The White Pass & Yukon Route's only operable steam locomotive, number 73, has just conquered White Pass for the first time in 2025. Crews spent the day making two test trips up the pass, with the ... (more)

Approaching White Pass Summit. Although the journey on the White Pass & Yukon Route for most cruise ship passengers ends at White Pass Station (MP 20.4), near the US/Canada Border, the actu... (more)

Up close with White Pass Rotary #1. One of the unique memories that I have of the 2011 White Pass Rotary Run was the ability of the photographers to get relatively close to the machine....a... (more)

Rocking pristine British Columbia. On the 3rd day of the 2011 White Pass Rotary Run, the White Pass Rotary Fleet presses north out of Canadian Shed, toward White Pass Summit, Fraser and poi... (more)

White Pass Station: The Rotary Fleet takes the lead. On the 3rd day of the 2011 White Pass Rotary Run, most of the really heavy plowing around White Pass Station and Canadian Shed had been ... (more)

The power behind the plow. White Pass Rotary #1 is indeed a mighty machine, but she goes nowhere without at least a couple of locomotives to push her along. Leading the power on the 2011 ... (more)

"Dispatch, the Rotary Fleet is at the summit." The radios crackle with Superintendent Hanousek's announcement that his rotary train is at the actual summit of White Pass (2,940 MSL) and is ... (more)

White Pass Rotary #1: Up close and personal. White Pass Superintendent E. C. (Ed) Hanousek signals for his pusher locomotives to pick up the pace, as Rotary #1 climbs out of a deep, snow-fi... (more)

A glorious sight! White Pass Rotary #1 plows the main line between White Pass and Fraser, BC, pushed by White Pass Steam Locomotives #73 and 69. The "White Pass Rotary Fleet", a... (more)

Got snow? Throughout most of its history, the White Pass & Yukon Route was a freight hauler that did some passenger business. Back in the day, they operated year-round and used a pair of ... (more)

It's a good day for plowin', eh?. Looking a bit like a giant whale surfacing, the White Pass Rotary Fleet climbs out of a deep cut, about 3 miles north of the US/Canada Border, en route to ... (more)

Controlled Violence! White Pass Master Mechanic Dave Sorrell watches the controlled explosion of snow and ice from the relative safety of the pilothouse, as Rotary #1 attacks the "Canadian ... (more)

Somewhere around here, there's a railroad. A White Pass "Cat" cuts down the deep snow pack to a level that will allow the line's rotary snow plow to operate without continuously stalling o... (more)

Forward! After a brief break to allow guest photographers to snowshoe ahead of the train, White Pass Superintendent Ed Hanousek motions to the Engineers on the pusher locomotives to resume ... (more)

Majestic! That was about the only word I could come up with to describe this extraordinary scene of a steam-powered rotary snow plow and two pusher engines going full tilt in the pristine ... (more)