This story has got to be fake news or comics put in the wrong section .  The Alaska railroad is sinking big time in Alaska . Jobs are being lost as there isn't enough freight to be moved by train in our state.  Tourist dollars are limited to our short summers.  Connecting the rail lines  to Canada makes 100 times less sense than the gas line.  There doesn't need to be a study or contract for only expenses to see that.    Who in they're right mind would ship via train ?  Goods get here by boat in four days. Who knows how long the train would take . Then there's clearing the tracks during winter , maintaining hundreds of miles of tracks  ,  clearing freight through customs , and distance to help if a train derails or breaks down . Why not sign Murkowski up to revisit Hickel's water pipeline to California or a mission to Mar's as those make more sense.  It's insane to even consider a rail line when the state needs to cut every dime it can from the budget . Walkers lost his marbles, again.