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These were a pair of 2-8-2 Mikado type engines built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, numbered No. 72 and No. 73. In 1951, the White Pass and Yukon Corporation Ltd., a new holding company, was incorporated to acquire the three railway companies comprising the WP&YR from the White Pass and Yukon Company, Ltd., which was in ...
Sold to the Tweetsie Railroad in 1960 (Tweetsie #190, Yukon Queen). [50] Received original #70 tender from Rotary #1 in 1953. [8] [51] Loco #190 sold to Tweetsie R.R. in 1960, with the original White Pass #80 tender (ex-SV #18), [37] instead of either of its previous tenders. Original #190 tender assigned to Rotary #1 in 1953. [8] [51] Scrapped ...
It runs along a 2.5 mile loop-to-loop track from the Village to the top of the mountain Dollywood borders to the north. It is pulled by two ex-White Pass & Yukon Route 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives, each burning five tons of coal each day.
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 and Yukon Route: Operational: Yes: Since 2020: Recently acquired from the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y) in April 2020. Arrived in Durango in late September 2020. 103: Diesel (C-C) DL-535E: Montreal Locomotive Works: 1969: 6023-03: White Pass and Yukon Route: Operational: Yes: Since 2021: Recently acquired from the White Pass and ...
The White Pass and Yukon Route, completed in 1900, included train stations at White Pass, Fraser and Bennett. [3] [4] When the White Pass train station, which housed the customs office, burned to the ground in 1950, customs moved to temporary accommodation before closing the following year. [2]
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]
A deal was struck and Heney was hired, first as labor foreman and then as contractor. Built through mountainous wilderness, far from supplies, using labor that was returning from the gold fields, the 110.7 mile White Pass and Yukon Route was an outstanding achievement and gained Heney an international reputation. [3]: 6–8, 17–34