White Pass & Yukon 41 years ago-Skagway, AK to Bennett Lake, BC (4)
| May 27, 2020 08:43PM |
All the way back down to Skagway and the Chilkoot Inlet:
A snow shed not just preserved but at work:
The original and (1979 and now) bypassed Cantilever Bridge (as the old postcard called it):
In 1979 it was carrying a pipeline. I was also told that not too long before they had a derailment with no access and an enterprising cat skinner took his D6 across the old bridge. With 2' of snow on it. At night. I doubt they wrote that up in the report. Tough breed.
My photo is not sharp enough for the place name. Anyone?
A snow shed not just preserved but at work:
The original and (1979 and now) bypassed Cantilever Bridge (as the old postcard called it):
In 1979 it was carrying a pipeline. I was also told that not too long before they had a derailment with no access and an enterprising cat skinner took his D6 across the old bridge. With 2' of snow on it. At night. I doubt they wrote that up in the report. Tough breed.
My photo is not sharp enough for the place name. Anyone?
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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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