Re: New Locomotive at the Georgetown Loop

Here she is in July 1955 when she returned from the WP&Y.

Martin



Over the years, the White Pass & Yukon Ry of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, has supplied tourist railroads of the lower 48 states with narrow gauge steam locomotives for various tourist operations. One of the earliest to arrive on the mainland was WP&Y #4 as seen here in being delivered to Seattle, WA in 1955.

Harold Hill was on hand to see this trim little Baldwin 2-6-2 be off-loaded from her ship to a waiting flat car for her trip back east. Built by Baldwin as c/n 37564 in 1912, she was originally owned by the Klondike Mines Ry as their #4 until 1942 when the WP&Y bought her for service on their line. She was sold to the Oak Creek Central RR in 1955. She was later resold in 1965 to the Petticoat Junction Railroad of Severville, Tennessee.

Later on she was moved to a tourist operation in Missouri and today is up for sale at the Dry Gulch RR of Adair, Oklahoma. The asking price of $250,000 would certainly shock those folks who sold her at the WP&Y back in 1955.



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