Engine 51
The White Pass and Yukon Route railway is a 110 mile long railroad whose building was financed by the British Close Brothers (William, Fred and James Close) between 1898 and 1901.
It is a narrow guage railroad that connects Skagway, Alaska, on the west coast of Alaska, and Whitehorse Yukon, in the Canadian interior.
Engine 51 was one of the first locomotives used on the railway. It also operated briefly on the Atlin Short Line Railway, also known as the Taku Tramline, across the isthmus from Taku Arm, near the mouth of the Atlin River, to Scotia Bay, on the west shore of Atlin Lake. That 2.5-mile stretch of railway had the distinction of being the shortest railroad in Canada.
Engine 51 has been a part of the MacBride museum collection for a long time now and is currently residing beside the Yukon River while the MacBride undergoes a long awaited expansion.
Engine 51
The White Pass and Yukon Route railway is a 110 mile long railroad whose building was financed by the British Close Brothers (William, Fred and James Close) between 1898 and 1901.
It is a narrow guage railroad that connects Skagway, Alaska, on the west coast of Alaska, and Whitehorse Yukon, in the Canadian interior.
Engine 51 was one of the first locomotives used on the railway. It also operated briefly on the Atlin Short Line Railway, also known as the Taku Tramline, across the isthmus from Taku Arm, near the mouth of the Atlin River, to Scotia Bay, on the west shore of Atlin Lake. That 2.5-mile stretch of railway had the distinction of being the shortest railroad in Canada.
Engine 51 has been a part of the MacBride museum collection for a long time now and is currently residing beside the Yukon River while the MacBride undergoes a long awaited expansion.