The following

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

Regional railroads

Alaska Railroad Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

(ARR)

Heritage/scenic railroads

* White Pass and Yukon Route (WPY)

Planned railroads

*'' Alaska-Alberta Railway''

Defunct railroads

* Alaska Anthracite Railroad * Alaska Anthracite Coal and Railway Company * Alaska Home Railroad * Alaska Northern Railway * Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Company * Catalla and Carbon Mountain Railway *

Copper River and Northwestern Railway The Copper River and Northwestern Railway (CR&NW) consisted of two rail lines, the Copper River line and the Northwestern line. Michael James Heney had secured the right-of-way up the Copper River in 1904. He started building the railway from Co ...

Council City and Solomon River Railroad Council City and Solomon River Railroad is an abandoned railroad in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name refers to Solomon River and the city of Council in the Nome Census Area. The railway operated from 1903 to 1907. The remains of the railroa ...

* Golovin Bay Railroad * Nome Arctic Railway *

Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U.S. Class III narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railr ...

( White Pass and Yukon Route) * Seward Peninsula Railway * Tanana Mines Railway *

Tanana Valley Railroad The Tanana Valley Railroad (TVRR) was a narrow gauge railroad that operated in the Tanana Valley of Alaska from 1905 to about 1917. A portion of the railroad later became part of the Alaska Railroad. History The TVRR was incorporated as the ...

* Valdez, Copper River and Tanana Railroad * Valdez-Yukon Railroad * Wild Goose Railroad *

Yakutat and Southern Railway The City and Borough of Yakutat (, ; Tlingit: ''Yaakwdáat''; russian: Якутат) is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and the name of a former city within it. The name in Tlingit is ''Yaakwdáat'' (meaning "the place where canoes r ...

Industrial operations

Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company The Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. had its offices in 25 Broad St., New York City, New York. It was the operating company for the Alaska Gold Mines Co. in Alaska. It worked the Alaska-Gastineau Mine/Perseverance Mine in the Silver Bow Basin, app ...

* Alaska-Juneau Gold Mine * Alaska Lumber and Pulp Company ( Alaska Pulp Corporation) * Apollo Consolidated Mining Company * Cliff Creek Coal Mine * Coal Creek Coal Company * Cook Inlet Coal Field Company * Katalla Coal Company * Ketchikan Pulp Company * Maine Northwestern Development Company * Rush and Brown Copper Mine * Treadwell Mines

References

* *RailsNorth.com (2005)
Rails to Riches
Retrieved January 5, 2006 *The Katalla and Controller Bay Alaska Project (2005)

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