Breakout!
After a day and a half of slogging through 15-20 ft., WPY Rotary #1 and her train finally break out of White Pass, just north of Canadian Shed at about MP 21.5, with Rotary Pilot Alvin Gordon leading the charge from the cab door. From here on north to Bennett, BC, the snow depths will be a very manageable 3-6 ft, and the train will make steady progress, vs. stalling every twenty yards as she has been.
The odd-looking wooden tower on the left side of the photo is not related to the railroad. It is actually a pipeline valve housing associated with an oil pipeline, which used to parallel the rail line.
Breakout!
After a day and a half of slogging through 15-20 ft., WPY Rotary #1 and her train finally break out of White Pass, just north of Canadian Shed at about MP 21.5, with Rotary Pilot Alvin Gordon leading the charge from the cab door. From here on north to Bennett, BC, the snow depths will be a very manageable 3-6 ft, and the train will make steady progress, vs. stalling every twenty yards as she has been.
The odd-looking wooden tower on the left side of the photo is not related to the railroad. It is actually a pipeline valve housing associated with an oil pipeline, which used to parallel the rail line.