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)

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)

Send in the Rotary! With deep snow ahead and our passenger train unable to proceed any further north, we take the siding at White Pass Station and watch as the mighty Rotary Fleet charges f... (more)

Day 3: On to Bennett. The White Pass Rotary Fleet presses north from Fraser Station toward Log Cabin, with the ultimate goal of making Bennett on this 3rd day of their plowing operation. ... (more)

"Throttle back, boys!". White Pass Superintendent of Railroad Operations, Ed Hanousek gives hand signals to his pusher Engineers to ease off on the power as Rotary #1 encounters a particula... (more)

White Pass: US-Canada Border. The White Pass Rotary Fleet arrives at the place for which the line is named: the famed White Pass. Appropriately enough, a light snow is falling. Behind the R... (more)

Servicing Stop - Glacier Siding. Rotary#1's Fireman stands atop her tender to assist the crew of a White Pass Work Train in rigging the standpipes to water his engine. Anticipating the ne... (more)

Servicing Stop - Glacier Siding. With just about 6 miles to go to White Pass, the crew of the mighty Rotary #1 goes about the business of servicing their machine, while the locomotive crews... (more)

East Fork of the Skagway River - Bridge 5A. On the way up the mountain each day, our White Pass Chase Train crew made it a point to stop at several scenic vistas, to allow us to photograph ... (more)

Glacier - Bridge 14-A. After a servicing stop at Glacier Siding, the WP&YR Rotary Fleet resumes its climb toward the White Pass and a date with the deep snow pack which has been accumulatin... (more)