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Sign inside the White Pass & Yukon Railway Depot.

Rotary snowplow #1 is fully restored and sits behind Old No. 52. Engine No. 52 is believed to be the first engine to reach the White Pass Summit in February 1899. Keeping in mind the engine’s huge historical significance, WP&YR Painters Judy Martell and Mike Mileski transformed the engine from rusty to radiant, doing an excellent job restoring her to former glory.

Originally, Utah and Northern Railway #37. She was sold to the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad in 1889 and acquired by the WP&YR in 1898 as its 1st Baldwin steel boiler. New cylinders and larger smokebox were installed; and she was renumbered to 52 in 1900. She retired in 1936 and was stored at Atlin, British Columbia until 1964 when it was brought back to Skagway. In 1971 the locomotive was put on display at The United Transportation Union Hall in Skagway,

Rotary Snowplow No. 1, a 129-ton rotary snowplow, was built in 1898 by the Cooke Locomotive and Machinery Company of Paterson, New Jersey for WP&YR.

The White Pass, at 2,865 feet receives significant snowfall from late September until early June. Snowplow No. 1 built 1899 was well suited to serve the early needs of the White Pass & Yukon Route, even during the harshest winter conditions.

The boiler of No. 1 was used solely to turn the 10-foot rotary blades of the plow. The snowplow itself was pushed forward by two locomotives coupled behind the plow. Together this dynamo was able to slice through nearly impenetrable snow drifts.

It was retired in 1965 but was used as recently as 2001 for a ceremonial clearing of the rails. Rotary Snowplow No. 1 has been restored and can be seen by the Skagway Depot.

Two men worked together pumping handcars on White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. This railroad served the needs of Yukon's population as well as its mining industry since 1898. Today it is designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

Built in 1947, Engine #73 is the pride and joy of the White Pass fleet. It's a Baldwin Mikado 2-8-2 (a single pair of leading wheels in a leading truck, followed by four coupled pairs of driving wheels and a pair of trailing wheels in a trailing truck.) It was the last steam engine built for the White Pass & Yukon railway. It was retired in 1994 and restored in 1982. It has been pulling passengers over the White Pass for over 40 years.

Originally built in 1880 for the Utah and Northern Railway (a U.P. Railway subsidiary). Purchased by the U.S. Army in 1943 for use on the WP&YR, it was destroyed by fire in 1945.
The Caboose often served as an office and quarters for the train crew. From the cupola, the elevated section of the caboose, crewmen could better inspect the train.

The final track merger before leaving Skagway and heading into the wilderness and up the mountain.