• Alaska by railroad covers 470 miles traveling from Seward to Fairbanks.Denali/Mt. Mckinley image by Robert Ulph from Fotolia.com
  
  One of the best ways to explore the state of Alaska is by rail. In fact, there are so many railway tours available, you may have a difficult time choosing just one. Cities like Anchorage, Fairbanks or Seward will be your departure point. By rail you can travel through Alaska's rugged mountains, and past rarely seen glaciers and wilderness terrain. Tours like this can incorporate hundreds of miles of scenic beauty that you won't see from a car, plane, cruise ship or even on foot.
  
  

Rails NW

• Featuring a number of Alaskan rail tours, Rails NW provides both day trip and overnight tours. Some of the more popular rail trips offered includes the six-day, five-night Alaska's National Parks Tour, which travels through the backwoods of Denali National Park, around Spencer Glacier and along the Kenai Fjords.
  
  There is also the Denali Interior Tour that runs through additional out-of-the-way Denali wilderness to Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. This rail trip is also six days and five nights.
  
  

Alaska Tour and Travel

• Offering a nine-day, eight-night Alaska by rail tour, Alaska Tour and Travel will whisk you away through many parts of the state. This trip was specifically created for rail travel enthusiasts, traveling through hard-to-find interior regions of the state, but also past well-known points of interest like Denali National Park and the shores of the Kenai Fjords.
  
  Guides aboard this trip provide a great deal of information about Alaska's history and the impact of native culture. Book the Gold Star service on this rail trip and secure seats in the train's double-deck dome cars that feature 360-degree travel views in addition to an outdoor viewing platform.
  
  

Alaska Tours

• Alaska Tours provides a range of rail trips for all budgets and party sizes. Many of the trips are multiple days, with the shortest being three days and two nights and the longest 15 days and 14 nights. Alaska tours can combine methods of transportation and customize tours for you as well.
  
  If you'd like to travel by rail for part of your tour, then by cruise ship or car, Alaska Tours will create any specified itinerary. Tour price packages are available for double person occupancy, families and groups.
  
  

Alaska Denali Tours

• Providing specialized tours of the Denali National Park region, Alaska Denali Tours offers several types of day trips aboard its '50s-circa coach train. You'll enjoy stepping onto this modified tour train with its classic reclining seats, upper viewing dome area and dining car embellished with silver and crystal dinnerware.
  
  Alaska Denali Tours also provides historic presentations by revered train conductors and guides who have been riding these rails for decades. Cities you'll visit on these tours include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Seward, Whittier and Denali.