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!

trains

  • 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

  • Ready for the Day!

    Shaking the crazy ride off, I pose for a quick pic before boarding my assigned train car for the day. Car #1054. We end up having a magical car, as we have exactly 54 passengers scheduled to ride our car #1054. I’m excited that I have the first car. The bar is in the front. Read more

  • Thursday morning we were up at 5:45am. It was raining lightly and had snowed a little in Anchorage. We arrived at the rail yard by 7:30am. Dressed in our uniforms, complete with name tags and black tie. Overnight bags packed. Ready to depart on the fam (familiarization) trip. We clocked in and went to our Read more