White Pass & Yukon Route and Related Bibliography
(Last Updated February 29, 2004)
Books
Barrett, Robert E.
Equipment of the White Pass & Yukon
Robert E. Barrett,
P.O. Box 2, Sterling, AK 99672
Carstens, Newton
Slim Gauge Cars
Carstens Publications Inc., 1991
ISBN 911868-72-0
Clifford, Howard
The Skagway Story
Alaska Northwest Publishing Co.,
Anchorage, AK, 1975
ISBN 0-88240-330-3
Clifford, Howard
Rails North
Superior Publishing Co. Seattle, 1981
Box 1710, Seattle, WA 98111, p. 8-53
ISBN 0-87564-536-4
Clifford, Howard
Alaska/Yukon Railroads
An illustrated history (overhauled & updated
edition of Rails North with rescanned pictures)
Oso Publishing Company, 1999
31328 N Brooks Creek Rd, Arlington,
WA 98223
Clifford, Howard
Doing the White Pass
Sourdough Enterprises,
Seattle, WA, 1983
ISBN 0-911803-04-1
Cohen, Stan
The Streets Were Paved with Gold
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1977
713 South Third West, Missoula, MT
ISBN 0-933126-03-4
Cohen, Stan
The Trail of ’42 –
A Pictorial History of the Alaska Highway
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 79-98
713 South Third West, Missoula, MT
ISBN 0-933126-06-9
Cohen, Stan
The White Pass and Yukon Route
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1980
713 South Third West, Missoula, MT
ISBN 0-933126-08-5, 1st and 2nd version
Cohen, Stan
Yukon River Steamboats
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1982
713 South Third West, Missoula, MT
ISBN 0-933126-19-0
Cohen, Stan
The Gold Rush Gateway: Skagway and Dyea, Alaska
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1986
713 South Third West, Missoula, MT 59801
ISBN 0-933126-48-4
DeNevi, Don &
Hall, Bob
United States Military Railway Service
Boston Mills Press, 1992
Dobrowolsky, Helene &
Ingram, Rob
Edge of the River, Heart of the City
A History of the Whitehorse Waterfront
The Yukon Historical & Museums Assn.
Lost Moose Publishing,
Whitehorse, YT, 1994
Goldsberry, Clare L.
Riding Alaska’s White Pass & Yukon Route
Smooth the Road, p. 14-23
Pentrex, Pasadena, CA,
ISBN 1-56342-007-4
Graves, S.H.
On the White Pass Payroll
The Lakeside Press, Chicago 1908; reprints:
Craxton, Caldwell, Idaho, ca. 1965 and
2/12/2016
Page 1
Paladine Press, Division of AMS Press, Inc.
New York, NY 10003, 1970
Green, M.T.
Locomotive Roster of White Pass & Yukon Route
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p. 109-111
Hauck, Cornelius W. &
Richardson, Robert W.
The Collected Colorado Rail Annual #4
(1963-69 articles)
Colorado Railroad Museum,
Golden, CO 80401, © 1974
p. 68-72, L of C #70-102682
Hilton, George W.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads
Stanford University Press, 1990
p. 306-309
ISBN 0-911581-08-1
Hites, Steven
The Scenic Railway of the World
Steven Hites,
Skagway, AK, 1994
ISBN 0-9640991-0-1
Johnson, Eric L.
Mining Railways of the Klondike
Pacific Coast Division, Inc., Vancouver, BC
ISBN 0-9697633-4-4
Johnson, Eric L.
The Bonanza Narrow Gauge Railway
Rusty Spike Publishing, 1997
ISBN 0-9681976-0-4
Johnson, Eric L.
The Sea-to-Sky Gold Rush Route
Rusty Spike Publishing, 1998
ISBN 0-9681976-1-2
Krause, John &
Duke, Donald
American Narrow Gauge
Golden West Books, 1978/1983
ISBN 0-87095-059-2
Lavallée, Omer
Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada
Railfare Enterprises Ltd.,
Box 1434, Station B, Montreal, H3B 3L2,
p. 56-64 & 106-111, ISBN 0-919130-21-6
Lewis, Donald C.
Rail Canada Vol. 2
(Paint schemes of WP&Y diesels)
Launch Pad Distributors, 1977
1342 East 49th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC V5X 1Z1, p. 45-47 & 133
Martin, Cy
Gold Rush Narrow Gauge
Trans-Anglo Books, 1974
Los Angeles, CA
ISBN 0-87046-026-9
Martin, J. Edward
Western Canada’s Railways
p. 76-84
J.E. Martin,
White Rock, B.C., Canada
ISBN 0-920716-01-6
McCready, Marina
Gateway to Gold: Skagway, White Pass and the
Chilkoot Trail
Studio North Ltd.,
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
ISBN ....................
Minter, Roy
The White Pass, Gateway to the Klondike
University of Alaska Press,
Signer’s Hall, Fairbanks, AK 99775-1580
ISBN 0-912006-26-9
Minter, Roy
Alaska’s Railroads
Alaska Geographic, Vol. 19, #4,
November 1992, p. 4-15
ISBN 1-56661-006-0 & 1-56661-007-9
Mulvihill, Carl
White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook
Carl Mulvihill, Skagway AK,
2000
2/12/2016
Page 2
Navé, Harald
Alaska-Feuerland
p. 14-23
Avanti Verlag,
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Quinn, Alfred O.
Iron Rails to Alaskan Copper
The Epic Triumph of Erastus Corning Hawkins
D’Aloquin Publishing Company 1995,
ISBN 0-9646669-0-1
Reisdorff, James J.
Locomotive 69 From Alaska to Nebraska
South Platte Press 1984,
ISBN 0-9609568-2-4
Schafer,
More Railroads You Can Model
p. 53-59
Kalmbach Books, 1978/1979
ISBN 0-89024-534-7 (out of print)
Spude, Robert L. S.
Building the Gateway to the Klondike
University of Alaska Press,
Signer’s Hall, Fairbanks, AK 99775-1580
ISBN ………………………………..
Tourret, R.
United States Army Transportation Corps Locomotives
(first of two volumes)
Chapter 64, p. 98-100,
Tourret Publications,
Abingdon, Oxon GB
Tourret, R.
War Department Locomotives
(second of two volumes)
Tourret Publications,
Abingdon, Oxon GB
Tourret, R.
Allied Military Locomotives of the Second World War
(comprising both volumes)
Tourret Publications,
Abingdon, Oxon GB
Tower, Elizabeth A.
Big Mike Heney: Irish Prince of the Iron Trails
Elizabeth A. Tower
6761 Roundtree,
Anchorage, AK 99516
True, J.D.
Along the White Pass High Iron (1974-82)
Hoghead on the White Pass
Lynn Canal Publishing,
P.O. Box 1898, 264 Broadway,
Skagway, AK 99840
True, J.D.
It Happened on the White Pass
Northbush Publications,
P.O. Box 5457,
Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 2T3
Wilson, Graham
The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway
Wolf Creek Books Inc.
211 Main Street, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 5P7
ISBN 0-9681955-2-0
Wilson, Graham
The Klondike Gold Rush
Wolf Creek Books Inc.
211 Main Street, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 5P7
WP&Y Corp. Ltd.
This is White Pass
(a brochure on all of the company’s activities)
The White Pass and Yukon Corp. Ltd.,
Whitehorse, YT
WP&YR
White Pass & Yukon Route,
A Pictorial Journey
Greatland Classic Sales,
Portland, OR 97280
ISBN 1-886462-14-3
Yardley, Joyce
Yukon Riverboat Days
Hancock House Publishers Ltd.,
19313 Zero Avenue, Surrey, B.C.,
ISBN 0-88839-386-5
???
The White Pass & Yukon Railway Depot
Yukon Tourism Heritage Branch,
Whitehorse, YT, 1998
???
White Pass & Yukon Plans (Diagrams)
Railhead Publications,
2/12/2016
Page 3
P.O. Box 6579, Canton, OH 44706
???
2/12/2016
Page 4
Rail Canada, Volume 2
LPD Publishing, 1977
Vancouver, BC, p. 45-47, 69-70 & 133
Magazine Articles
Armstrong, John
Modeling the White Pass & Yukon
Model Railroader Magazine,
March 1953, p. 44-49 and
The Classic Layout Designs of John
Armstrong, p. 8
Bailey, Robert D.
A 60-foot Wooden Turntable
Based on WP&Y’s turntable at Skagway, ca. 1900
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
May/June 2003, p. 42
Brown, Steve
White Pass & Yukon Route and the Ton of Gold Special
Railfan & Railroad Magazine,
March 1998, p. 28-33
Buffington, David
This is the White Pass
LGB Telegram, Winter 1992,
p. 18-29
Burkhardt, Börries
(pre and post wreck photos of #112 at US Gypsum)
Short and Narrow Rails 36,
p. 15
Brown, Bob
WP&Y #73
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
May/June 1982, p. 5
Brown, Bob
White Pass & Yukon Runs Again
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
May/June 1989, p. 48
Busse, David R.
Rebirth of the White Pass
Pacific Rail News Magazine #296,
July 1988, p. 28-30
Carver, Tom
Photo of 5 Class 90 Engines with Ore Train
CTC Magazine,
October 2001, p. 37
Cavalier, Julian
Passenger Cars of the WP&Y
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
April 1975, p. 40-43 and
Slim Gauge Cars, p. 106
D’Amato, Christopher
The Amazing White Pass, Part I
Railfan & Railroad Magazine,
July 1981, cover, p. 28-39
D’Amato, Christopher
The Amazing White Pass, Part II
Railfan & Railroad Magazine,
September 1981, p. 50-55
D’Amato, Christopher
Perspective: Modern Narrow Gauge
Overview of CN Narrow Gauge and WP&Y Operations
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
July 1982, p. 50-51
David, Max
Railroad Through a Snowbound Hell
True, the Man’s Magazine,
January 1963, p. 54-109
Derr, John
Narrow Gauge Digest – White Pass & Yukon Updated
NMRA Bulletin
March 1975, p. 60
Derr, John
Narrow Gauge Digest – White Pass & Yukon
NMRA Bulletin
August 1975, p. 32
Dockham, Ralph
White Pass & Yukon’s Diesels
Railroad Modeler Magazine,
March 1976, p. 27-31
Drury, George
White Pass & Yukon Railway
The Historical Guide to North American
Railroads, 2nd edition, p. 463
Eakin, Jim
Modelers Notes on the WP&Y
Short and Narrow Rails 17,
2/12/2016
Page 5
p.31
Eakin, Jim
Kitbashing a WP&Y HOn3 DL535
Short and Narrow Rails 23,
p. 25-31 & cover
Eakin, Jim
Davenport RS4TC No. 4700N
Short and Narrow Rails 33,
p. 16-18
Entringer, Rosemary
White Pass Meets it MATCH
Trains Magazine, Vol. 16 #4,
February 1956, p. 36-37
Ferrell, Mallory Hope
The Pigeon Hole: UTLX cars to WP&Y
(numbering of UTLX tank cars)
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
November/December 1992, p. 7
Forero, George A. Jr.
White Pass & Yukon – A Narrow Gauge Revival
Passenger Train Journal #212,
August 1995, p.38-46
Gebhard, Ed
US Government War Department 3-Foot Gauge 2-8-2
Used on the White Pass & Yukon Railway (plans of #191)
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
January/February 1992, p. 50-51
Geissel, J. Harold
White Pass & Yukon Route’s narrow-gauge Mikados
Model Railroader Magazine,
June 1974, p. 50-53
Getz, Charlie
The Narrow Gauge Scene: Alaskan Narrow Gauge
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
May/June 1995, p. 69-72
Getz, Charlie
The Narrow Gauge Scene: One Hundred Years on the
White Pass & Yukon
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
November/December 2000, p. 64
Gloor, Peter
Hoch im Norden, White Pass & Yukon in Alaska (1. Teil)
Loki Magazine ........
p. ..........
Gloor, Peter
Hoch im Norden, White Pass & Yukon in Alaska (2. Teil)
Loki Magazine 2/93,
p. 88-89
Hall, Gary E.
Déjà Vu
(photos of WP&Y tank car arriving in Colorado)
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
July/August 1992, p. 54-55
Hall, Gordon
The Narrow Escape
48/ft, O Scale News,
February 1999, p. 49-51
Hauck, Cornelius
All Steam Roster:
Locomotives of the White Pass & Yukon Route
Colorado Annual 1966,
p. 12-16
Heimerdinger, C.G. jr.
Three-Foot-Gauge Railroading on the White Pass & Yukon
Pacific News Magazine #185, Vol. 17 #3,
March 1977, p. 6-13
Hilton, George W.
Integration in the North
Trains Magazine,
January 1971, p. 37 (???)
Hilton, George W.
Integration in the North
Trains Magazine,
July 1971, p. 36-43
Hilton, Robert G.
Letter to the Editor
Short & Narrow Rails 18,
p. 3
Hohlstein, Jeff
Kitbashing the WP&YR GE #81
Light Iron Digest,
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Jackman, Lawrence
White Pass & Yukon Route - GE 800 hp Locomotive
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
July 1964, p. 30-31
2/12/2016
Page 6
Jaques, F.L.
Gateway to the Yukon
Trains Magazine,
January 1951, p. 36
Keefe, Kevin
WP&Y steam easy to find
Trains Magazine,
May 1999, p. 82-83
Kirchner, Rudolf
Eine Schmalspurbahn im hohen Norden Amerikas
White Pass
LGB Depesche 64, 1990
p. 30-40
Kyper, Frank
White Pass Rotary Snowplow with Sound
Garden Railways,
April 1997, p. 92
Kyper, Frank
Narrow Gauge to the Yukon
Trains Magazine,
May 1999, p. 54-59
McQueen, Don
WP&YR Roster
Freight Cars Journal, Issue 22, 1987
p. 14-16
Moore, William C.
White Pass & Yukon – Part 1, …………………….?
Trains Magazine,
…………………..
Moore, William C.
White Pass & Yukon – Part 2, a ride on the WP&Y
Trains Magazine,
Sep 1942, p. 35
Morgan, David P.
Trains goes to Alaska (1) - Winter over White Pass
Trains Magazine, Vol. 23, #4
February 1963, p. 18-25
Morgan, David P. &
Mulvihill, Carl
Trains goes to Alaska (2) - America’s Only Modern
Narrow Gauge
Trains Magazine, Vol. 23, #5
March 1963, p. 30-35
Nazarow, Greg
Return to White Pass
Railfan & Railroad Magazine,
March 1989, p. 49
Norwood, John
A Railroad Made of Gold ... White Pass & Yukon
Sn3 Modeler Magazine
Spring/Summer 1988 (1989?), p. 24-28
O’Brien, Susan
White Pass & Yukon Route,
All the Requirements for Classic Sn3 Modeling
Sn3 Modeler Magazine
Spring/Summer 1998, p. 17-19
O’Neil, Tom
White Pass & Yukon
NMRA Bulletin
January 1975, p. 26
Olson, Alan
Repainting LGB’s White Pass Diesel
Garden Railways,
December 1994, p. 78
Polk, Fred
The UTLX Return
Short and Narrow Rails #29,
p. 24-25
Reisdorf, James J.
Locomotive 69 From Alaska to Nebraska
Locomotive & Railway Preservation
Magazine,
July/August 1989, p. 38-45
Ryder, Daryl B.
WP&Y Part I: A View From the Inside on the
”We Push and You Ride”
Short and Narrow Rails #17,
p. 28-31
Ryder, Daryl B.
WP&Y Part II: The ”Wait Patiently and You’ll Retire”
Short and Narrow Rails #18,
p. 36-42
Savio, Tom
The White Pass at Milepost 100
Railfan & Railroad,
December 2000, p.
2/12/2016
Page 7
Schaumburg, William
Editor’s Notebook: More Modern, Metal Structures
and Other Stories
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
June 1985, p. 112
Schnepf, Ted
North to the Yukon: White Pass & Yukon Railway
Short and Narrow Rails #4,
p. 4-13 & cover
Schnepf, Ted
White Pass & Yukon Railroad: Roster, Plans and Photos
Short and Narrow Rails #5,
p. 20-27
Sivils, Kevin
White Pass & Yukon Gas-Mechanical #3 in Sn3
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
November/December 2000, p. 34
Sivils, Kevin
White Pass & Yukon Passenger Operations,
Part 1
Light Iron Digest, vol. 3, #5,
October/November 2001, p. 15
Sivils, Kevin
White Pass & Yukon Passenger Operations,
Part 2: The Coaches
Light Iron Digest, vol. …, #..,
February/March 2002, p. 14
Sivils, Kevin
White Pass & Yukon Passenger Operations,
Part 3: WP&Y 90 and 100 Series Diesels
Light Iron Digest, vol. …, #..,
April/May 2003, p. 12
Sloan, Bob
White Pass & Yukon Diesels, Part 1
S Gaugian Magazine,
September/October 1982, p. 37-42 & 44-46
Sloan, Bob
White Pass & Yukon Diesels, Part 2
(with drawings for #3, 90-100, ex-USA 3000 GE)
S Gaugian Magazine,
November/December 1982, p. 48-51
Steer, David G.
Northern Narrow Gauge
(with drawings for wooden boxcar & refrigerator)
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
September/October 1978, p. 26-32
Steer, David G.
(WP&Y Wooden Caboose Drawing)
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
September/October 1979, p. 63
Steer, David G.
The DL535E: Narrow Gauge Diesel of the North
(converting DL535E to wide cab version)
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
April 1991, p.54-58
Terry, Jeff
Those Wandering White Pass & Yukon Route Mikados
Railfan & Railroad,
July 2003, p. 10
Turner, Robert
Jumbo Tank Cars on the White Pass & Yukon
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
November/December 2000, p. 49
Vizbar, Rodger
”The Thunderbird”
White Pass & Yukon Newsletter
Rodger Vizbar, 119 Stapeford Crescent, S.E.
Medicine Hat, AB, T1B BY8, Canada
Walbroel, Gordon
Building a White Pass & Yukon Excursion Car
Garden Railways,
August 1995, p. 33
Welch, Doug
In the Army now
Trains Magazine,
Sep 1943, p. 34
Whittington, Doug
The Station at Caribou Crossing
Garden Railways,
June 1996, p. 68
von Euw, René
Auf den Spuren von Jack London
Brückenbauer 12,
Aug 7, 96, p. 66-68
???
White Pass & Yukon Route
Short & Narrow Rails 8,
p.
2/12/2016
Page 8
???
WP&Y’s Modelers Note
Short & Narrow Rails 17,
p. 30
???
WP&Y Part II
Short & Narrow Rails 18,
p. 36
???
Standard USA/TC “MacArthur” Narrow Gauge 2-8-2’s
Short and Narrow Rails #19,
p. 4-5
???
Steam Engine #4
(Picture)
Short & Narrow Rails 19,
p. 33
???
WP&Y #111-114
Trains Magazine,
.........................., p. 21
???
No. 73 Returns - White Pass & Yukon Steam
is Alive Again
Pacific Rail News Magazine #215,
Vol. 19, No. 9, February 1982, p. 12-13
???
Short Stuff - White Pass & Yukon
Pacific Rail News Magazine,
September 1982, p. 21
???
White Pass & Yukon Route
LGB Depesche 76,
p. 2-3
???
White Pass & Yukon 2-8-2 Plan
NMRA Bulletin,
April 1972, p. 36
???
(WP&Y 2-8-2 Drawing)
S Gaugian,
September/October 1983, p. 30
Model Product Reviews etc.
Brown, Bob
HOn3 Diesel
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette,
.........................., p. 22
D’Amato, Christopher
White Pass & Yukon DL535 Diesel (G Scale)
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
March 1990, p. 96-98 & 100
Higgins, Robert E.
HOn3 Scale DL-535 Diesel
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May 1979, p. 21
Sivils, Kevin
WP&Y Sn3 2-8-2 by Railmaster Exports
Light Iron Digest,
June/July 2002, p. 7
Steer, David G.
White Pass & Yukon 90 Class GE Locomotive (Sn3)
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
May 1988, p. 95-100
Turner, Robert
WP&Y Steel Cabooses (HOn3)
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine,
December 1989, p. 103, 106-107
Turner, Robert
WP&Y Heavy-Duty Flatcar (HOn39
Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine
April 1991, p. 93, 96-97
???
HOn3 WP&Y Road Switcher
Model Railroader Magazine,
......................, p. 52
???
Sn3 Diesel Cab Unit
Model Railroader Magazine,
......................, p. 52
???
WP&Y DL535E (Sn3)
SM (Sn3 Modeler) Magazine,
2/12/2016
Page 9
April 1988, p. 14
???
LGB G Scale Narrow Gauge Diesel-Electric Locomotive
Model Railroader Magazine,
August 1990, p. 45
???
White Pass & Yukon Freight Cars
Slim Gauge Cars,
p. 48
Video Tapes
2/12/2016
Page 10
Skagway at War
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Riding the White Pass & Yukon (~1948, 15 min.)
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The White Pass & Yukon Railway,
Skagway & Gold Rush (1982, 41 min.)
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The Trail of ’42 (1989, 60 min.)
Building the Alaska Highway
Pictorial Histories Productions,
713 S 3rd St, Missoula, Montana
White Pass & Yukon Narrow Gauge (1990, 50 min.)
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White Pass & Yukon Route
”Scenic Railway of the World” (30 min.)
White Pass & Yukon Route,
P.O. Box 435, Skagway, AK 99840
(also Walthers 662-49 $19.95)
Take Four Giant Steps (1959, 29 min.)
Mulvities Industries,
P.O. Box 252, Skagway, AK 99840
The White Pass
An Engineer’s Point of View (1996, 57 min.)
Logan Video Services Inc.,
(403) 633-4919
(also Walthers 662-57 $19.95)
The Little Railway that Could
90 Years of the White Pass and Yukon Route Ry. (30 min.)
Logan Video Services Inc.,
(403) 633-4919
Gold Rush Railroad (50 min.)
Logan Video Services Inc.,
(403) 633-4919
North to the Yukon (50 min.)
Catenary Video Productions,
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Alaska Gold Rush Train
Oregon Broadcasting
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