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Experiencing the Chilkoot and returning on the White Pass and Yukon Route is probably the ultimate Alaska trek, combining great scenery, a historical site and an incredible sense of adventure.
White Pass & Yukon Route April 22, 2020 Podcasts Rail Group On Air—An Alaskan Reality: The White Pass Loop Project Railway Track & Structures magazine Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks to Mark Taylor, ...
It’s been a busy year of expansion and improvements at the White Pass & Yukon Route. The hugely popular tourist railroad, based out of Skagway, Alaska, was sold on July 31, 2018, to a joint venture ...
The world-famous scenic railway in Skagway, Alaska is getting six new locomotives as part of an expansion project. They'll replace the White Pass & Yukon Route's aging fleet from the 1960s.
The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is a staple of any visit to Skagway, Alaska, particularly if you arrive by ship during an Alaska cruise. The town’s success is closely linked to the ...
From robust First Nations culture, incredible expanses of natural beauty and the northern lights all within reach, the Yukon capital of Whitehorse is the perfect hub for exploring northwestern Canada.
Skagway officials are hoping to make a deal with White Pass and Yukon Route to keep dock infrastructure in place when the lease between the two parties expires next March. That deal would also ...
Iconic steel railroad bridge, with unidentified dome shaped building. One of a series of photographs documenting an excursion to Alaska by ship, traveling along the west coast. Undated. Gelatin silver ...
This year, The White Pass & Yukon Route is celebrating 125 years of service in the North. The iconic railroad has resumed operations into the Yukon territory this summer for the first time since 2019.
When the 110-mile White Pass and Yukon railroad opened in 1900, it carried thousands of people from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse in Yukon, Canada on their way to seek their fortune in the ...