Big Country - Little Train
Ironically enough, this isn't a little train. This is, in point of fact, the Alaska Railroad's largest passenger train of the year. 16 cars are bracketed by three big SD70MACs with the annual Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage's Curry Ski train returning to Anchorage after a day of winter revelry in the roadless wilderness beside the Susitna River.
Looking down from the new Parks Hwy overpass at MP 206.25 south of Montana, Alaska the southbound train is dwarfed by the enormity that is Alaska.
Rising dramatically beyond the train 77 miles away...as the Raven flys....is Denali, The Great One...North America's highest peak at 20,310 ft.
I post this with a bit of a heavy heart as this year's ski train that should have run only five days ago was cancelled this year like so much in these uncertain times. But this image harkens to a happier day in the past and reminds us of joyous moments to come.
Montana, Alaska
March 11, 2017
Big Country - Little Train
Ironically enough, this isn't a little train. This is, in point of fact, the Alaska Railroad's largest passenger train of the year. 16 cars are bracketed by three big SD70MACs with the annual Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage's Curry Ski train returning to Anchorage after a day of winter revelry in the roadless wilderness beside the Susitna River.
Looking down from the new Parks Hwy overpass at MP 206.25 south of Montana, Alaska the southbound train is dwarfed by the enormity that is Alaska.
Rising dramatically beyond the train 77 miles away...as the Raven flys....is Denali, The Great One...North America's highest peak at 20,310 ft.
I post this with a bit of a heavy heart as this year's ski train that should have run only five days ago was cancelled this year like so much in these uncertain times. But this image harkens to a happier day in the past and reminds us of joyous moments to come.
Montana, Alaska
March 11, 2017