Recent visit to the White Pass & Yukon RR...

Started by p51, June 01, 2015, 05:55:32 PM

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p51

Just got back from a 15th anniversary Alaska trip with my wife. We honeymooned there in 2000...

Ah, what wonderful sights to see...

But yeah, I mostly agreed for the trains!

My long-suffering wife actually liked the ride this time (last time, she dealt with a bunch of rude Germans and wanted to start WW3 right there). Lots of Germans this time, but they were all very nice and I got to talk with a few in their native language!

No steam running (73 was outside of the shop at Skagway with the smokebox lid removed) but it's amazing to see this downtown:

Along the tundra, heading into British Columbia

Some more were posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...ts/72157653397216019
That's it for now, until I can cull through almost 1000 photos we took...
-Lee

NarrowMinded

Nice!

I would love to go there.

How was the ride? was it smooth? or is it like a boat ride?

NM-Jeff

p51

Quote from: NarrowMinded on June 07, 2015, 02:44:51 AM
Nice!

I would love to go there.

How was the ride? was it smooth? or is it like a boat ride?

NM-Jeff
About as smooth as, say, a ride on one of the old D&RGW lines in CO/NM states...
I put a write-up about the experience here: http://4dpnr.org/grabiron/?p=5486
-Lee