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Outside, the White Pass & Yukon Rail Train
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![]() The train had stopped on the dock where it waited for folks to exit from ships to board the train for a ride to Canada and back.
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![]() The lead cars of the train seemed to disappear into the forest as the train rounded a long curve.
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![]() The train passed by a forest that descended steeply down into a river gorge. Notice the low overhanging clouds that masked the rugged mountains from view.
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![]() It took three diesel engines to pull the train up the steep route and over the pass into Yukon in Canada.
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The train did not cross that bridge until it got to it. This was the new all-steel bridge that replaced the old wood
and steel bridge
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![]() A tunnel had been dug through the rock of a mountain so that the train could more easily reach the summit.
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![]() The summit was mostly rock and snow with a low covering of green bushes. Note that this was the summer so the snow was mostly melted into puddles.
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![]() Each passenger car was heated with an oil stove at the front. This kept the inside of the cars at a chilly rather than cold temperature.
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![]() The mountains just outside the windows of the train rose dramatically high into the clouds and fog.
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![]() The engines homeward bound back to the docks and back down to sea level. Notice how lush the forests appeared in summer.
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