title: Glacier Discovery
text: # Glacier Discovery
  
  The Glacier Discovery is a passenger train operated by the Alaska Railroad between the towns of Anchorage, Whittier Alaska and south on the Seward rail line as far as Grandview whistle stop; then back again. It is a seasonal train, only operating between the months of May and September.
  
  ## Station Stops
  
  The Glacier Discovery utilizes part of the Anchorage–Seward route. It makes the following station stops:
  
  * Anchorage
  * Girdwood
  * Portage
  * Whittier
  * Portage
  * Spencer Whistle Stop
  * Grandview Whistle Stop
  
  After the stop at Grandview the train travels back again:
  
  * Spencer Whistle Stop
  * Portage
  * Whittier
  * Portage
  * Girdwood
  * Anchorage
  
  ## Rolling Stock
  
  The Glacier Discovery consist uses the following rolling stock
  
  * 1 EMD GP38-2
  * 1baggage car
  * 1-3 single level passenger cars
  * 1 Colorado Railcar bi level DMU 751
  