Re: Exploring the White Pass & Yukon - Part Three

John C Wrote:
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> The rebuild's are not anyones preference. The
> engines themselves are fine, but the way they
> handle is very squirrelly, especially MU'ed. Over
> the past few years they have been matched with
> relatively decent counterparts. You'll see 91/97,
> 93/92, 95/96, 94/99, 90/98 paired off more often
> than not.
>
> I was fortunate to work the 2013 season when the
> 100 was still around and it was assigned the
> Carcross train. Didn't have the decades of prior
> experience some of my older UTU coworkers had but
> they were sad to see them get converted. The smoke
> was reduced which is a plus for passengers, but
> the rebuilt engines act nothing like the old ones.
>
>
> That being said, I'll miss some of the 101's that
> went to Durango, particularly the 103. That was a
> fun engine to run. It replaced the 100 on the
> Carcross train mostly since 2015.

Thanks for the information John. I heard the converts had a few issues at the beginning but hadn't heard much since then.

What happened to the 100? I road the Carcross train back in 2014 and it was our engine then. I think it was one of only two unconverted GE's left then. I had assumed it was converted and was in the normal fleet now but I might of have been mistaken.

Also, thank you for the WP&Y footage. Really cool stuff on a railroad that doesn't get near enough love!

Brian Jansky
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