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Misc. notes / comments :
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Place is setup with gift shop on East side / museum on west side / Staffer stays upstairs in summer
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Staffer working there grew up in Nenana, but normally lives in Anchorage, but comes to Nenana in summer
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Place built in 1922, and was used as a functioning station until the agent there retired in 1983
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Was interesting to see the functional mechanics of the semaphore signals – the building side levers make an in-out motion, and then the rocker arm at the base of the signal translates that to an up-down motion.
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Looking at the inside/outside of the 1922 construction, was entertaining to see it as:
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A historical example of a good-ol-fashioned railroad station, with an operator station, passenger depot and less then carload freight handling
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A rickety building that has outlived it’s usefulness with
- Centralized traffic control
- Intermodal, truck/trailer handled freight
- The passenger waiting room is still relevant, but looking down main street, didn't look like a whole lot of people were making Nenana their tourist destination of choice.
- Single pane windows and coal fired stoves more appropriate for Oklahoma then Alaska
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