Alaska's Tanana Valley Railroads display Each train set is attached

Each train set is attached by strong magnets that can be detached for more active play

Serrano Pepper

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The Snowy Nap

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Alaska's Tanana Valley Railroads display Each train set is attachedIn a region desperate for transportation to rich, gold bearing creeks, the narrow gauge Tanana Mines Railroad was built over permafrost, bogs, and hills to carry miners and supplies in 1905. Reorganized as the Tanana Valley Railroad, this little line promised the survival of both gold mining and Fairbanks until Fairbanks's economic base broadened. The railroad, built with Klondike Gold Rush earnings, prospered for only a few years and was acquired by