Off the Rails in Alaska

Join me on a journey through my adventurous summer in Alaska – where work meets wilderness and every day is a wild ride!

  • Wednesday was a day off so we took the opportunity to take a coach bus tour to Portage Glacier. We took the People Mover city bus downtown to a company-owned hotel where the bus would depart. We settled into seats of our choosing, along with eight other people. Two of the people we recognized as… Read more

  • Tuesday we awaken early enough to shower and get some breakfast. I’m happy they have oatmeal I can eat. I enjoy this with butter, brown sugar and walnuts. I also have a few scrambled eggs and some hot coffee. The coffee is key to my day! We head back upstairs, strip our beds of linens… Read more

  • Accommodations

    I hesitated to write about the accommodations for employees. But it’s part of the experience. And it’s my opinion. So I’m going to touch on this briefly. The employee housing is past where the passenger’s disembark. After all the passenger’s have exited the train, we begin our cleaning and closing paperwork. We have roughly 30-40… Read more