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Original White Pass #80 tender (ex-SV #18) was assigned to Rotary #1 from 1949 to 1950. Reassigned to Loco #190, when that loco was sold to the Tweetsie R.R. in 1960. • The replacement #80 tender (ex-#191 or 194) put on display with Loco #195 in 1962. [47] 1st 81 American Locomotive Company: 2-8-2. 19,000 lbf (85 kN) July 1920 61981
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On July 21, 1898, an excursion train hauled passengers for 4 miles (6.4 km) out of Skagway, the first train to operate in Alaska. On July 30, 1898, the charter rights and concessions of the three companies were acquired by the White Pass & Yukon Railway Company Limited, a new company organized in London.
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White Pass trail in 1899 White Pass summit seen from train, 2002. The White Pass trail was one of the two main passes used by prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush.The White Pass was an easier route to Lake Bennett than the Chilkoot Trail a few kilometers to the west, but it harbored a criminal element that preyed on the cheechakos (newcomers to the Klondike).
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.
White Pass & Yukon Route 73 is an operating narrow-gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the White Pass and Yukon Route in May 1947. [ 3 ] After retirement on June 30, 1964, the locomotive was moved to Bennett , British Columbia , in 1968 for static display.
The park was an instant success. In 1961, he acquired two USATC S118 Class 2-8-2s from the White Pass. The success of Tweetsie prompted him to send one of them, #192, to the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee for a second theme park, called Rebel Railroad. The other, #190, was sent to Tweetsie and still operates there.