Alaska bus 142. In september his decomposing body weighing only 67 pounds 30 kg was found inside the bus by a hunter. The stampede trail is a road located in the us. The project was stopped in 1963 after 80 km of road were built.
Bus 142 a distinctive green and white 1940s era international harvester was airlifted by the alaska army national guard from its longtime location along the stampede trail on june 18 for safety. The bus has long attracted adventurers to an area without cellphone service and marked by unpredictable weather and at times swollen rivers. An alaska army national guard ch 47 chinook helicopter airlifted the bus also known as the fairbanks bus 142 and the magic bus on thursday afternoon the alaska national guard said.
The bus began receiving international attention. A portion of it its paved but the remainder of the route consists of a primitive and dangerous hiking trail that follows the original path. A national guard chinook helicopter lifts fairbanks bus.
Fairbanks city transit system bus 142 is an abandoned 1946 international harvester k 5 that was parked in a clearing along the stampede trail near denali national parkit 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 19601961. Bus 142 a 1940s era fairbanks city bus that became a sometimes deadly attraction to outdoor adventurers has been removed by helicopter from the remote side of the teklanika river near healy through a joint effort of alaskas department of natural resources and the alaska army national guard. In 1961 yutan construction began upgrading the trail so it would be used by trucks to transport ore from the nearby mines.
Into the wild exploring the real abandoned buson july 7th 2019 i spent 24 hours at the long abandoned fairbanks bus 142 magic bus on the stampede trail near healy alaska. The bus was made.