Fairbanks Depot
Fairbanks | ||||||||||||||
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 Fairbanks Depot seen in December 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 1745 Johansen Expressway Fairbanks, AK 99701 | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°51′05″N 147°44′27″W / 64.8513°N 147.7409°W | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | Alaska Railroad | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1905 | |||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1923 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Original company | Tanana Mines Railway | |||||||||||||
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Fairbanks Depot is a freight and passenger railroad station in Fairbanks, Alaska. The station is the northern terminus for Alaska Railroad's Denali Star and Aurora Winter Train routes.[1]
History
The Tanana Mines Railway reached Fairbanks on July 17, 1905 with a golden spike ceremony.[2] A new station building was constructed in 1923, following a visit to the area by President Warren G. Harding.[3] That structure was, itself, demolished and replaced by a new building in 1960.[4] A total of four station buildings have served as the Fairbanks Depot.[5]
References
- ^ "Depot Locations". Alaska Railroad. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ Osborne 2013, p. 39.
- ^ Osborne 2013, p. 115.
- ^ Osborne 2013, p. 125.
- ^ Osborne 2013, p. 122.
Bibliography
- Osborne, Daniel L. (2013). Alaska's Tanana Valley Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738596679.
External links
- Alaska Railroad home page at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2010-04-09)