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by Graham B Wilson

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  • ISBN: 0968195520
  • Category: Engineering
  • Author: Graham B Wilson
  • Subcategory: Transportation
  • Other formats: rtf docx lit mobi
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Wolf Creek Books, Incorporated; 1 edition (January 2, 2013)
  • Pages: 112 pages
  • FB2 size: 1244 kb
  • EPUB size: 1916 kb
  • Rating: 4.7
  • Votes: 240
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The epic construction and operation of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is legendary.

The epic construction and operation of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is legendary. With more than 125 spectacular historic photographs.

Start by marking The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway as Want to Read . After 100 years, the railway built of gold still carves a path through one of the most treacherous mountain passes imaginable.

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The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) (reporting mark WPY) is a Canadian and . An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad. Equipment, freight and passengers are ferried by ship through the Port of Skagway, and via road through a few of the stops along its route.

The Klondike Gold Rush: Photographs from 1896-1899. The book is organized more or less geographically, with the chapters following the building of the line from Alaska into Canada. Compared to other railroad books I own, this one is average. It doesn't stand out and there aren't many amazing photos, but it's certainly not the worst.

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The epic construction and operation of the White Pass and Yukon Route.

Alaska’s most Popular Excursion! White Pass & Yukon Route Railway. Saturday, December 7thSkagway, Alaska White Pass Train Depot – 2nd Avenue Family and Friends are welcome to join Santa for a complimentary ride! Santa arrives at 11:00 AM AKT in Skagway, Alaska.

Graham Wilson, The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway ; Wolf Creek Books, 1998. Stan Cohen, The White Pass & Yukon Route, Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1996. American and Canadian engineers constructed the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, extending from Skagway, Alaska, to White Horse, Yukon Territory, in only 27 months, representing the first cold region engineered construction in Alaska.

Here's what previous visitors have asked, with answers from representatives of White Pass & Yukon Route Railway and other visitors. 154 questions answered. 90% answered in 1 day.

Ride the “Railway Built of Gold” and step back in time to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. The epic construction and operation of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is legendary. With more than 125 spectacular historic photographs, fascinating anecdotes and personal accounts, this book is an essential keepsake.
Reviews about The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway (7):
Sirara
Amazing what these people accomplished building that railway in Alaska Territory. After riding it, I had to know more. Thoroughly enjoyed this little book
Doukasa
I was hoping for a history of the White Pass railroad but this is just a photo book with captions.
Cetnan
To bring up the rating, this book contains some great pictures with a historical outline. For more thorough history look elsewhere.
Steel balls
excellent
Fountain_tenderness
A disappointing collection of photographs, most of them previously published. The text is limited to one page "chapter" introductions, with no new information and what is there is often misleading. Subtitled "100th Aniversary Collection", it is an obvious attempt to cash in on the tourist trade. Most captions are so brief as to be useless. The same photo is printed twice, once identified as at Bennett, the other time as at White Pass Summit. A group of passengers photographed on the rear platform of a passenger car is captioned as taken on a "caboose". Several photos of passengers riding flat cars are captioned as riding "flatbeds". The switchback at Dead Horse Gulch is identified as "near the summit" while the later cantilever bridge on adjacent pages is never explained as the switchback replacement. The only strengths of this book are the quotes from contemporary newspapers and the coated paper which improves some, but! not all, of the previously published photos. If you are looking for a good history or new information on the White Pass, look elsewhere.
Shomeshet
This book offered fascinating insights and a new perspective on Alaskan History.
Tujar
Full of great photos. Wish there was more on the story of the building of the line.

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