The Skagway White Pass Railroad Summit Excursion is very popular. We took an
unforgettable journey aboard the "Scenic Railway of the World" to the White Pass summit. We started our excursion as we boarded the train in Skagway and traveled 20 miles from tidewater to the Summit of the White Pass - a 2,865-foot elevation.We enjoyed vast canyon views and remarkable scenery along the historic route. As we rode in vintage coaches we retraced the original route to the White Pass summit, passing Bridal Veil Falls, Inspiration Point, and Dead Horse Gulch. The scenery included a breathtaking panorama of mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, tunnels, trestles, and historic sites along the White Pass Railroad. We saw the original Klondike Trail of 1898 worn into the rocks, a permanent tribute to the thousands of souls who passed this way in search of fortune.
Lucky to be in the last car, I was able to photograph the train as it curved ahead.
One of the signs marking our route
The summit with the appropriate flags at the Canadian border.
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What a great way to travel by that train!
ReplyDeleteI like the coaches on the train. They are so classy.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that there are people out on the openings between the cars. What a trip you had!
ReplyDeleteYou had a great vantage point for this train ride and you got some fantastic photos. You must have had a fabulous trip.
ReplyDeleteWow how wonderful.... I very very very rarele travel by public transportation but in this case I would make an exception, given the chance ;-)
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Now that is what a train is suppose to look like ~ Great post for A ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteA trip well worth taking! Terrific shots.
ReplyDeleteThis area is so scenic.
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Oh now you've got me all keen to take a train trip Kate! This looks amazing, what a super shot as the train curves around.
ReplyDeleteLove heritage railways, this one looks fun.
ReplyDeleteTrains are so nice to travel on, very relaxing and you get to photograph fantastic scenes such as these. Very nice, Kate.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the train!
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This looks like a perfect way to travel through beautiful country. What a great trip you had! (BTW, on our brightly colored house...it would be perfectly fine in an urban environment and I'd probably love it there. But in our region and its neighborhood in particular it is keenly out of place.)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a model train! Cool.
ReplyDeleteWow - what an exiting train ride that would have been! Great photos.
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful captures of the train that you were actually in.
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That sounds like so much fun. You got a great shot of the front of the train on that curve.
ReplyDeleteI can just picture you, hanging out of the window for the perfect shot!
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