MRRHQ White Pass & Yukon Mixed Passenger/Freight Set

The White Pass & Yukon Railroad was built during the Klondike gold rush days to provide rail service to the Yukon. By 1900, 110 miles of narrow-gauge track were built from the port at Skagway, Alaska, over the spectacular White Pass, through British Columbia and on into Whitehorse in the Yukon.

Unlike many of its contemporaries, the WP&Y survived the 1930s depression, boomed during WW II building the Alaska Highway, added diesel power in the 1960s and pioneered multi-modal containerized shipping. In 1982, the major mines in the Yukon were closed and as a result the WP&Y ceased operations. In 1988 the WP&Y was reopened from Skagway, AK to Bennett in British Columbia as a tourist railroad.

The WP&Y offers scenic train excursions to cruise ship passengers and independent travelers out of Skagway, Alaska, a restored gold rush town and headquarters of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Between June and August, the WP&Y offers special steam excursions, using Steam Engine #73, between Skagway and Lake Bennett, British Columbia.

White Pass & Yukon #73 is an operating steam locomotive. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the White Pass and Yukon Route in May 1947. After retirement on June 30th, 1964, the locomotive was moved to Bennett, British Columbia, in 1968 for display. In 1979 the locomotive was moved again to Whitehorse, Yukon, this time to be restored. Restoration was completed in 1982, and the locomotive has been back in service since then. It is currently the larger of two operating steam locomotives on the line.

The "Real" #73

The LOCOMOTIVE

• Modified C-9 Mint Condition with Excellent Original Box.
• Test Track run time only.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Upgraded w/MRRHQ Custom Bridge-Rectifier-Controlled Always On LED Operating Headlamp.
• Upgraded w/MRRHQ Custom LED Rear Tender Lighting.
• One-piece boilers, engine covers, cabs and tenders of pressure-cast high impact plastic.
• Steel main and side rods.
• Real brass bell.
• Many additional fine details.
• Powerful state-of-the-art can motor w/flywheel.
• Scale 63" Drivers.
• Easy rolling steel needle point truck axles.
• Upgraded with dummy front and working rear Knuckle Couplers.
• Made in Slovenia by Mehano. Production Year 2006.

Dimensions: Locomotive 7 x 1 3/8 x 2" Tender 4 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 2"

DCC Options:

• TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
• TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder w/KA4 Keep Alive Installed.
• TCS WOWSound 101 DCC/Sound Decoder Installed,
• TCS WOWSound 101KA DCC/Sound Decoder w/Keep Alive Installed.

The COACHES

Roundhouse 99158 (4) Coach 34' WP&Y Overton Coach Set.

• Baggage Coach #211.
• Lake Bennett Passenger Coach #240.
• Yukon River Passenger Coach #290.
• Lake Frasier Observation Coach #226.

Roundhouse 99162 Skagway River Passenger Coach #300.

• (5) MRRHQ Custom 3D Printed Interiors (You Paint)
• (5) MRRHQ Custom MagLED Interior Lighting Systems Installed.