Even if trains, history and nature aren’t your cups of tea on their own, something absurdly special happens when the three combine. The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is a staple of any visit to ...

JUNEAU -- The new boom industry in Skagway is tourism, providing the bulk of the jobs and at the height of the summer, regularly giving the big cruise port the lowest unemployment rate in the state.

Lindsay Breen, White Pass & Yukon Route Railway’s first female engineer, gives a tour of her train cab on Oct 15, 2024. (Melinda Munson/KHNS) The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway has operated out of ...

A Princess Cruises ship docked in Skagway, Alaska. A berth in the city has closed due to rockslide risk, and Princess has rerouted several ships' itineraries as a result. Photo Credit: Princess ...

A rockslide on Sept. 24, 2022 wiped out the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway’s attenuator net on Skagway’s Railroad Dock. (Photo courtesy Andrew Cremata) In an effort to reduce the hazard from ...

FAIRBANKS — In summer and fall 1897, thousands of gold seekers clamored ashore at the head of Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska, eager to cross the coastal mountains and reach the Klondike gold fields at ...

A rockslide early Thursday closed the cruise ship dock in Skagway, prompting one vessel to skip that port altogether. Part of the dock was damaged during the slide just before 6:30 a.m., according to ...

Officials from both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are trying to plot a course for the future of the Skagway ore terminal. Representatives from the Yukon government and Alaska met in Skagway last ...