GREAT PICTURES!!!!!!!"WHITE PASS & YUKON RAILWAY"

[interurban]

If you have never seen this railway before - runs from Whitehorse, Yukon to Skagway, Alaska - it is a fantastic sight in real life -- to those of you
who have been there you will know what I am talking about

Should you ever journey to the Yukon, travel to the goldfields in style, "a must ". For over 100 years the only land route .

"Were you ever out in the ,"Great Unknown," With a silence you almost can hear ?"

The rest of North America did away with perfectly good steam trains. Northerners still use & treasure 'em .

 

[interurban]

I have never been there,,, YET, But it`s on my must do list.

 

[interurban]

Here are the last pictures.
Credit to Diesel John for sending me the slide show. :thumb:

 

[Brian]

Chris, Thank you for sharing those pictures..... those pictures are breathtaking! I bet it'd be quite an experience to be on one of those plow trains

 

[Drew1125]

Amazing photos, Chris!
That is truly some MAJESTIC scenery!
:thumb: :thumb:

 

[N Gauger]

This is one of those places that can't be totally enjoyed through pics (but they help) Beautiful!! Just Beautiful!!

 

[Chessie6459]

Great Pictures.:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Ralph]

Wow! Those mountain route scenes are amazing! What a view and what a great ride! As for the winter plowing...Brrrrr!
Ralph

 

[MilesWestern]

anyone tried to model their operations, or have any of thier equipment?

 

[RailRon]

Thank you, Chris, for showing us these pictures!
They came exactly at the right time for me, since yesterday I started 'building' the WP&Y as a TRAINZ layout on my computer!

And at the same time: My best wishes for your birthday, Chris! I'll raise a glass to your health! :thumb:
Hey, come to think of it: it's YOU who made a present to US - some way to celebrate a birthday!

Ron

 

[interurban]

You are welcome re pictures they are good eh?

Hi Ron how are you friend, so glad these pictures arrived in a timely manner

Thanks for the B/D wishes I also will raise my glass a few times

So you are "building" the White Pass & Yukon on Trainz, I have the Ultimate Collection edition , are you working with the same?

I have had it a few years and never realy got into it

 

[ezdays]

Some fantastic shots there Chris.:thumb: Thanks for sharing them with us. We here in the southwest can't possibly comprehend what some of those scenes depict, unless of course, that's white sand they're pushing around after a really severe sand storm...

Great stuff, post more if you can.

 

[Relic]

there was a show on the disc channel on the building of that road looked like a LOT of fun

 

[interurban]

anyone tried to model their operations, or have any of thier equipment?

I do not know of any L/O depicting this Railway, I should think there must be some one modeling it maybe in that area.

It would be a nice L/O to build as I to like the equipment.

Let us know if you find one. :thumb:

 

[Russ Bellinis]

I do not know of any L/O depicting this Railway, I should think there must be some one modeling it maybe in that area.

It would be a nice L/O to build as I to like the equipment.

Let us know if you find one. :thumb:

101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders by Lynn Westcott had one layout for the White Pass and Yukon is I remember correctly. We have been doing a bunch of renovating and most of my books are packed away so I can't access it right now to make sure.

 

[Marxed]

amasing!!!

 

[RailRon]

You are right, Russ, the WP&Y is plan #101 in the book '101 Track Plans'. I own a very old edition (1969), so I don't know if it s included in the newest re-relase of this book.
There was another Kalmbach book, 'More Railroads you can model' (1978, out of print), which featured the same track plan, but had a lot of additional prototype information.

Chris,
I updated my TRAINZ to 'Railroad Simulator 2006'. There is a lot of additional free stuff to download in the web - among them quite a heap of 3ft narrow gauge rolling stock, including the funny cab diesels of the 90 class. I started the WP&Y for a change from the 'normal' D&RGW 3-footers. A second project is a layout based on the Maine two-footers, namely the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes, and the third project is a mountain line here in Switzerland.
However, I'll work on these layouts only when the mood strikes - working on my own real 3d TC&W in the basement has far more priority. :thumb:

BTW, here is another link for WP&Y fans. Lots of pictures - and it really is a beautiful scenery!

Ron

 

[interurban]

Thanks Russ and Ron for the updates.

That`s a neat web site Ron.

Like you Ron I have to much to do down stairs at the moment , But I must one day get into that there Trainz.

 

[MasonJar]

WOW! I am speechless!

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OK, I am back. WOW! That is incredible! Seeing those steamers push that rotary plow is amazing! Forget the summer tourist sightseeing - I want to ride the snow train!

Andrew

PS - What happened to the skier?

 

[Cadillac_SD9]

Nice photos. I look forward to more great pics.