Showing posts with label CANADA (Yukon). Show all posts
Showing posts with label CANADA (Yukon). Show all posts

December 6, 2015

2105 UNITED STATES (Alaska) / CANADA (Yukon) - White Pass and Yukon Route

2105 White Pass and Yukon Route - A diesel locomotive
and the steam locomotive No. 73.

The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U.S. Class II 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon (Canada). It is an isolated system, which has no direct connection to any other railroad. Equipment, freight and passengers are ferried by ship through the Port of Skagway, and via road through a few of the stops along its route.