ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻomaka i ka laweʻana i nā kānaka. ʻAʻole,ʻo kēia mika 500 mile mai ka hao a me ka lāʻau i lilo i mea mahalo i ka hoʻolaʻaʻana o kekahi mau kānaka kālepa a me nā poʻe kālai'āina me kekahiʻoihana kālepa i hoʻomauʻia i kēia mau lā. Ponoʻo ia e lawe i nā waiwai mai kahi moku ai ke kai a me keʻano'āpono, ua kūkuluʻia ke alanui kaʻa i 101 mau makahiki ma mua o mucky Ship Creek, a lilo i poʻo o Anchorage .
ʻO ka laweʻana i nā poʻe maʻaneʻi a ma hope mai i ka makahiki 1923, i ka wā e hele ai nā alanui e pili ana i ka'āinaʻo Kenai a me Interior me nā meaʻeleʻele, nā mea lepo i hoʻopihaʻia i kaʻinoʻole. Me nāʻoihana i kū i kahi no ka ukana, ua hoʻohui houʻia nā mea kaʻa e nā hui a ua hoʻoholo ma kahi ala mile he 500 mile ma waena o Seward a me Fairbanks , me nā hananaʻano'ē aʻe e holo ana.
ʻO Alaska Railroadʻo kēia lā, he mau helehelena ke nānāʻoleʻia ma ka'āina āpauʻole i waiwai i nā holoholona hihiu. Me nā ala nuiʻekolu a me kahi o ka manawa, hiki i nā ohua ma luna o kahi kaʻahele kaʻahele ka mea iʻike i kahi hiʻohiʻona i ke ola i kahi lā lōʻihi o Alaska.
Nā Trains
Ināʻoe e hele i kahi huakaʻi hele lā a iʻole paha no ka pō pōʻeleʻele, alalahiʻo Alaska Railroad trains eʻike ai i ka moku'āina, aʻo nā ala nuiʻekolu e haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā i ke kauwela mai ka Anchorage Depot Anchorage ma mua o Avenue Avenue ma Ship Creek, kahi i hoʻomaka ai.
Holo ka Coastal Classic i kēlā kakahiaka i kēia kakahiaka i 6:45; i ka wā mua, heʻoiaʻiʻo, akā me ka hōkū o Midnight Sun i ka wā i hala aʻe nei,ʻaʻoleʻoe e hopohopo i kou heleʻana i ke keʻena i ka wā kakahiaka kakahiaka. I ka heleʻana i Seward, hiki i nā mea pā i ka lā i ka holoholoʻana o ka lā, ma Alaska SeaLife Center, aiʻole eʻimiʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ma mua o ka holoʻana i ke kaʻaahi i ka holaʻeono no ka hoʻiʻana; aiʻole, e moe i ka pō ma kahi o nā keʻena liʻiliʻi a me nā hokele ma ia wahi.
Ua haʻalele ka Denali Star Anchorage i ka 8:15 am no ka Fairbanks, a ua hoʻomaha ma Talkeetna a me Denal National Park ma ke alanui. Hele ka huakaʻi holo i 12 mau hora, akā me ka nui o nā mea hihiu a me nā holoholona hihiu, e like me Denali ka mauna, e mālama nei? Nā koho ma ka heleʻana a hiki i Talkeetna no kāu mau hana a laila e hopu i ke kaʻaahi i ka lā aʻe; noho ma Denali National Park a me ka hauʻoli i ka holo huakaʻiʻana, ka holoholo, a me ka hoʻomahaʻana ma kēia māla wao nahele; aiʻole e hele i ke ala a pau i Fairbanks kahi e loaʻa ai nā waiwai o Front Frontier i nā koho nui mai ka panning gula i kahi kahawaiʻauʻau. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e koho ai, e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa o nā kuʻomanaʻo i ka wā e kaulana ai kēia kemu.
ʻO ka hopena,ʻo ka Glacier Discovery train heʻimi likeʻole ia no ka holoʻana i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Whittier, a he mau manawa lawelawe kūpono no nā mea hiki ke loaʻa. Ua haʻalele kaʻaila i Anchorage ma 9:45 a hiki i Whittier i ka 12:05, he kūpono no ka hopuʻana i ka holoholo lā ma ke alanui. A laila, alakaʻi ke alakaʻi iā Spencer Whistle Stop, i hoʻohanaʻia e ka US Service Forest Service, e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā mea e hele ai no nā hola he nui o kaʻaeʻana i kaʻaeʻana, ka holoʻana, aiʻole ka kahawai. Ke hoʻi mai nei kahi kaʻaahi mai kahi hoʻokipa naniʻo 4view e hōʻiliʻili i nā mea a pau, a pau i Anchorage ma kahi o 7:30 pm
ʻO kaʻoihana kaʻa kūikawā nui loa i Alaska, aia ma luna o ke kaʻaʻo Hurricane Turn ,ʻo ka laina hope loa o ka hae hae i waihoʻia ma United States. ʻOiaiʻo "flagstop" i kēlā poʻe e lūlū nei i nā hae, nāʻaʻahu, a i nāʻaʻahu ma ka mea alakaʻi ke kū a hōʻiliʻili,ʻo ia kahi kekeke o kahi kaʻawale mamao. Ke hoʻi nei kekahi poʻe i nā kauwela,ʻo kekahi poʻe e holoholo ana a lawaiʻa paha no ka lā, aʻo kekahi poʻe e hoʻoulu i nā lā he nui i ka ululāʻau e hoʻomoana. ʻAʻohe wahi e like me ia, aʻaʻohe mea alakaʻi e like me ke alakaʻi kaua Warren Redfearn, he ala nui o ke ala i kapaʻiaʻo "All Aboard" no 20 mau makahiki.
Nā hana
ʻAʻole maopopo kahi ala e koho ai? Ke Alanui Alakaiʻo Alaska e hāʻawi aku i nā malihini me ka hoʻolaha o nā koho koho mai ka meaʻoluʻolu e hana. E ho'āʻo i hoʻokahi pō i waenakonu o ka moku'āinaʻo Denali, aiʻole he mīkini huakaʻi holo e nānā i nā bea.
Hiki paha ke nānā makaʻia ke koho moana i kāu papa kekeke. ʻO kahi holo moana paha? ʻO ka Alaka Railroad ka hopena o ka loaʻa a me ke kākauʻana i nā manaʻo likeʻole me kahi lawelawe mālama mālama manawa, a heʻoi aku ka miliona i ka manawa a me ka ikaika.
Pono eʻike
ʻO ka Alanui Alaska Railroad e hāʻawi ana iʻeluaʻano o ka heleʻana; Hana Class a me Goldstar Service . ʻO ka Class Classics he alaʻoluʻolu a maʻalahi eʻike ai i Alaska ma luna o ke kaʻaahi, me nā puka kiʻi, eʻai ai, a me ka komoʻana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa. Hiki ke hoʻopiha wikiwikiʻia ka kaʻa o ka hale kaʻa ma mua o kona hele muaʻana ma mua, akā ua hana ikaika nāʻoihana kaʻaahi no ka hoʻololi i nā mea kaʻa i hiki i nā mea a pau keʻike i nāʻaeto, ka moose, nā bea, a me nā mea hihiu'ē aʻe ma ke ala.
ʻO ka Goldstar Service kahi noho piha me nā windows windows, kahi waho e nānā pono ai i waho, nāʻawa inu inu, kahiʻai, a me ke alakaʻi e pane i kāu mau nīnau. Loaʻa i ka hiki ke loaʻa. E hele i kahi hoʻopihapiha: ʻOiaiʻoe e uku hou aku no ka Service Goldstar, pono ke kālā hou e hoʻonā i nā manaʻo a me ka lawelaweʻana.