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Alaska Railroad highlights its role in legendary serum run 90 years ago
2015-01-28 20:15:09| Railroads - Topix.net
Alaska Railroad will mark the 90th anniversary of the famed serum run with expanded service between Anchorage and Fairbanks, part of the rail route involved in the historic journey. The idea is to offer visitors a chance to retrace the rail portion of the route on which life-saving diphtheria antitoxin was transported to the isolated western town of Nome, where an outbreak of the disease nine decades ago was killing children.
Alaska Railroad Releases Annual Print
2014-11-03 12:55:57| Railroads - Topix.net
On Saturday in Anchorage, the artist for this year's design, Dawn Gerety, signed copies of her work which is titled "Whittier Surprise". "I didn't realize it is such a collector's item, a majority of the people who have come through today are loyal and/or the Railroad, they have limited edition prints that were made, so people are coming in and requesting the same number that they've been collecting every year, so that's pretty fascinating to me, I didn't realize how much of a collector's item this is," said Dawn Gerety who is the Artist who designed this year's Alaska Railroad Print.
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Alaska Railroad
2014-10-05 09:06:03| Railroads - Topix.net
The Spencer Glacier Whistle Stop. Waiting at the Whistle Stop for the 4:30 pm train to Anchorage.
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The 2015 Alaska Railroad Print
2014-09-27 01:43:06| Railroads - Topix.net
The Alaska Railroad will release its 2015 annual poster/print at four public sale-and- signing events featuring artist Dawn Gerety who will sign the prints and posters. ANCHORAGE: Saturday, November 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Anchorage Historic Depot WHITTIER: Saturday, November 15, 10 a.m. to Noon, at the Alaska Marine Highway System Whittier Ferry Terminal GIRDWOOD: Saturday, November 15, 2 - 4 p.m., at the Girdwood Center for Visual Arts Entitled Whittier Surprise, the original artwork is an acrylic painting on a 48-by-60-inch canvas which depicts a passenger train moving toward this Prince William Sound gateway harbor town.
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Alaska Railroad Corp. reports revenue growth despite decline in petroleum, coal shipments
2014-09-08 23:15:53| Railroads - Topix.net
The Alaska Railroad Corp. is reporting revenue growth of more than 4 per cent in the last fiscal year, despite declines in petroleum and coal shipments. Railroad revenue rose 4.3 per cent between July 2013 and July 2014, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
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