All Aboard!

 

While in Skagway, Alaska we took the White Pass Summit Excursion on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. As we rose in elevation, we began to see more snow.  We were on the last trip of the season and they just had snow a few days before our arrival.  As you can see, it's not much.

We passed Bridal Veil Falls, which we saw in the distance (but that I could not get a good photo of) and a number of other small waterfalls like this one, called Pitch Fork Falls.  The sign says, "460 miles south of Arctic Circle on Meridian.  Elevation 1,014 ft.  Road built 1895 to 1900.  This is one of many scenic spots en route to Atlin and Dawson."

The train cars were very comfortable.  They were each equipped with a bathroom and a small gas-powered stove.  They offered complimentary bottled water.  And there were doors at each end of the car where you could step out onto the platform for better picture-taking.

Here's Ed on the platform.

And here's me!

We enjoyed the trip although I'm not sure it was really worth the money, but hey - when else will we ever be able to ride the same rails the gold miners did?  It wasn't on my bucket list, but I can add it and now check it off.  

Here's some history on the White Pass and Yukon Route.

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2023: Sorry, no post on this day
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2018: Würzburger Domes And Onions
2017: Turbines In The Valley
2016: Acute Nostalgia
2015: The Ancient And Mysterious
2014: The New Rest Area
2013: Sidestepping Nemo Wasn't All That Hard
2012: Fun, Fresh, Fabulous Little Neighborhood
2011: What Do You Get When The Daily Rant Meets The Plum Trucker? A Plum Crush!
2010: Industrial Morning
2009: Sunset On Venice
2008: Knots And Nautical Miles
2007: What Is The World Coming To When The Girls Next Door Think They Are Fat??
2006: T.T.D.L.I.T.H.A.T.I.F.
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