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The railroad was part of the US Department of the Interior. An Alaska Railroad passenger train rolling between Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks. The Alaska Railroad's first diesel locomotive entered service in 1944. The railroad retired its last steam locomotive in 1966. In 1958, land for the future Clear Air Force Station was ...
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC) [4] is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage. [1] The airport is named for Ted Stevens , who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
Council City and Solomon River Railroad; Golovin Bay Railroad; Nome Arctic Railway; Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company (White Pass and Yukon Route) Seward Peninsula Railway; Tanana Mines Railway; Tanana Valley Railroad; Valdez, Copper River and Tanana Railroad; Valdez-Yukon Railroad; Wild Goose Railroad; Yakutat and Southern Railway
Homer is the southernmost town on the contiguous Alaska highway system. It is also part of the Alaska Marine Highway (the Alaskan ferry system). The Homer Airport lies near the coast as well, with local air taxis and regular scheduled commercial flights to Anchorage. Homer erected its first traffic light in 2005. [30]
Alaska Railroad "Glacier Discovery" train. The Alaska Railroad runs from Seward through Anchorage, Denali, and Fairbanks to North Pole, with spurs to Whittier and Palmer (locally known as "The Railbelt"). Purchased by the State from the Federal Government in 1985, it is run as a state cooperation. [1]
Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.It runs from Homer northeast and east to Tok by way of Anchorage.It is one of two routes in Alaska to contain significant portions of freeway: the Seward Highway in south Anchorage and the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer.
Troopers received a report around 11:50 a.m. about a man attacked by a cow moose in Homer, according to an online statement. Medics as well as troopers from Anchor Point responded to the incident ...
Sterling Highway at mile 170 (km 274), descending a long, steep hill (locally known as "Baycrest Hill") towards Homer. The Sterling Highway is a 138-mile-long (222 km) state highway in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Alaska, leading from the Seward Highway at Tern Lake Junction, 90 miles (140 km) south of Anchorage, to Homer.