If there’s one thing you must do on your first trip to Alaska, it’s take a ride on the magnificent Alaska Railroad. And the best part? You can hail it like a taxi. Who hails a locomotive like it’s a giant taxi? Turns out, quite a few people. What you might not know is that you’ll be waving down the Hurricane Turn Train, the country’s last true flagstop train. And when it stops to let you aboard, it’ll be doing exactly what it was designed to do.⁠ ⁠ If you can, spring for the glass-domed GoldStar Service. With the tracks stretching 470 miles on the main route from the port city of Seward to the inland ice castles of Fairbanks, a glass-topped train ride is an intimate way to get to know the interior of the dense and somewhat daunting 49th state. Link in bio for more.⁠ ⁠ 📸: Dean Ojala⁠ 📍: alaskarailroad⁠ ⁠ #alaska #alaskanrailroad #railroad #alaskatrip #traintoalaska #placestogo #alaskatrains #alaskaguide