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Alaska Railroad Fact Sheet

PURCHASE PRICE (Jan. 5, 1985)

  • Paid to federal government: $ 22.3 million
  • Start-up costs & contributed capital: $ 11.9 million
  • Total Investment-State of Alaska: $ 34.2 million


ORGANIZATION (following State purchase)

  • Independent corporation owned by State of Alaska
  • Managed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the Governor
  • Mandated to be self-sustaining, responsible for all financial and legal obligations


FINANCIAL STATISTICS

  • Audited: (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2012)
  • Total Assets: $ 989.9 million
  • Total 2012 revenues: $ 189.7 million (145.4 million operating/real estate; $44.3 million grant)
  • Total 2012 expenses: $ 177.2 million
  • 2012 Net income: $ 12.5 million


OPERATING DATA

  • Miles of main line:467
  • Miles of branch line:54
  • Miles of yards and sidings: 135
  • Total miles of track: 656
  • Freight cars (owned & leased): 1,193* (*including 275+ tanker cars owned by Flint Hills) 
  • Passenger cars: 45
  • Locomotives: 51


OPERATING STATISTICS (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2012)

  • Passenger ridership: 415,490 passengers
  • Freight tonnage: 5.56 million tons


EMPLOYEES (April 2012)

  • Number of year-round employees: 614
  • Additional Seasonal employees: ~114
  • Average years of service: 11.4
  • Average age: 44
  • Male: 586
  • Female: 142


UNIONS

  • A majority of ARRC employees are members of five unions, including:
  • United Transportation Union (UTU): 155
  • Transportation Communication Union (TCU): 43
  • International Association of Teamsters: 54
  • American Federation of Government Employees (ARW): 293
  • American Train Dispatchers Department (ATDD): 9

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