This
is Engine #2 of the White Pass and Yukon Railway. Actually, this
was their first engine, but it was numbered #2 because a railroad
had to own two engines before it could apply for some kind of
funding. A nearly identical engine was acquired later and numbered
#1. In subsequent years, #2 was renumbered #52. It now sits across
the street from the WP&Y RR station in Skagway AK. If you
should be in Skagway, stop by the diner right next to the engine
for the best halibut burger in the entire world.
This engine is a sample of the special GE diesels
built for the WP&Y RR. This one might actually be serviceable,
but its missing the center axles on both trucks and it looks a
little well worn.
This looks like an old Mogul and it is definitely
in bad condition. I don't know how it got here, but it looks like
it might stay here a little longer.
