Whiteoaks Photo Albums » 2009-06-alaska » Sunday June 28 Day 6

Train excursion to White Pass from Skagway, including a couple of cool videos shot on the White Pass & Yukon Route.

Arrived in Skagway to find two other ships there,...	Bow of the Sea Princess. The bridge is at deck 12.	White Pass snow removal car, on display, out of service....	The Red Onion Saloon has some history in Skagway.
Looking back toward the Sea Princess down Broadway in...	Horse buggy tours available.	A little wireless, a little beer and french fries. Works...	W.P.&Y.R. train ready for the White Pass excursion run.
Mark, Wendy, and Kristen aboard the train.	Jane and Mojo off to White Pass.	The cars are nicely refurbished or custom built.	The mountains around Skagway show a lot of glacial...
Skagway River.	Wendy and Kristen watch the sights.	Skagway River.	Mark and Wendy visit the car platform.
At White Pass, waiting for a steam train excursion to pass.	Here comes their Baldwin steam locomotive.	#73 starts down from White Pass to Skagway ahead of us.	Yes it was raining at White Pass.
Conductor behind the steam locomotive.	A following diesel train on the siding ready for us to...	NWMP building and flags. White Pass is just feet within...	A border monument between nations with flags of each.
White Pass, 20.4miles to Skagway, and 2,888 feet down.	Interesting array of old rusty train parts someone...	Train heading back to Skagway.	Back to Skagway behind three diesel-electric engines.
Heading down the hill from White Pass.	Rugged mountains surrounding the White Pass trail.	Across a scenic bridge.	A steel cantilever bridge now out of commission.
Another view of the steel cantilever bridge.	The end of the steel cantilever bridge shows that it's...	Crawling down the grade to Skagway.	Looking down at Dead Horse Gulch, where many hapless pack...
That's actually the Sea Princess docked at Skagway on the...	Selling hats and DVDs on the excursion train.	There below us is steam locomotive #73 making its way...	Rugged peaks around Skagway.
Mountain scenery on the W.P.&Y.R.	Our train making its way down the grade.	Passengers enjoy riding the platform to take pictures....	Lots of platform riders seeing the river.
Curve around one more bridge.	Skagway river rapids.	Skagway River rapids.	Entering a small siding and maintenance yard.
Maintenance vehicles in the yard.	The following excursion train behind and above us.	A very long series of waterfalls from a mountain glacier.	Skagway's version of Bridalveil Falls.
Rushing Skagway River.	Another view of Skagway harbor as we get closer.	The Skagway River from closer to the bottom.	The Skagway River is beautiful, but the water is very...
Defunct steam locomotove carcass near the W.P.&Y.R....	A very sophisticated yard and shop for this narrow gauge...	The Carnival Spirit departs Skagway ahead of us.	Making a first sharp left and crossing over the Skagway...
Passing the defunct steel cantilever bridge, then...

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