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!

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  • Dirty DEX

    After a couple days off, we catch the bus Friday morning at 9:45am. We will bus up to Denali, stay overnight and work the southbound train to the Whittier Port on Saturday. Sunday, we will take a 4:45am bus to the port where we will take passengers up to Denali. The route is called the… Read more

  • Majestic Beauty

    I finished my cleaning duties and paperwork. Then settled in for the afternoon trip. As the season is just beginning, my rail car was empty the rest of the day. Derek also had an empty rail car. As you can move from car to car, we met up and took some pictures and caught up… Read more

  • north to denali

    As the train continued on towards Denali, I couldn’t help but smile. I realized the feeling I was feeling. I felt like I had finally found where I belonged. Here I was with a rail car full of employees who (in my opinion) don’t fit the mold of society. We’re not desk people. Not 9-5… Read more