• Freight Railroad Employees: 594
  • Freight Railroads: 1
  • Freight Rail Mileage: 506
  • Trucks off the Road: It would have taken 193,300 trucks to handle the freight that moved by rail in Alaska in 2023.

Freight Rail Traffic

Tons in millions.

Originated

  • Misc.: n/a tons, 25,500 cars
  • Intermodal: n/a tons, 23,100 cars
  • TOTAL: 3.5M tons, 48,500 cars

Terminated

  • Misc.: n/a tons, 25,500 cars
  • Intermodal: n/a tons, 23,100 cars
  • TOTAL: 3.5M tons, 48,500 cars

Freight Railroad Miles

Class I Railroads

  • None

Short Line Railroads

  • Alaska Railroad: 506
  • TOTAL: 506

Note: Data are for 2023 except for rail employment and truck equivalents, which are 2022. Total miles shown for the state exclude trackage rights, but miles shown for individual railroads include trackage rights. Some mileage and employment figures are estimates. Rail traffic figures are based on AAR analysis of industry data.