Seattle – Whittier rail ferry service

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Seattle – Whittier rail ferry service

The Seattle – Whittier rail ferry service is the world's longest rail ferry service .

The operator of this railway ferry connection established in May 1962 by the Crowley Maritime Corporation from Seattle on the North American west coast across the Pacific to Whittier in Alaska has been the subsidiary Alaska Marine Lines of the logistics group Lynden since February 2001 . A 9,000 hp deep- sea ​​tug with two or three large, railed barges without a drive is used for the journeys . These barges on the ferry line known as the Alaska Hydro Train Barges are 120 meters long and 34 meters wide. They have eight parallel rails on which up to 150 four-axle freight wagons with around 6,000 t of cargo are lashed seaworthy. The train tug takes around seven days to cover the 1,400  nautical miles of the route.

The tow train runs once a week. In Whittier, the wagons are taken over by the Alaska Railroad to the Alaska Railroad Terminal and transported to Seward , Anchorage and Fairbanks . The Alaska Railroad also takes on part of the marketing of the ferry route.

A second ferry connection to the Alaska Railroad, which is not connected to the rest of the American rail network, exists between Prince Rupert and Whittier. This is operated by Foss Maritime as the "Aquatrain" of the Canadian National Railway .

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  1. ↑ Boxcars Go to Sea - Alaska Railroad - Alaska Railbelt Marine. Retrieved July 15, 2018 .
  2. ^ Shipping Schedule Seattle-Whittier. Alaska Railroad , accessed July 15, 2018 .
  3. ^ CN's Aquatrain. Canadian National Railway Company. Retrieved July 15, 2018 .

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