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. The railroad is symbolic of triumph over challenge. Building the Route was considered an impossible task but it was literally blasted through coastal mountains over a century ago. Tens of thousands of men with picks and shovels and 450 tons of explosives overcame harsh climate and challenging geography to create the railway built of gold in only 26 months but the zenith of the Klondike Gold Rush had passed by the time the railroad was completed. In addition to Engine 73, the WP&YR rail fleet consists of twenty diesel-electric locomotives and 69 restored and replica passenger coaches named after lakes and rivers in Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia. The coach cars are on average 50 years old and the oldest car, Lake Emerald, was built in 1883 and is on the line each day. The White Pass and Yukon Route was designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1994. This is an honor shared by only 36 world civil engineering marvels such as the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, and the Panama Canal.'))
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 follows the Animas River from Durango to Silverton, Colorado. The D&SNG has operated continuously since 1881 over the 45 miles of 36-inch track. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and is also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The trackage was originally built between 1881 and 1882, by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in order to carry silver and gold ore mined in the San Juan Mountains. The line was an extension of the D&RG narrow gauge from Antonito, Colorado to Durango. In March 1981, the Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) sold the line and the D&SNG was formed. This is one of the few places in the United States which has seen continuous use of steam locomotives.'))
. The D&SNG has operated continuously since 1881 over the 45 miles of 36-inch track between Durango in La Plata County and Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and is also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The trackage was originally built between 1881 and 1882, by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in order to carry silver and gold ore mined in the San Juan Mountains. The line was an extension of the D&RG narrow gauge from Antonito, Colorado to Durango. In March 1981, the Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) sold the line and the D&SNG was formed. This is one of the few places in the United States which has seen continuous use of steam locomotives.'))
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 attached to the engine frame. On the two rear truck model shown in this photograph, power was supplied to the second rear truck with an outboard tie rod. This tie rod and the rear drive shaft are missing in the photograph. The first locomotive of the Charles Heisler design was built in 1891. Dedicated production began in 1894 when Heisler\'s design was adopted by the Stearns Manufacturing Company. It is believed Stearns discontinued the locomotive\'s manufacture in 1904 because of lack of profitability. After the \'panic of 1907\', the locomotive manufacturing works were reorganized into a new company, the Heisler Locomotive Works. This company continued the design until 1941. Approximately 625 were manufactured. This locomotive is next to the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad station in Elbe, Washington. MRSR is the longest continuously operating steam train railroad in the Pacific Northwest and is said to be the only tourist attraction in the area between Mount Rainier National Park and Mount St. Helens National Monument capable of providing an activity to over 500 guests daily. The Railroad can be better described as an operational display of the equipment used in the steam logging industry with all major logging locomotives represented -- perhaps the only place in the world they can be viewed together.'))
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