The history of the railroads in Alaska and extensive coverage of surviving operations on the Alaska RR and the White Pass and Yukon--plus why no railway was ever finished all the way from the "Lower 48" to Alaska. In the 35 years I sold rail travel worldwide I dealt with literally hundreds of calls wanting to "take the train to Alaska". Once there were more lines than today--but there never was one all the way. The program follows what does exist--including the Cascades Amtrak route, the British Columbia Ry, the "Skeena" line of VIA to Prince Rupert, the Alaska State Ferries to Skagway, the WP&Y to Carcross (and once to Whitehorse) and the ARR from Fairbanks to Seward. We also visit the long gone, but amazing Copper River & Northwestern--which actually ran across the face of a glacier and other abandoned Alaska lines.
