White Pass & Yukon Route

Maintenance Equipment


Wedge Plow-Flanger


 
4 Wheel Plow-Flanger




Mention by Roy Minter

On equipment listJune 4, 1900

Engine assignment letterJan 1899

Letter mentioning snowplow and flangerMarch 1899



Rotary
Snow Plow page



Shovels

45 Ton Bucyrus Shovel

The Thompson patent is for the
curved top rear of the boom.

Photo needed, WP&YR or

other owners of this model


Not WP&Y, but
a Bucyrus shovel,
likely a 45T


Not WP&Y
Thompson-Bucyrus shovel


Thompson-Bucyrus
shovel diagram

70 Ton Bucyrus Shovel

WP&YR 70 Ton Bucyrus Shovel.

Operator's letter


Note the size of the trucks,
dual coupler pockets,
and 3rd rail

Dual gauge track


70T shovel,
engine 56
Page dump cars





Cranes



Derrick


Derrick clearing
first crossing bridge



Crane X-8 was build from a crawler crane


Remains of crane X-8


The other end of X-8








Pile driver

Pile Driver


 



Hopper and ballast cars

Bottom dump cars from BC

#850-855, (later 650-651) when new, before delivery to
Granby Consolidated Smelting at Anyox, BC in 1915, then to WP&YR in 1940.

In service on WP&Y



Bottom dump cars from Newfoundland in 1990

Work train (rear) backing into Fraser.

Work train (front) backing into Fraser.

#641, 36' ballast hopper, ex CN Newfoundland



Side dump cars from Newfoundland in 1988

#650 side dump ballast car

#650 end




Depressed center flat cars

WP&Y built 4 depressed center flat cars


1200
Originally flat car R-2,
which was converted to a tender frame for #66 in 1951.
In 1957, the frame was converted to 1200.



1201
Originally #70's tender,
which was moved to Rotary #1 in 1950,
then to #190 in the early 1950's.
In 1962, the frame was converted to 1201.



1202
Built in 1967


1203
Built in 1968



Casey cars and other motor cars
Buda model 14


Purchased in 1912 for $992.45 including transportation.


It was still on the 1949 equipment list.

1911 ad


1913 ad with Buda 14



Casey Jones engine to power handcars
From Northwestern Motor Company

WP&Y purchased their first Casey Jones engine in 1916
.

By 1919 they had 9
.

In 1923 WP&Y bought 2 Casey Jones motor cars.

All 11 were still on the 1949 equipment list.

1916 ad

1916 ad

1919 ad

1919 ad

1921 ad

1921 ad

1922 ad





Not White Pass






Fairmont motor car

Purchase of Engine and Construction of Car for Bridge and Building Gang 1919
Total cost- $647.50


It was still on the 1949 equipment list.








Track Car equipped with Ford Motor,
for Bridge and Building Gang


Purchased between 1927-1937 for $649.49


It was still on the 1949 equipment list.







Northwestern Heavy Duty Gang Car


Purchased in 1947 for $998.52









Unidentified car



Casey Cars  2001 - Photos by Bruce Pryor

Rails North Casey Car page

White Pass Fan Casey Car page



Track maintenance equipment