The following

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s operate in the

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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 (ARR)

Heritage/scenic railroads

White Pass and Yukon Route 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 rai ...

(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 * Council City and Solomon River Railroad * Golovin Bay Railroad * Nome Arctic Railway * Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company (

) * Seward Peninsula Railway * Tanana Mines Railway * Tanana Valley Railroad * Valdez, Copper River and Tanana Railroad *

Valdez-Yukon Railroad Valdez-Yukon Railroad was an early 20th century railway in the U.S. state of Alaska, built subsequent to the Klondike Gold Rush. The Valdez-Yukon Railroad Company was organized in 1905 for the purpose of building a railroad from Valdez to Eagle C ...

* Wild Goose Railroad * Yakutat and Southern Railway

Industrial operations

* Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company * 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 Ketchikan Pulp Company was a pulp mill located on the north shore of Ward Cove, from Ketchikan, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Owned by Louisiana-Pacific, it operated between 1954 and 1997. It was the last pulp mill to operate in the state. Al ...

* 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)

Retrieved November 22, 2006. {{Alaska

Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...