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Visiting Washington State by Train
Washington State is located on the Pacific north coast of the United State; it's bordered by British Columbia (Canada) in the North, by Idaho State on the East side, and by Oregon State in the South.
The state can be divided into 6 geographic land a [...] (Read Article)
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January 29 2012 -
Glaciers no obstacle for railroad along Copper River
Home of the trans-Alaska pipeline, Alaska has been the setting for a few epic engineering battles rendered against nature. The Million Dollar Bridge, spanning the lower Copper River, is a reminder of another improbable Alaska construction project. |
December 21 2011 -
BNSF freight train rolls through Red Eagle, Mont., east of West Glacier.
A recent gathering of the Salish Institute. Photo courtesy of the Salish Institute Fewer than 50 people are believed to speak Salish fluently on the Flathead Indian Reservation and most of them are in their 70s, leaving a deeply uncertain future for the language in Northwest Montana. |
December 13 2011 -
World-class scenic transport
New rolling stock (carriages) for South Island scenic rail journeys are as good as, or better than anything I have experienced anywhere else. They rival equipment used on Switzerland's premier scenic rail journeys, including the famed Zermatt to St Moritz Glacier Express. And, best of all, the new rail vehicles, classified AK, are New Zealand-designed and built. |
December 27 2011 -
The Record on the Road: Alaska
The gold in Alaska is in her beauty. Weather is beautiful in the first week of September . We panned for gold, saw glaciers up close and took the train to Denali to see the golden autumn. |
December 27 2011 -
Transportation Secretary Meeting With Aviation, Construction Communities
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is taking a train ride in Alaska on Tuesday. The Secretary will ride the Alaska Railroad to the Spencer Glacier from Anchorage, stop at Girdwood for a meeting about safety concerns on the Seward Highway, and then on to the whistle stop at the glacier. |
December 24 2011 -
Stimulus money goes to depot upgrades
Raising the 550-foot long platform at the Whitefish train depot by eight inches will make loading and unloading easier for people with disabilities. Additional work will be done at the West Glacier train station. |
December 18 2011 -
Getting Out: Traveling through Montana
Saint Mary Lake acts as a backdrop to a small trail in Glacier National Park in West Glacier, Montana. The trail follows the same path of Lewis and Clark. Photo by: Ron Erskine, Special to the Free Lance If you love getting out, you probably feel that the bigger and wilder the landscape the better. Imagine a state slightly smaller than California with the same population as the city of San Jose ... |
July 31 2011 -
Twilight of the Glaciers
AN hour or so up ahead, at the higher elevations along the trail that leads over Siyeh Pass, huckleberries were ripening. Even a dawdling day hiker like me knows that huckleberries can quickly mean grizzlies in Glacier National Park. I indulged a nervous tic and patted around for the loud red aerosol can on my belt, whose label reads Counter Assault. It's effective as a bear repellent, but even ... |
July 27 2011 -
60 Years Ago July 20, 1951
A car from California pulling a trailer on Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road lost full use of its brakes and hit and instantly killed a well-known roadside bear cub. |
July 03 2011 -
Some Are Skiing On Donner Summit, Auburn Ski Club Installs Glacier for Summer Skiing
Some are skiing. Get it? Sum…R…Skiing…Oh, never mind… This past winter; Auburn Ski Club, installed a large glacier on their property just south of I-80, on Donner Summit. The massive installation has allowed them to groom XC ski trails for their Nordic Teams all of June, with planned operations into July. “The late season storms [...] |
June 06 2011 -
All-Aboard for Unique Lodging Choices at the Izaak Walton Inn near Glacier National Park, Montana
Essex, Mont. June 6, 2011 Some of the coziest rooms at the Izaak Walton Inn and Resort just outside Glacier National Park in Essex, Montana, arent rooms at all, but refurbished train cars. Retired cabooses from rail lines like the Burlington Northern have been transformed into one-of-a-kind accommodations reminiscent of the early days of elegant sleeper-car rail travel, but with a Montana... |
May 29 2011 -
Glacier Peak's Bastian, White finish 6-7 in 1,600
TACOMA -- A year ago Glacier Peak's Jeff Bastian and Sean White made a decision after the Class 3A state track meet. The seniors decided they would train together, and though White didn't compete in the 2010 meet, they made the commitment to run together in 2011. |
May 20 2011 -
God’s Country (Part 2)
We boarded the Trans-Alpine train from Christchurch to Arthur's Pass to experience and admire New Zealand's Alpine scenery enroute to Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers, and we were afforded the sights of a lifetime. |
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