Harding Railroad Car

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Harding Railroad Car | nrhp_type = | image = Harding Railroad Car NRHP Fairbanks, AK.JPG | caption = | location = [[Pioneer Park (Fairbanks, Alaska)|Pioneer Park]], [[Fairbanks, Alaska]] | coordinates = {{coord|64|50|17|N|147|46|20|W|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}} | locmapin = USA Alaska Fairbanks Downtown#USA Alaska | built = | builder = Pullman Palace Car Company | architecture = | added = April 6, 1978 | area = less than {{convert|1|acre|spell=in}} | refnum = 78003423<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_date = November 26, 1976 | designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF | designated_other1_abbr = AHRS | designated_other1_number = FAI-103 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom }}

The '''Harding Railroad Car''' is a historically significant [[Pullman Company|Pullman]] [[passenger car (rail)|railroad passenger car]] located at [[Pioneer Park (Fairbanks, Alaska)|Pioneer Park]] (aka Alaskaland) in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]. Also called '''Denali''', and designated with equipment number X-336 by the [[Alaska Railroad]], the car was one of three used to carry a delegation that included [[President of the United States|President]] [[Warren G. Harding]] in 1923 to the [[Mears Memorial Bridge]] for a ceremony marking completion of the railroad between Fairbanks and [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]]. The car was purchased by the Alaska Railroad in 1923 from the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]], and was used in its service until 1945. At the urging of the Fairbanks "igloo" (chapter) of the [[Pioneers of Alaska]], the car was restored in 1959–60 and given to the city of Fairbanks. It was placed in Alaskaland in 1967, created to mark the centennial of the [[Alaska Purchase]]. It was used for some years as the park's visitor center.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78003423}}|title=NRHP nomination for Harding Railroad Car|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-02-17}}</ref>

The car was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>

Another car, [[The Superb|The ''Superb'']], carried Harding's remains after he died in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://southeasternrailwaymuseum.us/news/1999-03-22.htm |title=Pullman Private Car Used by President Warren G. Harding Listed on National Register of Historic Places |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202072824/http://southeasternrailwaymuseum.us/news/1999-03-22.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also== * [[Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)|''Ferdinand Magellan'' (railcar)]] *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Alaska Railroad]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Fairbanks, Alaska]] [[Category:Warren G. Harding]] [[Category:Territory of Alaska]] [[Category:Railway vehicles on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska]]