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The white pass train snow plow. |
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Our ship is on the right. |
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Skagway was a very pretty little town. |
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Rhubarb any one? |
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Kathy and Linda bought some quilting and knitting kits here. |
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I liked this quilt kit which Kathy agreed to assemble for me. |
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Interesting architecture. |
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We decided to take the narrow gauge train tour up to White Horse Pass. |
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It was quite an engineering feat to build this. |
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This engine became obsolete and abandoned. |
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This RV Park looked a bit seedy. |
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A 1/2 mile tunnel. |
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This is a section of the original trail over White Horse Pass to get to the Klondike Gold Strike. |
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2000 pounds of gear per man had to be carried up this 3.6% grade about 20 miles to qualify for mining in the Canada gold fields. Some men had to make 30 trips to get their gear up the mountain. |
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Our guide for the trip.She was real short on actual history, but had some good jokes and was quite cute. |
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The girls liked this guide on the train. |
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Bridal Falls a beautiful series of falling water. |
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It was a very long train going up this 3.6% grade. |
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The Canandian border. |
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A beautiful vew looking back into Skagway. |
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I saw this bear for only a few seconds while coming back down the mountain. Not a great shot but it was exciting to see this Grizzly Bear. |