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O.T. White Pass Railway

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thurlow

09-10-2004 08:50:10




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Saw a great special on PBS the other night about Skagway/White Pass Railway/Lake Bennett. Anyone ever been there? I know we've got a couple of Alaskans and a lot of Canadian guys on here, but not sure if any of you are from that part of B.C. Like most Americans, I tend to be ignorant about the rest of the world. Have lived my whole life (60 yrs) in the mid-South, but was "raised" on Owen Wister, Zane Grey, etc. and have always been intrigued by what we consider to be "way out west". Rode the Toltec/Cumbres narrow-gauge a few years ago and really enjoyed it. No way I'll make it to Alaska's inner passage this year, but it sounds like something I'd love to do..... .

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Mike (WA)

09-13-2004 12:41:15




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 Re: O.T. White Pass Railway in reply to thurlow, 09-10-2004 08:50:10  
I"m late on this reply, Thurlow, because the Mrs. and I just got back from an Alaska cruise on Saturday the 11th, and I"m catching up on the board. We took the train trip to the top from Skagway- $98 each- It was a good tour, narrated, with anecdotes and history. Nice scenery, and was especially interested in being able to see a short section of the actual "Dead Horse Trail" near the top. I did do some calculations, though, and am pretty convinced that being in the White Pass train excursion business is probably more profitable than being in the cruise ship business. Our ship was propelled by the electricity produced by two DC-10 jet engines, and reported mileage was 16 feet to the gallon in average seas.

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Chris C.

09-11-2004 00:25:35




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 Re: O.T. White Pass Railway in reply to thurlow, 09-10-2004 08:50:10  
Took the train ride this spring on a cruise. Great ride, great views!



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Alberta Mike

09-10-2004 13:35:37




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 Re: O.T. White Pass Railway in reply to thurlow, 09-10-2004 08:50:10  
I was in Whitehorse working during the summer of '65 and found out a lot about that railway but because we were so busy on the jobsite (a tank farm in Whitehorse) that we never did get enough time to make that trip. I often have regretted it. I do remember small little passenger cars on narrow gauge rails though.



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Mike(Wi)

09-10-2004 10:54:13




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 Re: O.T. White Pass Railway in reply to thurlow, 09-10-2004 08:50:10  
I was up there during the summer of 1980 and rode the train.

I really enjoyed it at the time, but don't know how it might have changed since then.

Mike



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REB

09-10-2004 10:24:16




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 Re: O.T. White Pass Railway in reply to thurlow, 09-10-2004 08:50:10  
Just got back from an Alaska Cruise. Was in Skagway but did not take the train trip. Went from Ketchikan to Juneau on a 90 fit boat with 64 others. No big liner for me. We stayed in hotels at night. No set schedule for us, we spend about an hopur at the fot of a glacier, had to push floating ice out of the way to get to the glacier. When we spotted whales the captain stopped the bot and they came so close that when they "blew", sometimes you could feel the spray!!!

Skagway was great but highly commercialized.

Overall a GREAT trip.

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