ALASKA RAILROAD: All Aboard!

Seward to Fairbanks, Distance: 470 miles (756 kilometers)

Completed in 1923, the Alaska Railroad's main line extends northward from tidewater's edge in Seward, all the way to the Interior city of Fairbanks, totaling about 470 miles of track. Operating year-round passenger service between Anchorage and Fairbanks, the Alaska Railroad also offers service to Talkeetna, Denali, Seward, and Whittier during the summer. The Alaska Railroad is one of the last surviving 'flag stop' passenger rail lines in the US. This means some of its trains will stop where and whenever passengers want to get on or off!

Highlights:

• The Bartlett and Spencer glaciers near Seward. Here you can use the Whistle Stop service to check out the Spencer Glacier. Visitors and locals alike enjoy paddling and hiking in this area.
  
• Tunnels connecting Whittier to the road and rail system through the rugged Chugach Mountains to Whittier.
• Bore tides and belugas along beautiful Turnagain Arm.
• Anchorage, now Alaska's largest city, is the midway point between Seward and Fairbanks and began as a construction camp for the railroad in 1914.
• Talkeetna, the charming and quirky town that is the base of operations for climbing expeditions to Mount McKinley.
• Hurricane Gulch at Mile 248.
  
• Denali National Park, just before Fairbanks, is the destination of many rail travelers.
• Stop in Nenana, where President Warren G. Harding drove the golden spike to complete the railroad in 1923.
• Disembark in Fairbanks for endless adventure opportunities in Alaskas vast and sparsely populated north.

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