The Visitor Center at the White Pass & Yukon Route depot is a landmark to start exploring ... railway between Seward and Fairbanks. Before roads were built, the Alaska Railroad connected the two ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more ...

President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected inner Alaska to the coastal city of ...

Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago. (Christie's Images via AP) ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP ... Work on the nine-year railroad construction project began in 1914, linking the Pacific Ocean port city of Seward on the south-central coast to Fairbanks, 470 miles ...

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 and ...