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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.
Restored to a 2-6-0 and sold to the Columbia and Western Railway in 1896 (C&W #2). The Columbia and Western was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1898. The Canadian Pacific Railway designated the locomotive 2nd 506, but never physically renumbered it. [32] Purchased by the WP&YR in 1900. Retired in 1907. Scrapped in 1918. 65
2-8-2: Baldwin Locomotive Works: 1939: 62257: White Pass and Yukon Route: Stored, awaiting restoration: Nicknamed the “Beatrice”. 72-Steam: 2-8-2: Baldwin Locomotive Works: 1947: 73351: White Pass and Yukon Route: Scrapped: Used as a parts source for engines No. 70 and No. 71. 192: Steam: 2-8-2: Baldwin Locomotive Works: 1943: 69427: White ...
Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States and Canada primarily by train, though at times using other forms of transportation where necessary.
In both British Columbia and Yukon, the highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2. In Alaska, the Highway is marked as Alaska Route 98 (as in "route of 1898"). [ 2 ] Until 1978, the unopened section between the Yukon–BC border and Carcross had no official highway number, while the section north of Carcross to the Alaska Highway was Highway 5, and ...
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.
1.2 Great Britain. 2 See also. 3 References. ... A scenic railroad or scenic railway is a train service operating leisure tours of sights such as mountain scenery and ...
After the Klondike Gold Rush, the trail became more or less deserted. Prospectors late to the gold rush now made their way to the Yukon on the new White Pass and Yukon Route narrow-gauge railroad, which took them all the way to Whitehorse, Yukon in the Yukon Territory. In 1969, the U.S. and Canadian governments jointly declared their intention ...