June 29th - Returned to Skagway to Ride Steam Engine #69

We returned to Skagway to ride Steam Engine #69 on the White Pass Yukon Route.
The history of this notorious railroad is mentioned in a previous post of May 19th.

As we climb the old White Pass Trail we can see Lynn Canal in the distance.

HOLY #%&crap;#*! THE TRAIN IS COMING!"

"NO KIDDING DUDE! I AM OUTA HERE!

They both ran for their lives and disappeared into the bush.

When we continued over the summit into the Yukon we encountered a Caribou family resting in the afternoon sun.

The train chugged through the mountainous rocky terrain of the Canadian Yukon.

They then had to travel this rocky mosquito infested terrain until they reached the head waters of the Yukon River. They built boats to carry the mandatory one ton of food and supplies necessary to cross the Canadian Border. They traveled the Yukon River to the gold fields surrounding Dawson City a total journey of over 600 miles. The Gold Rush was essentially over by the time the railroad was completed in 1901.

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