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» MP 28.3
» Fraser, British Columbia, Canada (more..)
» April 27, 2011 |
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» WP&Y 73 (more..)
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| 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 shoulder of the South Klondike Hwy just north of the siding at Fraser. The plow is making quick work here, but soon will bog down in the deep hard packed drifts around Ptarmigan Point on the shore of Lake Fraser. The White Pass & Yukon's "rotary fleet" seen here consisted of vintage snowplow #3 (Cooke - 1899) trailed by twin steam locomotives #73 (Baldwin 2-8-2 blt. 5-47) and #69 (Baldwin 2-8-0 blt. 4-07) with coach 211 (blt. by AC&F in 1918 for Oregon's Sumpter Valley) bringing up the rear. What a sight, eh? Clearly they didn't have any clean air laws when these machines were built! |
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