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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.
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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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).
4 more (1109-1112) ordered but never delivered, sold to White Pass & Yukon Route [5] Consolidated Rail Leasing: 1150 White Pass and Yukon Route: E3000CC-DC 6 3001-3006 2020 3001-3004 originally built for Qube; 3 ft gauge w/ NRE 5650 trucks and GE764 traction motors [5] [6]
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]
A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route. [244] [circular reference] UP (US) The common name and reporting mark for the Union Pacific Railroad [245]
The EMD DDA40X is a 6,600 hp (4,943 kW) D-D locomotive, built by EMD from 1969 to 1971 exclusively for the Union Pacific Railroad. [1] It is the most powerful diesel–electric locomotive model ever built on a single frame, having two 16-645E3A diesel prime movers. [2]