WP&YR Facts


 

Rolling Stock

 

The WP&YR rail fleet consists of twenty diesel-electric locomotives, 69 restored and replica passenger coaches and two steam locomotives. The diesel-electric locomotives are General Electric units dating back to the 1950s and ALCO units from the 1960s.
The pride of the fleet is Engine No. 73, a fully restored 1947 Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado class steam locomotive and was joined by No. 69 in 2005, a Baldwin 2-8-0 built for WP&YR in 1907.

 

The WP&YR passenger coaches are named after lakes and rivers in Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia and are on average 49 years old. The oldest car, Lake Emerald, was built in 1883 and is on the line each day. Lake Tutshi, vintage 1893, starred in the 1935 Universal Studios movie "Diamond Jim Brady." And the Lake Lebarge carried Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on a royal tour out of Whitehorse in 1959.

 

Top Photo:GE Diesel

 

Bottom Photo: Alco Diesel