File:White Pass & Yukon Route's first passenger train reaches the White Pass summit, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 1899. (04ad21437ae24db1af527d2e2838d41c).jpg

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English: White Pass & Yukon Route's first passenger train reaches the White Pass summit, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 1899.
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English: White Pass & Yukon Route's first passenger train reaches the White Pass summit, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 1899.
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English: U.S. National Park Service
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English: On this day in 1899 was the first excursion train on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad! By the end of July the following year, WP&YR had reached Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. This engineering feat would become the main mode of travel into Alaska's interior for decades to follow. Photo courtesy of J.B. Prather, The Gold Fields of the Klondike, 1899 (KLGO9715 TO-68). Historical Photograph Collection, Klondike Gold Rush NHP.
  • Keywords: passenger train; white pass; white pass summit; whitehorse; passenger; historical; black and white; history
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English: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Date Taken on 20 February 1899
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04ad21437ae24db1af527d2e2838d41c
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English: NPGallery
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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English: Organization: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Address: PO Box 517, Skagway, AK 99840
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