White Pass & Yukon Steam Excursions - 2024 - Return to Bennett
| April 11, 2024 12:43PM |
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The only thing I can find online, so far, are these two itineraries. (I do not know the specific dates or days of the week.) It appears the plan is to run steam from Skagway to Bennett, then return to Fraser to swap passengers with a bus connection. The train will then return to Bennett before running all the way back to Skagway. That totals up to 107 miles for the engine each day, plus a few for turning and switching.
Skagway - MP 0
Fraser - MP 27.7
Bennett - MP 40.6
There are a couple of substantial grades beyond White Pass, the scenery really opens up on both sides of the train with Lake Bernard to the east near Fraser, and Bennett Lake to the west when you arrive. Between Fraser and Bennett, the train has to climb both directions to Log Cabin, and my favorite spot to hear the engine work going home on Fraser hill. It should be quite the show.
Princess Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Line
Last year the engine got out about three days, so many of us at White Pass are looking forward to having it back in scheduled passenger service.
John Hillier
Skagway - MP 0
Fraser - MP 27.7
Bennett - MP 40.6
There are a couple of substantial grades beyond White Pass, the scenery really opens up on both sides of the train with Lake Bernard to the east near Fraser, and Bennett Lake to the west when you arrive. Between Fraser and Bennett, the train has to climb both directions to Log Cabin, and my favorite spot to hear the engine work going home on Fraser hill. It should be quite the show.
Princess Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Line
Last year the engine got out about three days, so many of us at White Pass are looking forward to having it back in scheduled passenger service.
John Hillier
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