The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes up for auction Friday in New York as part of the Christie’s ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

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.

About 75% of Alaska’s 740,000 residents also live along that stretch, called the rail belt, which Clemens said is a testament to how instrumental the railroad has been to the economic ...

About 75% of Alaska’s 740,000 residents also live along that stretch, called the rail belt, which Clemens said is a testament to how instrumental the railroad has been to the economic ...