Breakout! After struggling mightily with 15-20 ft. snow drifts for a day and half, WPY Rotary #1 and her train finally break out of White Pass, just north of Canadian Shed, near MP 21.5, wi... (more)

Clearing the platform at Bennett. The White Pass Rotary Fleet begins to attack the winter's accumulation of snow from the tracks at the station platform in Bennett, British Columbia. Loca... (more)

The big reveal. White Pass Master Mechanic Dave Sorrell opens the access covers on WPY Rotary #1 to reveal the steam engine that powers the greatest show on rails. When I heard that the Wh... (more)

The Chase Train. After photographing the White Pass Rotary Fleet crossing Bridge 14-A above Glacier Siding, our die... (more)

Entering White Pass. Having just switched his passenger extra onto White Pass Siding, Brakeman Dave Dobbs lines the switch and signals for the Rotary Fleet to come out of the cut and into W... (more)

Takin' a break. White Pass Railroad Superintendent E.C. "Ed" Hanousek appears to strike a proud pose for me after hopping down from the cab of Rotary #1. The boss has called for the crew t... (more)

Ready to do battle with the drifts. The winter is over. The mechanics have done their job and the equipment, some of which is 110 years old, is in top-notch condition. There is a large cr... (more)

Deep in the trenches, the battle rages. On Day 2 of their 4-day mission to clear the line, the White Pass Snow Team attacks the worst of the snow pack, in a deep cut called Canadian Shed, a... (more)

Danger Close! On the second day of the 2011 White Pass Rotary run, I stand with half a dozen other photographers atop a rocky bluff, overlooking a deep cut called Canadian Shed. Once the ... (more)

White Pass Archaeology: WPY #60. Sitting on a bluff near the north end of the White Pass Yard in Skagway is one very forlorn-looking, little 10-wheeler with a rather odd story to tell. ... (more)

Day 4 - Bennett or bust! With the morning sunrise just over an hour old, the White Pass Rotary Fleet leaves Fraser Station for Bennett, to finish the 2011 spring clearing of the line. The... (more)

The Gila Monster. The beefy-looking, outside frame locomotive you see here is White Pass Consolidation #69, a Baldwin product built for this line back in 1908. When purchased, she was one... (more)

Inseparable. White Pass Mikado #73 takes Rotary #1 in tow for a reverse run around the loop track in the Skagway Yard. After returning from a day of plowing, the Rotary Fleet was typicall... (more)

Got Alcos? In the world of tourist railroading, the White Pass & Yukon is a powerhouse. In their short, May thru September operating season, this narrow gauge railroad has run as many as 4... (more)

White Pass Icons Reborn. During the Spring 2011 Rotary Run at the WP&YR, the power for our chase train was this pristine-looking pair of shovel-nose, GE 90 Class Locomotives, seen here at t... (more)