIX 1002 at Denali, August 16, 2004 |  SD70MAC 4321 at Denali, August 20, 2004 |  GP40-2 3013 at Denali, August 20, 2004 |
 GP38-2 2002 at Girdwood, August 21, 2004 |  GP38-2 2002 at Spencer Glacier, August 21, 2004 |  RDC 711 at Portage, August 21, 2004 |
 GP40-2 3013 at the Airport Road crossing north of Seward, August 21, 2004 |  PS Dome Coach 502 at Seward, August 28, 2004 |  The Aurora (CRM 2000), the Alaska Railroad's Business Class car, at Seward, August 28, 2004 |
 GP40-2 3013 at Seward, August 28, 2004 |  GP40-2 3009 at Seward, August 28, 2004 |
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