White Pass and Yukon Route

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The White Pass and Yukon Route is a Canadian and U.S. Class III 3 ft narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad. Equipment, freight and passengers are ferried by ship through the Port of Skagway, and via road through a few of the stops along its route.

Section with a switchback

First train headed to White Pass, 1899

Construction of the one tunnel in the line, 1899

Rock cut section near White Pass ca. 1899

Narrow-gauge railway

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A narrow-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm and 1,067 mm.

1556 woodcut from De re metallica, showing a narrow-gauge railway in a mine

An Electric Tilt Train in Queensland. Unlike other states in Australia which use different gauges, Queensland's network is made up of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)-gauge track.

The 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Disneyland Railroad in California

The 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge Ffestiniog Railway in Wales