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2011-07-12  Skagway - White Pass and Yukon railway - trains coming and going  
   

WHITE PASS AND YUKON RAILROAD 2011-07-12 Skagway - White Pass and Yukon railway - trains coming and going

WHITE PASS AND YUKON RAILROAD

July 12th 2011
July 12, 2011 SKAGWAY – WHITE PASS AND YUKON RAILROAD. Against all odds, this iron trail was born of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush and built through some of the North’s most ruggedly beautiful terrain. The building of the White Pass and Yukon Route was the engineering marvel of its time. Completed in 1900 with British financing, Canadian contracting and American engineering, it hauled miners ... read more
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