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...
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The White Pass and Yukon Route railroad has had a large variety of locomotives and railroad cars. Locomotives with dark grey have been scrapped, while...
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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...
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rafts or boats to float down the Yukon River to the Klondike gold fields near Dawson City. The White Pass and Yukon Route (W.P. & Y.R.) narrow-gauge railroad...
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and then build or purchase rafts to take them down the Yukon River to the gold fields around Dawson City, Yukon. When the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad...
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Rio Grande class K-28 (category Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives)
the White Pass and Yukon Route in Alaska and the Yukon where they were renumbered USA 250 to USA 256. But they did not fare well in the bitter Yukon winters...
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route between Whitehorse, Yukon and Dawson City in Yukon, Canada. It was built in 1902 at a cost of CDN$129,000 after the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad...
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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...
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aerial tramways and several surface hoists were constructed and operated briefly over the pass. When the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad was built...
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Skagway, Alaska (redirect from The City and Borough of Skagway, Alaska)
Rush. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, now in operation purely for the tourist trade and running throughout...
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NRE E-3000E3B (section White Pass and Yukon Route)
unspecified number of units. As at 2022, they had yet to be built. The White Pass and Yukon Route placed an order for six units, classed as E3000CC-DC in 2020....
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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...
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Yukon (Canadian French: [juˈkõ]; formerly called the Yukon Territory (French: Territoire du Yukon) and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost...
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Bennett Lake (category Lakes of Yukon)
average depth is 61.9 m (203 ft) and the maximum depth is 123 m (404 ft). The narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad connects the community of...
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Jerry Gaetz (section Early life, education, and career)
War II, Gaetz was the trainmaster of the White Pass and Yukon Route, a railway line between Whitehorse and Skagway that had been taken over by the army...
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Carcross (redirect from Carcross 4, Yukon)
Highway and the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse. The south end of the Tagish Road is in Carcross. Carcross is also on the White Pass and Yukon Route railway...
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WPY may refer to: White Pass and Yukon Route, American-Canadian railroad Wildlife Photographer of the Year, annual wildlife photography competition This...
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from the White Pass & Yukon Route in Skagway, Alaska. The first two of those diesels (Nos. 101 and 107) were delivered between late August and late September...
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shallow water, and neighboring Skagway had deep water. Dyea was abandoned when the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad chose the White Pass Trail (instead...
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Whitehorse (redirect from White Horse, Yukon)
across from the present day downtown, and the other on the west bank of the river. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow-gauge railway linking Skagway...
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gallons of water. White Pass & Yukon Route No. 72 was involved in a roundhouse fire that had destroyed the locomotive in 1969 and its boiler was scrapped...
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Dawson Charlie (category Accidental deaths in Yukon)
1866 as his year of birth. He died in Carcross, Yukon, when he fell off the White Pass and Yukon Route railway bridge. "Dawson Charlie". Archived from...
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Alaska Railroad (category Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska)
latter path by way of Whitehorse, Yukon, the northern terminus of the 3 ft (914 mm) (narrow-gauge) White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad). However, currently...
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the blades; a few are still in working order, and in particular one on the White Pass and Yukon Route in Alaska performs annual demonstration runs through...
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Alaska Railroad (ARR) White Pass and Yukon Route (WPY) Alaska-Alberta Railway Alaska Anthracite Railroad Alaska Anthracite Coal and Railway Company Alaska...
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Klondike Highway (redirect from Yukon Highway 2)
commercial transportation route, coincident with what seemed to be inevitable abandonment of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway (WP&YR). The new owners...
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begins between Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, on the White Pass and Yukon Route. September 22 – Harry C. Grant and Joshua Lionel Cowen file incorporation...
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built container ship: the Clifford J. Rodgers, operated by the White Pass and Yukon Route, had made its debut in 1955. In 1959, the vessel was acquired...
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on the San Francisco cable car system and the White Pass and Yukon Route. Thomas Carter was born in Ireland, and immigrated to the United States to work...
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List of heritage railways in Canada (category Lists of buildings and structures in Canada)
Electric Tramway West Coast Railway Association White Pass and Yukon Route - Originates in Alaska and passes through British Columbia. Alberta Railway Museum...
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