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Alaska

3 buyers · 13 tenders · checked 2026-10-08

One state-owned railroad buys all Alaska rail work: bridge replacements and a Whittier tunnel upgrade, with no open tender carrying a published value.

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13Tenders tracked

4Cities tracked

Live pipeline: $28.8m FRA grant for the Hurricane Gulch Bridge rehabilitation (project $36m); $29.0m programme budget for the Whittier Portage Tunnel and well cars (MARAD grant $20.4m); $33.39m FTA grant for the Eagle River Bridge 127.5 replacement; $22.29m FTA grant for track rehabilitation and commuter locomotive overhaul; $12.39m FTA grant for the Ship Creek Bridge 114.3 replacement; $10.38m FRA CRISI grant for positive train control; $8.20m FRA Federal-State Partnership grant for the Willow bridge; $20.71m, $12.22m, $9.04m, $8.55m and $5.73m FTA grants for track and bridge programmes; $34m MARAD grant for Port MacKenzie expansion including a rail spur (rail share not split)
Technology areas: Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control

Key figures

2026 capital budget$74.6 millionAlaska Railroad capital projects budgeted for 2026 per staff on 19 November 2025: $54.2 million FTA formula, $9.4 million FRA CRISI Special Transportation Circumstances and $11.0 million internal funds.

1 source · primary

● Alaska Railroad board book, 5 February 2026 · Board book with 19 November 2025 minutes (2026 capital funding statement) and 11 December 2025 special-meeting minutes adopting Resolutions 2025-32 (2026 Capital Budget) and 2025-33 (2026 Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan) (published 2026-02-05 · checked 2026-10-08)

Whittier tunnel project$29.0 millionProject budget (AFE No. 11475) for the Portage Tunnel upgrade and 30 container railcars at Whittier, of which a MARAD Port Infrastructure Development Program grant is $20.4 million; a programme budget, not a contract value.

1 source · primary

● Alaska Railroad board book, 5 June 2026 · Board book with 27 March 2026 minutes (Port MacKenzie rail extension pre-development resolution) and Resolutions 2026-09 and 2026-10 with AFE forms; Resolution 2026-10 and AFE 11475 (Whittier Portage Tunnel and well cars) are on the 5 June consent agenda. This is a packet, not signed minutes of 5 June (published 2026-06-05 · checked 2026-10-08)

Hurricane Gulch grant$28.8 millionFRA grant for the Hurricane Gulch Bridge rehabilitation at MP 284.2, a $36 million project with a railroad match, bids planned from August 2027.

2 sources · all primary

● Alaska Railroad release: Hurricane Gulch Bridge grant · Release of 19 August 2026 on the FRA grant for the Hurricane Gulch Bridge rehabilitation, with railroad match (tender carried in the market file) (published 2026-08-19 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad fact sheet: Bridge 284.2 Rehabilitation · Fact sheet of 26 August 2026: ARRC to solicit bids for construction beginning August 2027, construction from February 2028, complete by February 2030, $36m total (published 2026-08-26 · checked 2026-10-08)

State rail planDraft plan, reviewed by FRA from January 2017Alaska DOT&PF's State Rail Plan went to public comment, which closed on 10 March (year not stated), and its page, updated January 2017, says the plan was being sent to FRA; no funding figure is published.

2 sources · all primary

● Alaska State Rail Plan, DOT&PF · State rail plan page, updated January 2017: comment period on the draft closed 10 March 2016 and the plan was being sent to FRA for review; no funding figures (published 2017-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska State Rail Plan: Purpose and Plan Status · Plan scope is the state's role, not the Alaska Railroad's or White Pass & Yukon Route's own plans; goal of a recurring public capital investment programme; no dollar amounts (published 2016-04 · checked 2026-10-08)

Buyers

Buyer	Type	Tenders	Contracts awarded
Alaska Railroad Corporation	Freight railroad	12	2
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Other	1	0
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities	State DOT	0	0

Tenders

Tender	Buyer	Status	Value band	Next key date
Eagle River Bridge 127.5 Replacement	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$25–100m	Completion April 2025
Bridge Design and Replacement Programme 2023	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m
Ship Creek Bridge 114.3 Replacement	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m	Completion September 2025
System-wide Bridge Programme 2022	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m
System-wide Bridge Rehabilitation 2024	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m
MP 357.1 Track and Passenger Car Rehabilitation	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m
Track Rehabilitation and MP 357.1 Design	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m
Positive Train Control Vital Functions	Alaska Railroad	In execution	$5–25m
Port MacKenzie Multimodal Expansion	Mat-Su Borough	Planned	$25–100m
Whittier Portage Tunnel Upgrade and Well Cars	Alaska Railroad	Planned	$25–100m
Hurricane Gulch Bridge rehabilitation	Alaska Railroad	Planned	$25–100m
Willow Bridge 190.5 Replacement	Alaska Railroad	Planned	$5–25m
Track Rehabilitation and Commuter Locomotive Overhaul	Alaska Railroad	Planned	$5–25m

Cities

City	Network status	Networks
Anchorage	Alaska Railroad's Anchorage Depot and Ship Creek yard; the Coastal Classic train runs daily from the depot in summer. Bridge 114.3 over Ship Creek is being replaced and the Eagle River bridge at MP 127.5 is under construction just north of the city.
Whittier	Port and rail yard served by the Whittier Branch through two tunnels, one of them the 5,050-foot rail-only Portage Tunnel; the tunnel and a 30-car double-stack well-car purchase are the funded project.
Willow	Site of the main-line bridge at MP 190.5, to be replaced under an FRA Federal-State Partnership award signed in December 2025.
Seward	Southern end of the Alaska Railroad, with a summer Coastal Classic train and transfers to the cruise dock; the passenger and freight dock projects are marine works and are left out.

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Sources

● Alaska Railroad board book, 5 February 2026 · Board book with 19 November 2025 minutes (2026 capital funding statement) and 11 December 2025 special-meeting minutes adopting Resolutions 2025-32 (2026 Capital Budget) and 2025-33 (2026 Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan) (published 2026-02-05 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad board book, 5 June 2026 · Board book with 27 March 2026 minutes (Port MacKenzie rail extension pre-development resolution) and Resolutions 2026-09 and 2026-10 with AFE forms; Resolution 2026-10 and AFE 11475 (Whittier Portage Tunnel and well cars) are on the 5 June consent agenda. This is a packet, not signed minutes of 5 June (published 2026-06-05 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad board meetings · 2026 board and committee meeting calendar with links to agendas and board books; next regular board meeting 17 November 2026 (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad press releases · Press release index, 2022 to 2026, including the Seward dock and the Hurricane Gulch grant release (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad Corporation procurement · Supply Management Department page: solicitations, small business outreach, DBE programme (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad projects index · Project index: Anchorage, Ship Creek, Denali, Healy and Fairbanks projects with fact sheets; no capital programme total (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad release: Seward Passenger Dock replacement · Release of 9 April 2024: fixed-price purchase of a new Seward passenger dock and terminal from a developer, revenue-bond funded; freight dock expansion largely PIDP funded; cruise and marine, not rail (published 2024-04-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Railroad Active Solicitations · Active Solicitations read 8 October 2026: equipment rental, advertising services, overhaul kit, engine machining, brush clearing, paint and repair services and a freight railcar RFI; none states a value (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska State Rail Plan, DOT&PF · State rail plan page, updated January 2017: comment period on the draft closed 10 March 2016 and the plan was being sent to FRA for review; no funding figures (published 2017-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Alaska Governor's Office release: federal port grants for Alaska · Release of 22 April 2026 on seven Alaska awards from MARAD's Port Infrastructure Development Program: $34 million to the State of Alaska to expand Port MacKenzie with a cargo laydown area, rail spur and barge dock improvements; $20.4 million to the Alaska Railroad for the Whittier tunnel and railcars. The release does not mention a rail loop (published 2026-04-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
● Matanuska-Susitna Borough: Rail Extension Closed to Traffic · Borough notice of 22 August 2018: the 32-mile Port MacKenzie Rail Extension, including the Houston siding, embankment, bridges, culverts and right of way, is owned by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (published 2018-08-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award AK-2022-015 · FTA State of Good Repair grant to Alaska Railroad Corporation for system-wide bridge design, rehabilitation and replacement: federal 5,727,600, non-federal 1,431,900, signed 7 July 2022, performance to 30 September 2027 (published 2022-07-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award AK-2022-016 · FTA formula grant (CARES Act funds) to Alaska Railroad Corporation for track rehabilitation and MP 357.1 design: federal 20,707,711, signed 7 July 2022, performance to 31 March 2028 (published 2022-07-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award AK-2023-013 · FTA formula grant to Alaska Railroad Corporation for bridge design and replacement or rehabilitation: federal 12,216,000, signed 8 June 2023, performance to 31 March 2028 (published 2023-06-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award AK-2024-023 · FTA State of Good Repair grant to Alaska Railroad Corporation for system-wide bridge rehabilitation: federal 9,041,564, non-federal 2,260,393, signed 17 September 2024, performance to 31 May 2027 (published 2024-09-17 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award AK-2025-013 · FTA grant to Alaska Railroad Corporation for MP 357.1 track rehabilitation and culvert, passenger car rehabilitation and IT equipment: federal 8,550,319, non-federal 2,137,584, signed 29 April 2025 (published 2025-04-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
● USAspending award AK-2026-027 · FTA State of Good Repair grant to Alaska Railroad Corporation for vehicle preventive maintenance: federal 18,423,728, non-federal 4,605,933, signed 21 September 2026, performance to 30 March 2027 (published 2026-09-21 · checked 2026-10-08)

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