BUT IN 1973, JIM TOOK A PART TIME POSITION AT THE STRASBURG RAILROAD. YEAH. STARTED OUT JUST A JOB. NEVER ENDED TRAINS ... coast, to Fairbanks, 470 miles (756 kilometers) away in interior ...
President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to easily bring coal ...
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad ANCHORAGE, Alaska ...