Alaska Ping.
which does not require the state-owned railroad corporation to fund the project.
doesn't seem to match this:
The two groups will draft a cost-sharing agreement.
And does "ability to use" the existing track mean that the new entity gets control, or is it just getting trackage rights?
Importantly, are those going to be closed trains with no stops in Canada, so passengers going either way won’t have to carry passports?
Seriously, flying from CONUS to Alaska and having to have a passport to do so is just dumb.
Do their Locos have head end power for the passenger cars?
I’m 65, so I’ll never see the first train make the journey. 75 years ago we built a highway that connected Alaska to the Lower 48 and we did it in eight months. Will it take eight decades to build the railroad?
Just think how much cheaper it will be to haul freight to AK?
Building materials, tools, machinery, everything would be cheaper to buy.