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English: This railroad built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. Nowadays White Pass train carries more than 10 million visitors to the Yukon territory Nowadays White Pass train carries more than 10 million visitors to the Yukon territory
The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) (reporting mark WPY) is a Canadian and U.S. Class III 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad.
Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television.The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection.
Sold to the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad in 1890 (C&PS #10). [20] Acquired by the WP&YR in 1898 as 1st 4. Renumbered to 54 in 1899. Sold to the Tanana Mines Railway. in 1905 (TM #50). The TM Railway became the Tanana Valley Railroad in 1907 (TV #50). The Tanana Valley Railroad was sold to the Alaskan Engineering Commission in 1917 (AEC #50).
Departing three days a week, this scenic train route delivers an eyeful of fall color over the course of its 26-hour journey. COASTAL GETAWAYS: 10 best East Coast vacations for families 7.
The White Pass and Yukon Route Class DL-535E (sometimes known as the MLW-Worthington Model Series C-14) is a series of narrow-gauge diesel locomotives that were custom-built by the Montreal Locomotive Works of Montreal, Quebec in Canada between 1969 and 1971 for the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y) in Skagway, Alaska. [2] [3]
White Pass and Yukon Route Steam Locomotive 73. Although many railways of central and eastern Canada were initially built to a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) (broad gauge), there were several railways, especially on Canada's Atlantic coast, which were built as individual narrow-gauge lines with track gauge 3 ft (914 mm) or 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
According to a Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad spokesperson, the derailment occurred at 8:53 p.m. near Peninsula in Summit County. Three cars came off the tracks but remained upright, a press ...