In Popular Culture
- The Alaska Railroad was prominently featured in the movie Runaway Train.
- The Simpson family rides the Alaska Railroad in The Simpsons Movie, although the colors and configuration of cars and engines are inaccurate. They also ride the train from Alaska to Seattle, Wash. which is not possible as there is no railroad link from Alaska to Canada and the southern 48 states.
- The railroad is mentioned in the 1995 film Balto.
- The railroad is briefly seen in the opening of the 2007 film Into the Wild.
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