Even if trains, history and nature aren’t your cups of tea on their own, something absurdly special happens when the three combine. The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is a staple of any visit to ...

This year, The White Pass & Yukon Route is celebrating 125 years of service in the North. The iconic railroad has resumed operations into the Yukon territory this summer for the first time since 2019.

Lindsay Breen, White Pass & Yukon Route Railway’s first female engineer, gives a tour of her train cab on Oct 15, 2024. (Melinda Munson/KHNS) The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway has operated out of ...

An easing of restrictions at the border between Skagway and Yukon Territory will make it possible for tour companies to run cross-border excursions this summer. That’s good news for many Skagway tour ...

Completed in 1900 with British financing, Canadian contracting and American engineering, the White Pass & Yukon Route was the engineering marvel of its time. Cutting a swath through some of the ...

Several landslides have closed the cruise ship dock in Skagway for the rest of the summer, causing what's expected to be at least three dozen vessels to skip the tourism-dependent port by the end of ...

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This scene was taken shortly after the completion of the railroad in 1899. The impression received by the audience is that of riding on the pilot of an engine. Shortly after starting, you plunge into ...