Send in the Rotary! With deep snow ahead and our passenger train unable to proceed any further north, we take the siding at White Pass Station and watch as the mighty Rotary Fleet charges f... (more)

Day 3: On to Bennett. The White Pass Rotary Fleet presses north from Fraser Station toward Log Cabin, with the ultimate goal of making Bennett on this 3rd day of their plowing operation. ... (more)

"Throttle back, boys!". White Pass Superintendent of Railroad Operations, Ed Hanousek gives hand signals to his pusher Engineers to ease off on the power as Rotary #1 encounters a particula... (more)

White Pass: US-Canada Border. The White Pass Rotary Fleet arrives at the place for which the line is named: the famed White Pass. Appropriately enough, a light snow is falling. Behind the R... (more)

Servicing Stop - Glacier Siding. Rotary#1's Fireman stands atop her tender to assist the crew of a White Pass Work Train in rigging the standpipes to water his engine. Anticipating the ne... (more)

Servicing Stop - Glacier Siding. With just about 6 miles to go to White Pass, the crew of the mighty Rotary #1 goes about the business of servicing their machine, while the locomotive crews... (more)

East Fork of the Skagway River - Bridge 5A. On the way up the mountain each day, our White Pass Chase Train crew made it a point to stop at several scenic vistas, to allow us to photograph ... (more)

Glacier - Bridge 14-A. After a servicing stop at Glacier Siding, the WP&YR Rotary Fleet resumes its climb toward the White Pass and a date with the deep snow pack which has been accumulatin... (more)

Arrival at Glacier Siding. The White Pass Snow Fleet climbs through 1870 ft MSL as it rounds the bend into Glacier Siding, some 14 miles north of Skagway. Here, the train will make a pit s... (more)

"Dispatch, the Rotary Fleet is Northbound at Fraser" the voice of Superintendent Hanousek crackles on the radios as Rotary #1 heads out along the shore of Fraser Lake, pushed by Engines 73 ... (more)

Workin' hard at Log Cabin. The White Pass Rotary Fleet charges through a heavily drifted area just south of the Klondike Highway Crossing in an area known as "Log Cabin". The charge you se... (more)

Northbound - Fraser to Log Cabin. After a brief break for lunch, the White Pass Rotary Fleet presses north from Fraser Station toward Log Cabin on the 3rd day of their plowing mission. Wit... (more)

Bound for White Pass! The White Pass & Yukon's Steam Rotary Fleet claws its way from Inspiration Point past the now derelict Bridge 18A, en route to the White Pass Summit and a battle with ... (more)

At the summit. Having broken through the 15-20 foot drifts at Canadian Shed, the White Pass Rotary Fleet proceeds north, entering a wide open stretch of track near MP 24, which is the actua... (more)

Snow-gasm!! The shutter clicks at the moment the White Pass Rotary Fleet collides with a dense drift, sending a momentary fountain of snow out the chute and in just about every other direct... (more)