Train travel is a big contrast to road tripping because you’re forced to just enjoy the ride and take it all in. When you’re on the Alaska Railroad Aurora Route, because it’s such a long ...

The Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train is running now through mid-May, offering weekend journeys between Anchorage and Fairbanks with stops including Wasilla and Talkeetna.In February and ...

This Is the No. 1 Winter Train in the U.S. — and It Goes Through a Forest, Gorgeous Rock Formations, and Passes by a Waterfall. Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Manitou Springs, Colorado, is a railway ...

On weekends between September and May, the Alaska Railroad runs the Aurora Winter Train from Anchorage to Fairbanks, a 12-hour journey with several stops punctuating the stark winter wilderness of ...

Aurora Winter Train (Anchorage to Fairbanks, Alaska) 5. The Aurora Winter Train has large picture windows from which to view the Alaskan landscape. The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Tickets on the Aurora Winter Train are $234 from the end of November to March 31, and $218 from September to late November and April 1 to May 7. ...

Winter landscapes can be truly gorgeous, especially when snow is cascading down and the icy ground shimmers in the light. But let’s be honest, it’s a lot easier to enjoy these scenic ...

Winter landscapes can be truly gorgeous, especially when snow is cascading down and the icy ground shimmers in the light. But let’s be honest, it’s a lot easier to enjoy these scenic ...

Winter landscapes can be truly gorgeous, especially when snow is cascading down and the icy ground shimmers in the light. But let’s be honest, it’s a lot easier to enjoy these scenic ...

Other U.S. train rides making JR Pass’s winter list include Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train and the Polar Express with Adirondack Railroad in Utica, New York.