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Western Power carrying out low level checks on the power lines near and over our house this morning. Taken with Pentax K50 and Sigma 50- 500mm lens.
The great thing about a journey on the White Pass & Yukon Route is that the trains are long and the route is twisty - which means that if you are nearer to the back of the train, you get great views of the locomotives and the cars ahead as they climb up the mountain on the journey from Skagway (Alaska) to Fraser (British Columbia, Canada) or beyond.
In Skagway, Alaska, the WP&YR lines extend right into the cruise terminal. Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, the White Pass & Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad runs from Skagway, Alaska, into British Columbia, Canada. These days it operates as a tourist line on the first 67.5 miles of the original 110 mile route.
Lunch, beer, beef'n'horseradish. Can you believe, after the Santa Run, no beer and mince pie! At Tiles, St.Andrew's Sq. Guildford Arms closed, oddly.
The great thing about a journey on the White Pass & Yukon Route is that the trains are long and the route is twisty - which means that if you are nearer to the back of the train, you get great views of the locomotives and the cars ahead as they climb up the mountain on the journey from Skagway (Alaska) to Fraser (British Columbia, Canada) or beyond.