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» South Palmer Station - MP A4.5
» Palmer, Alaska, USA (more..)
» August 26, 2016

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Fair Time!

The Alaska State fair is always summer's last big hurrah in the Last Frontier. To help accommodate the 300,000 visitors (equivalent to about half the state's total population) the ARR runs trains from Anchorage to Palmer up to three times a day on both weekends. This is a great way to travel and beat the traffic and the train drops you right at the gate as seen here.

These trains are the only regularly scheduled passenger trains on this normally freight only branch. The large mountain in the upper right is iconic Pioneer Peak at 6398 ft. In the top center is Bodenburg Butte and on the horizon beyond can be seen the 25 mile long and 5 mile wide Knik Glacier flowing down from the Chugach Range.

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