Barbara booked the luxe train to Denali. This means we were in the panoramic dome car with our own personal bar and a restaurant below -- with tablecloths and flowers. It is entirely possible to spend a week in Denali and never see Mt. McKinley. We saw it two hours into our seven-hour trip. Of course we trained through Wasilla. A fellow passenger got the news on his blackberry just as we pulled out of Wasilla. We were there as Sarah announced her resignation!
Most of the people on our train seemed to be Alaskans. The railway is interesting -- there are cars owned by different concessionaires. So the first cars are Alaskan Railroad, but subsequent cars are Holland America, and Princess Cruises. So if you come to AK on a cruise, and book the train, you may well be on a Princess or Holland train.
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