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Anchorage Depot, also known as Alaska Railroad Depot, is the railroad station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the Denali Star . [ 2 ]
The Alaska Railroad continued to operate the remaining TVRR narrow gauge line as the Chatanika Branch (the terminus was near the Yukon River), until decommissioning it in 1930. An Alaska Railroad steam locomotive crossing the Tanana River on the ice at Nenana just prior to completion of the railroad in 1923.
The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1]
Denali Park Depot is a seasonal passenger railroad station located within Denali National Park. It is adjacent to the visitor center located in Denali Park . The station offers service for the Alaska Railroad 's Denali Star route between mid-May and Mid-September.
In 1987 the Alaska State Railroad Museum was established in the depot. The Museum discontinued in 2017. The Museum discontinued in 2017. On November 11, 2020, the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad (FTVRR) signed with the City of Nenana to become the new caretakers of the depot. [ 3 ]
Chase Depot is a passenger train station in Chase, Alaska. The area offers service for the Alaska Railroad's Aurora Winter Train. [1] The station is primarily used for hikers and backpackers traveling through the remote area of Chase. The station opened in 1922. [2]
Girdwood Depot is a passenger railroad station in Girdwood, [1] south of Anchorage, Alaska. The station offers service for the Alaska Railroad 's Coastal Classic and Glacier Discovery routes. [ 2 ]