Alaska Film Archives - UAF | Rail travel from Alaska to Canada, 1960 @alaskafilmarchives | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, linking Skagway Alaska and Whitehorse Yukon Territory, was completed on July 29, 1900, when the last spike was driven midway along the line at the town of Carcross. Service began three days later. The railroad was intended to speed travel for gold seekers rushing to the Klondike, but by the time the rail was completed, most of the rush had died down. Nonetheless, the railway continues operations to this day.
These scenes of travel on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway in 1960 include passengers boarding the train on the White Pass dock in Skagway at Mile 0, Steam Engine 72 pulling the train, Pitchfork Falls, Black Cross Rock at Mile 10.2, entering Hannon snow shed, crossing the bridge into the tunnel at Mile 16, Inspiration Point at Mile 16.9, crossing cantilever bridge at Mile 18.6, Trail of ‘98 marker, approaching White Pass Station at Mile 20.4, arriving at Fraser Station at Mile 27.7, passing by Fraser Lake at Mile 30, arriving at Log Cabin Station at Mile 33.0, the S.S. Tutshi at Carcross, arriving Carcross at Mile 67.5, and the Caribou Hotel and Matthew Watson General Store in Carcross, Canada (Color/Silent/8mm film).
This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-16435 from the Alf J. Nore collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, linking Skagway Alaska and Whitehorse Yukon Territory, was completed on July 29, 1900, when the last spike was driven midway along the line at the town of Carcross. Service began three days later. The railroad was intended to speed travel for gold seekers rushing to the Klondike, but by the time the rail was completed, most of the rush had died down. Nonetheless, the railway continues operations to this day.
These scenes of travel on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway in 1960 include passengers boarding the train on the White Pass dock in Skagway at Mile 0, Steam Engine 72 pulling the train, Pitchfork Falls, Black Cross Rock at Mile 10.2, entering Hannon snow shed, crossing the bridge into the tunnel at Mile 16, Inspiration Point at Mile 16.9, crossing cantilever bridge at Mile 18.6, Trail of ‘98 marker, approaching White Pass Station at Mile 20.4, arriving at Fraser Station at Mile 27.7, passing by Fraser Lake at Mile 30, arriving at Log Cabin Station at Mile 33.0, the S.S. Tutshi at Carcross, arriving Carcross at Mile 67.5, and the Caribou Hotel and Matthew Watson General Store in Carcross, Canada (Color/Silent/8mm film).
This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-16435 from the Alf J. Nore collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
