Skagway Scenic Railway
We left Juneau that evening and by morning had docked in Skagway. Skagway is a small tourist-y Gold Rush town a little farther north.
We avoided the curio shops in town and immediately headed for the scenic railway. The railbed was an engineering marvel, winding its way up the steep side of the mountain, passing over trestles and through tunnels. We were told that one of the tunnels was the longest train tunnel in the U. S.
View from the railway
The train climbed the mountain all the way to the Canadian border and then returned to Skagway. It was a remarkable and somewhat harrowing trip.
