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The 110-mile White Pass & Yukon Route from Skagway to Whitehorse was completed with a golden spike ceremony on July 29, 1900.
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The White Pass Summit Excursion runs $155 adult / $77.50 child (3-12) booked direct at wpyr.com in 2026; the season spans April 30-October 7 with no service Sep 26-27 and Oct 1/3-5, and trains board dockside plus at the 1898 depot at 2nd & Spring.
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Building the White Pass & Yukon Route cost $10 million, employed 35,000 men, and claimed 35 lives.
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In 1994 the WP&YR was designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark — one of only 36 such world engineering marvels, alongside the Panama Canal and the Eiffel Tower.
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The WP&YR gains almost 3,000 feet of elevation from tidewater at Skagway over just 20 miles of track.
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Construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway began on May 28, 1898, at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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The White Pass & Yukon Route is a narrow-gauge railroad with rails set just three feet apart, riding grades of almost 3.9 percent and 16-degree cliff-hanging curves.
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The White Pass & Yukon Route climbs to White Pass Summit at 2,865 feet above sea level on the U.S.-Canada border.