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Steam & Excursion > Planes and Boats and Trains - 2Date: 07/22/14 11:29 Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: africansteam Today we continue our trip on the White Pass & Yukon to Fraser Meadows.
1. Prior to No. 73’s arrival one of the diesel powered trains pulled into the Skagway depot to board passengers. The crew cut the power off and ran around the train for the outbound journey. 2. Rolling past the Skagway shops. 3 & 4. As the train leaves town the woods quickly close in on the track.    Date: 07/22/14 11:36 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: africansteam 5. Approaching Fraser Meadows the track begins to climb above the timberline. The track elevation at Fraser Summit is 2,888 feet according to the station sign. The WP&Y guide book shows it 2,685.
6. Looking back was we enter the balloon track at Fraser Meadows. The train takes water from a creek here the return trip. In part three we will head back down to Skagway. Cheers, Jack    Date: 07/22/14 13:05 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: Tominde Very nice work with the on board pictures. Always hard to do.
Date: 07/22/14 14:57 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: Harlock Those shovel nose diesels have had quite the re-build. Good article in Trains a few years back.
-M Mike Massee Tehachapi, CA Photography, Railroading and more.. Date: 07/22/14 19:32 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: dmaffei Skagway is a fun town. We rode behind #69 on our WP&Y trip. Thanks for posting Jack
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,2965229,2965229#msg-2965229 Date: 07/22/14 20:58 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: africansteam Dave, Thanks for referencing your post. You answered a question that has been languishing in the back of my mind. How many cars can No. 69 take up the mountain!
Cheers, Jack Date: 07/23/14 09:03 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: YG Date: 07/23/14 20:15 Re: Planes and Boats and Trains - 2 Author: flash34 africansteam Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Dave, Thanks for referencing your post. You > answered a question that has been languishing in > the back of my mind. How many cars can No. 69 take > up the mountain! > > Cheers, > Jack I believe the 69 typically pulls 4 and the 73 pulls 5. They have roughly the same tractive effort but the 73 has a better horsepower curve. |