Photo courtesy of Julie Coghill

The Denali (Harding) Car has six axles and is 81 feet overall. It was originally No. 762 built by Pullman (Lot 3205, Plan 2082B), and received by the Great Northern on 9/24/1905 was renumbered to No. 9002 on 2/29/1908 and sold to the US Government 12/27/1922 for Alaska RR.

The Harding car is currently at Pioneer Village in Fairbanks, Alaska. President Harding's party was made up of 23 government officials and their wives, 32 members of the press (representing Fox Film Co., International News Reel Co. and a full spectrum of print reporters and Western Union) and 30 railroad employees (including 8 train crew - Mr. G.L. Jenkins is listed as the Conductor). The train's consist included: baggage car, Business Car B-1, Coach (smoker), Sleeper "Fairbanks" (14 sections), Sleeper "Talkeetna" (10 sections), Sleeper "Anchorage" (10 sections), Compartment Observation Car "Kenai", Diner "McKinley Park" and Compartment Observation Car "Denali". The train was powered by locomotive #618, a 2-6-0 steamer. President Harding took the controls and operated the train, under the direction of Engineer F.W. Brayford, between Wasilla and Willow

For more information, see car #3.

Also check out the photos in the historical section.

Added by Don Marenzi, 1/25/18:

• coach at Alaskaland (Harding car)……#3?
• I don't show it ever being #ed 3.  Maybe confused with the more modern Denali business car which is #A-3  ?
• Great Northern # 765 built September 1905 by Pullman
• renumbered GN # 9005  (date ???)
• sold to AEC 12/27/1922
• placed in service 6/1923   as "Denali"  a 40 passenger compartment-observation car.
• carried President Harding in 7/1923 (probably because it had just been put in service and was the nicest car then)
• in 6/1945 converted to bunk car # X-336
• during at least some of it's time as a bunk car it still had "Denali" painted on it.
• donated April 1960 for display in Fairbanks.
• Apparently it remained on ARR property for some time after donation. ???
• Moved by Weaver Bros. (trucking) to the Alaska 67 Centennial Exposition and used as a visitor center.
• The site changed it's name to Alaskaland and then Pioneer Park.