The White Pass and Yukon received the first of its new engines yesterday.
Yeah someone on Facebook posted this with the heading Alaska Railroad gets a new locomotive
They sound like pretty substantial locomotives,
At 65 feet long, they are 12 feet longer and, at 135 tons, about 30 tons heavier, Taylor said. The biggest difference is in horsepower — 3,300 horsepower per locomotive versus 1,200.
https://skagwaynews.com/2020/02/10/wpyr-spends-millions-on-larger-more-efficient-locomotives/
Also found this from august last year,
It’s been a busy year of expansion and improvements at the White Pass & Yukon Route. The hugely popular tourist railroad, based out of Skagway, Alaska, was sold on July 31, 2018, to a joint venture involving cruise line Carnival Corporation and Rail Management Services, an affiliate of Survey Point Holdings.
The original 110-mile WP&YR, completed in 1900, provided freight and passenger service between the Pacific Coast and Yukon mining territory until 1982. In 1988, it transformed into a tourist railroad, and currently operates on 67.5 miles of track from the seaport at Skagway inland to Carcross, Y.T.
Nearly half a million tourists ride the scenic White Pass route each year between May and September, on narrow-gauge track that climbs almost 3,000 feet on a nearly 4% grade involving tunnels, steel bridges and timber trestles leading to panoramic views of glaciers, gorges and waterfalls.
Bob Berto, President of WP&YR and Director of Survey Point Holdings, found time in his busy schedule to answer a few questions from Railway Age.
First article says 10 units, but the Railway Age piece says 2 locomotives … hmmmm.