A view of the head end of the Glacier Discovery train just north of the Grandview Whistle Stop. We are rolling north back to the Portage Depot.

The Glacier Discovery train departs Portage shoving back to Whittier to pick up passengers and then will depart Whittier for the trip up to Anchorage.

The Glacier Discovery train has came to a stop waiting for clearance through the tunnel at Whittier on its trip back to Anchorage Alaska.

The Glacier Discovery train slowly pulls to a stop waiting for clearance through the tunnel at Whittier on its trip back to Anchorage Alaska.

The Glacier Discovery train slowly pulls to a stop to allow passengers to detrain at the Portage Depot before departing for Whittier.

The Glacier Discovery train slowly pulls to a stop waiting for clearance through the tunnel at Whittier on its trip back to Anchorage Alaska.

A lot of material at the baggage car at the Spencer Whistle Stop. At this place many passengers leave the train for trekking, walking or riverrafting

The Glacier Discovery returns home to Anchorage after another day spent bouncing around between Whittier, Portage, and Grandview.

The daily Glacier Discovery is dwarfed by the massively majestic scenery of Bear Valley as it exits Portage Tunnel and over Placer Creek.

The Glacier Discovery is seen here crossing Twentymile River near Portage with ARR 3007 leading the way.

The daily Glacier Discovery runs south at Beluga Point with a rather short train. This was a busy morning with 8 trains passing in or out of Anchorage in just 5 hours, a welcome feeling of glutto... (more)

A special preseason run of the Glacier Discovery crosses Bird Creek on its southbound trek to Whittier.

An hour and thirteen minutes after leading the Glacier Discovery out of Portage Tunnel enroute to Whittier, ARR 3010 is on the tail end as the Discovery is headed back north through the Portage Tu... (more)

The Glacier Discovery arrives at the station Anchorage in the eveningsun. The white house on the left side is the stationbuilding. See also #413071

You see a locomotive, and I see a movie star. Runaway Train is one of my favorite movies, and not just because it starred four locomotives racing through the Alaska wilderness at high speed. Rid... (more)