The Magic Bus
Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142 is an abandoned 1946 International Harvester K-5 that is parked in a clearing along the Stampede Trail near Denali National Park. It was originally one of a few buses used by the Yutan Construction Company to provide remote accommodations for the construction crew from Fairbanks that worked on road upgrades in 1960-1961. Became relevant to popular culture in 1992 when Christopher McCandless, an American hitchhiker who lived in the bus during the summer of 1992 died of starvation here.
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