Alaska's Tanana Valley Railroads display serving as a reminder of

serving as a reminder of the power of kindness and connection

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

broken vehicles mark the porous boundaries between built and natural worlds

but is wonderful without

Alaska's Tanana Valley Railroads display serving as a reminder ofIn 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