White Pass - Skagway River
| September 18, 2019 03:37PM |
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Had a trip on the White Pass in May 1979, and thought I'd post some pics about these trout we found in the river. Well not trout actually - somebody mucking around with a bulldozer had unearthed a couple of the engines dumped as rip rap there. The main one in the photos is a 4-6-0, which the Wikipedia roster says was either 60, 62, 66 or 67. A 2-8-0 was apparently there as well - #61. I understand a couple of these have since been pulled out and does anyone have an update on them?
The last two shots are a tangle of tenders, but one caught my eye because the White Pass paint had disappeared. It doesn't show up too well in the photo, but it was clearly lettered "DENVER & RIO GRANDE" - with no "WESTERN". From earlier posts on this forum I gather it was the tender off WP&Y Rotary #3 - formerly D&RG Rotary ON - and had originally been from D&RG 2-8-0 #243.
The last two shots are a tangle of tenders, but one caught my eye because the White Pass paint had disappeared. It doesn't show up too well in the photo, but it was clearly lettered "DENVER & RIO GRANDE" - with no "WESTERN". From earlier posts on this forum I gather it was the tender off WP&Y Rotary #3 - formerly D&RG Rotary ON - and had originally been from D&RG 2-8-0 #243.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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