Commissioner Buttrey recently visited with Alaska Railroad officials to do a visual inspection of the proposed new rail line between Fairbanks and Delta Junction. He pauses for a photo with the “Spirit of Fairbanks” locomotive near North Pole, AK.

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Commissioner Buttrey stops along the Richardson Highway for a close visual inspection near where new rail lines will cross the Tanana River (shown in background). The Trans-Alaska oil pipeline is shown here at one of its many river crossings.

Commissioner Buttrey visits Delta Junction, which is the terminus of the “Alcan” Highway and the proposed terminus of the proposed new rail line.

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