Day 4 - Bennett or bust! With the morning sunrise just over an hour old, the White Pass Rotary Fleet leaves Fraser Station for Bennett, to finish the 2011 spring clearing of the line. The... (more)

The Gila Monster. The beefy-looking, outside frame locomotive you see here is White Pass Consolidation #69, a Baldwin product built for this line back in 1908. When purchased, she was one... (more)

Inseparable. White Pass Mikado #73 takes Rotary #1 in tow for a reverse run around the loop track in the Skagway Yard. After returning from a day of plowing, the Rotary Fleet was typicall... (more)

Got Alcos? In the world of tourist railroading, the White Pass & Yukon is a powerhouse. In their short, May thru September operating season, this narrow gauge railroad has run as many as 4... (more)

White Pass Icons Reborn. During the Spring 2011 Rotary Run at the WP&YR, the power for our chase train was this pristine-looking pair of shovel-nose, GE 90 Class Locomotives, seen here at t... (more)

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)

Railroad Attire - Alaskan Style! - Only in Alaska would typical railroad work clothes include ExtraTuffs. Considering the wet heavy sloppy snow it's probably a smart choice. Here White Pa... (more)

Heading for the Hills - The White Pass & Yukon's "rotary fleet" consisting of vintage snowplow #3 (Cooke - 1899) blasts out of town trailed by twin steam locomotives #73 (Baldwin 2-8-2 blt.... (more)

Drumhead -It's the fourth and final day of the White Pass' rotary plow adventure. After three hard days clearing the pass they made it as far as Log Cabin station on Wednesday but didn't h... (more)

Now That's What I call Smokin'! - After taking on water at the historic wooden tank the plow is continuing north opening the mainline as far as Lake Bennett. This view looks down from the ... (more)

Slinging Snow! - After taking on water at the historic wooden tank the plow is continuing north opening the mainline as far as Lake Bennett. This view looks down from the shoulder of the S... (more)

Around the loop - On the third day of the WP&Y's rotary outing the train finally made it to the loop at Fraser. The train plowed around from north to south and is seen here on the lower en... (more)

Sunshine, Snow, Station & Steam - Does it even get any better than this? Throw in some narrow rails and I think this just might be heaven! On the fourth and final day of plowing the White... (more)