🇺🇸$500 FIRST CLASS TRAIN Across Alaska | Alaska Railroad Denali Star Anchorage→Fairbanks

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  • @kugastravel5180
    @kugastravel5180  Рік тому +20

    Thanks for watching as always!
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    Your support will help me to continue and improve my video.🤝
    Please let me know what you think about this video - I appreciate your feedback and suggestions.

    • @Daneelro
      @Daneelro Рік тому +1

      Locations:
      01:00 Anchorage
      05:04 Elmendorf Siding (crossing Davis Hwy)
      06:30 3.1 km before Pittman Siding (near Jacobsen Lake)
      06:35 2.1 km past Pittman Siding
      07:11 0.6 km before the end of Houston Siding
      08:13 3.5 km past Kashwitna Siding
      08:32 6.1 km past Kashwitna Siding
      08:46 0.5 km past Montana Siding
      08:54 4.7 km past Kashwitna Siding (out of sequence!)
      09:11 3.4 km past Montana Siding (alongside a small arm of the Susitna River)
      09:21 1.8 km before Sunshine Siding
      09:31 Talkeetna
      11:19 0.2 km past Talkeetna Siding (Talkeetna River crossing)
      11:35 3.0 km before Chase Siding (alongside the Susitna River)
      13:04 3.7 km past Chulitna Siding (crossing Pass Creek)
      13:13 the end of Hurricane Siding (Mount Denali in the clouds)
      13:36 3.0 km past Hurricane Siding (Hurricane Gulch Bridge)
      13:58 3.2 km past Hurricane Siding
      14:14 Broad Pass Siding (train meet)
      14:52 2.1 km past Broad Pass Siding
      15:09 1.0 km past Windy Siding
      15:25 0.8 km past Windy Siding (out of sequence!)
      15:32 5.3 km past Windy Siding
      15:32 7.0 km past Windy Siding
      16:30 Denali
      17:25 0.7 km past Denali
      17:33 4.4 km past Denali
      17:47 5.0 km before Garner
      17:56 3.1 km before Garner
      18:03 2.9 km before Garner
      18:17 3.7 km before Garner (Parks Hwy bridge over Nenana River; out of sequence!)
      18:17 2.0 km before Garner
      18:34 2.1 km before Healy
      20:27 ~1 km past Usibelli
      20:35 Nenana
      21:13 just before Fairbanks Yard (crossing Noyles Slough; NOT the Mears Memorial Bridge!)
      21:29 Fairbanks Yard
      22:09 Fairbanks

    • @canuck9687
      @canuck9687 Рік тому

      Have you posted your Winnipeg to Churchill train trip yet? Well done….enjoying your videos 🇨🇦👍🏼

    • @frederickmoller
      @frederickmoller Рік тому

      @@canuck9687 he did, I just watched it.

    • @miguelvillagrancalderon6128
      @miguelvillagrancalderon6128 Рік тому

      You have to let us to see you.

  • @brendasays2324
    @brendasays2324 Рік тому +7

    That’s one thing we didn’t get to do when we lived out there in 1996-2004. I’m 35 now and have a daughter that loves trains. I need to get us up there and do some reminiscing and visit my old school friends. ❤❤❤

  • @DownieLive
    @DownieLive Рік тому +48

    I love this trip! We must have just passed each other, Kuga. I'm sure we'll meet one day...

    • @ocshaljufrian6109
      @ocshaljufrian6109 10 місяців тому

      Try it bro, you can ride the highest speed train for the first time in Southeast Asia. The highest speed is 350 kilometers per hour, the Indonesian fast train Jakarta - Bandung, the newest, most sophisticated in Southeast Asia, the first,.the way to the beautiful and comfortable and beautiful and cool and cool city of Bandung, thank you sis and bro..*,**

  • @andrewlisenby9693
    @andrewlisenby9693 Рік тому +4

    Kuga, In all the travel videos I have watched, you have been the only one to say thank you after you finished a meal. I like that you do this.

  • @CRVideos0877
    @CRVideos0877 Рік тому +6

    Wow, beautiful train!!! A very, very good video! Thanks for sharing - so I could also see those wonderful places! 💯

  • @tm752
    @tm752 Рік тому +7

    What a great trip you've had! As always, thanks for sharing!

  • @Nynke_K
    @Nynke_K Рік тому +5

    What a wonderful ride to see and hear. The overhead announcements were pure gold too!

  • @sneaks01
    @sneaks01 Рік тому +8

    Fantastic! Thank you for bringing us along!! 😊

  • @danielramsey1959
    @danielramsey1959 Рік тому +13

    I moved to Alaska in 1992 and have never ridden the train, now you can drive from Wasilla to Fairbanks in under 5 hours. I'm glad you liked the trip, usually we have better weather in June but this year it's been very cloudy with lots of rain. And now the snow is coming.

    • @interproservice
      @interproservice Рік тому +2

      Is it true that Alaska is very expensive?

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home Рік тому +1

      @@interproserviceIt’s about 30% above the national average. When I moved here in 79 it was worse, but the oilfield wages more than made up for it. The Mat-Su valley was mostly a bedroom community for slope workers and there was only 17,000 people in the Mat-Su then. Now there are about 120,000 in the borough. It’s nothing like when I moved here. The only way to really get away is to have an off-road place that people can’t drive to. We have one of those as do many people. Alaskans that have been here awhile don’t call a place remote if you can drive your car or truck to it.

  • @Lynn-sz9gp
    @Lynn-sz9gp Рік тому +5

    Thank you for the beautiful ride on the train in Alaska. I love Alaska, I was born in California and still live here in the foothills. I watch the video's of Home Free Alaska and Simple Living Alaska. Great content on them. Hope you enjoyed your stay there.

  • @lialiolkristi
    @lialiolkristi Рік тому +6

    The balcony on this train is the point. LOVE IT! As usual, the humorous parts of the trip: 70 years old man looks happy during this trip 😆 and I thought the dinner reminds me with cereal 😁 SUPER THANKS, KUGA-SAN!

  • @hotelvasthorizon
    @hotelvasthorizon Рік тому +7

    So glad you got to ride the Alaska Railroad. Alaska is such a beautiful place. I was lucky to ride this train when I was a teenager. I loved it when the two trains passed each other and the passengers were waving and cheering 😄

  • @dougmate2378
    @dougmate2378 Рік тому +8

    The train ride to Whittier is nice also. I used to live up there. If you get a chance, go to seven glaciers restaurant, humpy's, mooses tooth in Anchorage

    • @WilliamMurphy-uv9pm
      @WilliamMurphy-uv9pm Рік тому +1

      The train ride to Whittier now goes all the way to Seward. Times and things do change.

  • @JillHogarth
    @JillHogarth Рік тому +4

    Thankyou for your videos, you have convinced my husband and I to travel to Japan. Our son is going early next month. We really enjoy your work❤

  • @paracog
    @paracog Рік тому +6

    What a great trip, and, as always, very well filmed and edited. Thank you!

  • @randall8379
    @randall8379 Рік тому +3

    I rode this some years ago. I don't remember that it was so long a trip, however. I was impressed with the dining-car when I travelled. Elegant. Still seems good. The train to Seward is more scenic but when I rode it there was no dining-car.

  • @jcbaily5559
    @jcbaily5559 Рік тому +3

    My oh my has the Alaska Railroad changed! Bigger, more modern railroad cars, prepared meals but they still stop for those Alaskans still living in the "bush." When I lived in Anchorage, Mt. Denali was known at Mt. McKinley. June 21, 22,and 23 are normally the shortest days of the year where there is actually no darkness, only what is known as Twilight

  • @hunterl6684
    @hunterl6684 Рік тому +6

    What a beautiful train ride!!!

  • @edwardkwek1965
    @edwardkwek1965 Рік тому +2

    I always thot Kuga is a young man on an adventure!!!...... Happy 70, me too! 😂😂😂

  • @gror7849
    @gror7849 Рік тому +7

    Welcome to North America Kuga! This was a great video.
    Are you going to take the Vancouver to Toronto one as well? That would be a treat for me (I live in Toronto) .. one day I will do it!!
    PS: Yes America = Burger! And I say this with the utmost respect for the craftmanship of my neighbors skills in preparing this dish!! A good burger is all you need sometimes!

  • @kevincaldwell4707
    @kevincaldwell4707 Рік тому +12

    I get that you like to travel and go on train trips in many parts of the world but from watching your channel I can honestly say that when I've seen your videos of Japanese trains that they are way superior to the rest of the world.

    • @kaiohshin2322
      @kaiohshin2322 Рік тому +7

      There are two countries where public transport is simply top notch; Switzerland and Japan.
      Ive been all around Europe, and nothing compared to the punctuality and cleanliness of the Swiss there.

    • @josephreed5155
      @josephreed5155 11 місяців тому +2

      In the US starting around 1950 automobiles led to an end to long train rides. Development of modern intercity rail trnsport is just begining to return.

  • @dsdonovan
    @dsdonovan Рік тому +8

    Another great adventure: Kuga - how do you stay so thing with all the food you eat???

  • @ИринаОрлова-о9ъ
    @ИринаОрлова-о9ъ Рік тому +7

    Замечательное путешествие!!!

  • @daspump
    @daspump Рік тому +3

    What an AWESOME trip! Thank you for putting this together, think it's one of your best.

  • @cphilips502
    @cphilips502 Рік тому +4

    Loved this trip - there is something enormously appealing about Alaska, and would love to go there one day. You really sold the train journey, despite the cost, it did seem worth it. I would love to be one of those people who flag down the train as well, what a wonderful life style!

  • @valsquyres
    @valsquyres Рік тому +2

    You have such young hands for someone my age! Thanks for the video.

  • @MT-qu2tg
    @MT-qu2tg Рік тому +1

    I am glad you enjoyed Alaska. On my trip to Alaska I went to Juneau.

  • @gregorysims3697
    @gregorysims3697 Рік тому +1

    I did this trip twenty years ago. The train car was provided by Holland America, and very similar to yours. I had several overnights in Fairbanks, Denali and Anchorage. In Fairbanks I especially enjoyed the river cruise and a visit to the home of about 20 huskies. At Denali there was a four hour bus ride deep into the park. And from Anchorage there was a cruise of the Kenai Fjords National Park (my favorite). Alaska is a spectacular place, and a great way to see it is from the train.

  • @andrea6421
    @andrea6421 Рік тому +3

    Wow! You really get around on your travels Kuga! I’m impressed! Great video 😊

  • @groovyroses
    @groovyroses Рік тому +1

    that so fun to watch and reminded me of my Aunt and her friend going to Alaska via the Alaskan Highway and I have relatives that live in Alaska. That smoke salmon chowder looks very yummy. Thanks again for sharing your adventures with us.

  • @dallinlewis6713
    @dallinlewis6713 2 місяці тому

    As a Gold Star passenger, you also have access to the adventure class cars as well. You just can’t access the last 2 cars. Those are operated by a different company

  • @AvarageAlaskan123
    @AvarageAlaskan123 5 місяців тому

    I’ve been on a first class Alaska train and I can tell you it’s pretty nice

  • @menalicheuser8499
    @menalicheuser8499 10 місяців тому

    OMG..I THINK I WAS IN ALASKA! GREAT JOB! WONDERFUL! MERVEUILLESE! I LIKE TRAINS SO MUCH! THANKS FOR FILMING AND SHARING WITH US...BIIIIG LIKEEE!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @gabi1342ful
    @gabi1342ful Рік тому +2

    Hi Kuga, I discovered your UA-cam channel by chance today. Thanks for this great video, for filming and editing. It's a beautiful journey, the nature is stunning and it's an adventure to imagine how this railway line was built 100 years ago. Gabi (Germany)

    • @kugastravel5180
      @kugastravel5180  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for watching!
      Don't forget to subscribe to my channel!🤝

  • @ohnoflicks
    @ohnoflicks 9 місяців тому

    A few years ago on American TV there was a program (series) about this flag stop train and how the people who lived along the line utilized it. If I ever find episodes on UA-cam I will be sure to let you know. It was a very good program.

  • @tmadanmenon
    @tmadanmenon Рік тому +1

    Beautiful train journey through the Alaskan wilderness so exclusive. Great to know that the rail-section has 'Flag-stop' system to facilitate people living in remote hamlets that are in really inhospitable regions to board even this sort of luxury trains ! Class video! Thanks...best wishes!

  • @SandyBleach
    @SandyBleach Рік тому +4

    22:42 interesting that the sign included Japanese but no other foreign languages as far as we could see. Is Fairbanks a popular destination for Japanese tourists?

  • @pamelagordon869
    @pamelagordon869 Рік тому +3

    Yes can't wait to see what you have been upto kuga ❤❤❤

  • @huntmaverik1
    @huntmaverik1 Рік тому +1

    Just been on this from Ancourage to seaword . 5 hours of paradise

  • @paullenoue8173
    @paullenoue8173 Рік тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @gizmogal89
    @gizmogal89 Рік тому +9

    A wonderful journey! I have a friend who is an Alaskan native, and her ancestral homeland is so remote! I was shocked to hear that many places are only accessed by small plane. Trains and large cargo ships are the only way many goods access the state. This train looks scenic, but I wonder if you saw freight trains on the tracks along the way too?

  • @Michael-iw3ek
    @Michael-iw3ek 11 місяців тому +3

    Love the open air thing. Btw did you know there are trains in Mexico and, surprisingly, Bolivia?

  • @58GoldenTiger
    @58GoldenTiger Рік тому +1

    As always, I really liked your video as with all the others you have done! Wonderful! ❤❤

  • @livingwithjoy89
    @livingwithjoy89 Рік тому +4

    What a stunning journey.

  • @senormofeta6726
    @senormofeta6726 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for another wonderful journey

  • @charleshamilton9274
    @charleshamilton9274 Рік тому +5

    This was one of your bests posts ever! 👍 Were the seats in Gold Class assigned? I live in the US but in a state which has very little water. (It’s a big worry, trust me.) Anyway, all those trees, the rivers, the green. Wow! 🇺🇸

  • @larkspin
    @larkspin 7 місяців тому

    Those windows on your car are fantastic!

  • @girlygirl2969
    @girlygirl2969 Рік тому +3

    WE LOVE YOU TOO, KUGA!!

  • @Tbpker22
    @Tbpker22 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful video of an amazing train journey - thank you very much, Kuga!

  • @mollystingley4338
    @mollystingley4338 11 місяців тому +1

    You should take the Rocky Mountaineer train journey. The one that you took from New York to Chicago sucked. We only have a couple of trains left but we would love for you to come to Texas! Really enjoy your trips. Thank you

  • @Adam_Gray
    @Adam_Gray 10 місяців тому +1

    This adventure has been added to my bucket list ⭐

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 Рік тому +3

    What a great trip, finally you visited Alaska. I'm curious, between Seattle and Anchorage, is there any video? Yeah the wilderness is suitable for everyone who want to escape from daily routine.

  • @bobbiegentilquore9496
    @bobbiegentilquore9496 Рік тому

    Beautiful scenery in an average of less looking train. Food😅looked blah, but glad cod was good. Ty for the trip

  • @r.h.brothers74
    @r.h.brothers74 Рік тому +2

    Wonderful ride.. We also enjoyed the trip 😊

  • @winkpinky1445
    @winkpinky1445 Рік тому +2

    I really enjoyed this trip to Alaska with you. The room was ok. The food was good and the air nice and clean with plenty of views of Mt. Denali and the wild outdoors. I’m glad you enjoyed it. So where do we go next? lol 😂

  • @MT-qu2tg
    @MT-qu2tg Рік тому

    Glad you enjoyed Alaska. I was there a long time ago and it was beautiful. I was in Juneau.

  • @eyenpersu5248
    @eyenpersu5248 Рік тому +3

    Yes, those colours are VERY NS worthy hahaha. NS has a slightly lighter shade of blue though. (there are other train companies in the Netherlands, but they're not as widespread)

    • @Nynke_K
      @Nynke_K Рік тому +2

      I was going to say the same thing about the blue! But I feel like in old pictures it often looked darker than it does now

    • @eyenpersu5248
      @eyenpersu5248 Рік тому +2

      @@Nynke_K Huh. I've actually seen a lot of pictures where it was an even lighter blue. But I'm only 30 hahaha. So it might have been darker before that XD

  • @Trebuchet48
    @Trebuchet48 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the video! But I find it hard to believe you are 70 years old.
    That seems very expensive for a one day trip, even with food included. But it's a once in a lifetime experience, especially for someone from Japan, so worth it.
    The use of several different styles of rail cars is interesting, especially the 1950's vintage dome cars. As old as Kuga-san!
    No bus service from the station to town, however, is inexcusable.

    • @johnm1066
      @johnm1066 Рік тому +2

      Agreed. When I arrived in Fairbanks on the train in 1992 an employee at the station gave me a lift to a hostel in town. That's Alaska.

    • @fixpacifica
      @fixpacifica Рік тому +2

      It looks like there's a bus stop for the public bus system about a 10 minute walk away. But it seems like it would be so easy to have a city bus meet people at the train station when the train comes in and then then do a loop around the various hotels in town. Fairbanks isn't that big, so it wouldn't be hard to do.

  • @minikin5569
    @minikin5569 Рік тому

    Thank You, great video. Alaska is very beautiful.

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica Рік тому +8

    I used to live in Fairbanks and always drove between Fairbanks and Anchorage, so never took the train. I was shocked to see how expensive it was.

  • @magpismith
    @magpismith Рік тому +1

    This was a delight, and I am inspired!

  • @jcbaily5559
    @jcbaily5559 Рік тому

    Part 2....December 21, 22, and 23 being the shortest days for sunlight usually only between 4 1/2 and 5 hours of daylight. You really never get used to the days changing so! I hope you had a good time while you were there. I am hoping to get back before much longer for a visit. Take care.

  • @mikeburton6974
    @mikeburton6974 Рік тому

    I hope you get well soon!! Love your channel!! I think you can’t go wrong with teeshirts , I’m a 3X BTW

  • @DawnLogan614
    @DawnLogan614 Рік тому +1

    I love your channel. I hope to ride some trains in Japan one day. Welcome to the US.

  • @pamelagordon869
    @pamelagordon869 Рік тому +46

    I've just heard kuga say he was 70 if you ask me he looks fantastic for that age I thought he was only in his 30s ❤❤

    • @lindawheeler3242
      @lindawheeler3242 Рік тому +7

      I'm new to this channel and have seen his full profile only a couple of times. I thought he was in his early 20's at the most!

    • @pamelagordon869
      @pamelagordon869 Рік тому

      Me to Linda I was only guessing

    • @comdnoive
      @comdnoive Рік тому +4

      Wait no way 😮

    • @Nynke_K
      @Nynke_K Рік тому +16

      Definitely a joke, even Kuga-san's hands look young 😆

    • @areareare9953
      @areareare9953 Рік тому +5

      He's only eaten as much as a 70 year old. That was his stomach saying that.

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 Рік тому +1

    The Alaskan Railroad used to have an overnight sleeper train called The Midnight Sun.

  • @SUBARCTICPSYCHO
    @SUBARCTICPSYCHO Рік тому +2

    Thank you Kuga, very cool!

  • @anatoliy3323
    @anatoliy3323 Рік тому

    Awesome! I like so much train traveling and I admire Alaska. Thanks a lot for your nice video, Mr Kuga

  • @natalialekanoff2978
    @natalialekanoff2978 9 місяців тому

    Nice! Thank you for sharing! 😊

  • @elmarberktold852
    @elmarberktold852 Рік тому +1

    Thank you very much for this great video! 🤩

  • @areareare9953
    @areareare9953 Рік тому +2

    3:38 Hah! University of Fairbanks dude heading home from a presentation!!! I know those posters anywhere.

  • @thsudy
    @thsudy Рік тому +3

    Hopefully you can visit Mexico’s Mayan train when it’s available

  • @anjummirza1452
    @anjummirza1452 Рік тому

    Excellent train journey...

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 Рік тому +1

    Are these the same doubl deckcrs used on the "Rocky Mountaineer"?

  • @dagmarmentzing2481
    @dagmarmentzing2481 11 місяців тому

    I enjoy a lot your trips!!!

  • @wadewilson6628
    @wadewilson6628 6 місяців тому

    I've lived in Alaska my whole life (41 years), and I've never been on that train. 😂

  • @mholtebeck
    @mholtebeck Рік тому

    You were literally a week behind me. I did this trip on July 12.

  • @theresefreeland3762
    @theresefreeland3762 Рік тому

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @johnhawks5035
    @johnhawks5035 Рік тому

    lovely video. thank you.

  • @martine2al
    @martine2al 10 місяців тому

    Sorry you didn't catch the moment of the famous flag post pickup/drop off. And the winter snow scenery is even more spectacular!

  • @syednooruddin3992
    @syednooruddin3992 Рік тому

    Sir you simply Awesome ❤❤❤

  • @Bigsmegma44
    @Bigsmegma44 5 місяців тому

    Great video!
    I’m curious. Once you arrived in Fairbanks. How long did you stay? Where did you go next? And how did you get there from Fairbanks?
    I subscribed to your channel as well!
    Cheers

  • @Cordoba82
    @Cordoba82 Рік тому +2

    Love the ride, it shows how beautiful Alaska is. However, I do have to ask, the statement you make at 20:08, is it for real? Please answer, and no, I'm not talking about the Cod.

    • @MyKingdomForAK9
      @MyKingdomForAK9 8 місяців тому

      He is surely joking.😅
      Or, it was a typo, however, I've never seen typos on his videos.

  • @owl4321
    @owl4321 Рік тому +2

    What a fantastic coverage of whole journey. Thank you a lot .

  • @Howoldareweanywayyipes
    @Howoldareweanywayyipes 8 місяців тому

    I remember when we could buy one square foot of Alaska for about 20 bucks... but couldn't figure out how to get to it without stepping on some else's.

  • @dresteve1
    @dresteve1 Рік тому

    One of the best! Thanks

  • @dinushailleperuma3618
    @dinushailleperuma3618 Рік тому

    So interesting, i want to go there oneday

  • @MiltBrady
    @MiltBrady Рік тому +1

    good job 👍

  • @iandrew6347
    @iandrew6347 Рік тому +2

    Great video Sir 🫶🏻🇬🇧🫶🏻

  • @ggreg2258
    @ggreg2258 Рік тому +1

    What were the two dome cars at the end of the train. I noticed that they were not in Alaska RR colors. Looks like a wonderful experience. I am envious! ! !

    • @WilliamMurphy-uv9pm
      @WilliamMurphy-uv9pm Рік тому +1

      A lot of the cruise lines have their own versions of a luxury dome cars in Alaska and some lovely shore excursions. They pay the Alaska RR to tow their guests and cars around.

  • @deco983
    @deco983 Рік тому

    Nice!

  • @RobEJC
    @RobEJC Рік тому

    We must get you and DownieLive together for a new adventure!

  • @elcasho
    @elcasho Рік тому +1

    So relaxing! Why didn't you have reindeer?

  • @asan1050
    @asan1050 Рік тому +1

    Kuga!, ThanksMuch!

  • @กิตติจิวสุวรรณ

    Seeing the trains in your country makes me feel great that your government has trains that are beautiful,clean, nice to use and worth using.But in my country (Thailand) where trains have been used for more than 100 years,but it has never been developed.Even the train locomotives and carriages still need to accept donations from Japan.Even though my country has money from the budget. But because my country is full of corruption ! I don't know that in the rest of my life I will see and ride on a good train. Is this beautiful?

  • @Bluerose888
    @Bluerose888 Рік тому +1

    Just wondering if you are with someone would the price be any different or the same for everyone?

  • @HelgaShushan
    @HelgaShushan 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @franbongard
    @franbongard Рік тому +1

    Kuga-san, what has been your favourite American meal so far?

  • @rawhide154
    @rawhide154 Рік тому +1

    Very good. Did you see any Bigfoot?

  • @ropersonline
    @ropersonline Рік тому

    Am I seeing this correctly - is the third flagpole at the very end just bare? Are they changing history again, because of what's best described as American policy?