The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway - we didn't think we could get tickets but we did. What a day for it, a clear blue sky and plenty of sunshine. It is hard to believe that the 110 miles of track from Skagway to Whitehorse were laid in just 26 months. Our train ride would only take us as far as White pass summit and back but that was more than enough to satisfy us. The scenery got better and better as we climbed out of the tree line. I looked across to a stilted railway hugging a cliff and dissaperaing into a tunnel. Wow I thought look at that, Donna pointed out that was where we were going but it looked like it was on another mountainside and the wrong direction. Donna was right of course, the track snaked its way round and through the hillside climbing all the time until we were being transported over the rails propped up by timbers with an huge drop on one side. Later, we could spy an enormous bridge spanning a canyon, one end being made from wood and the rest steel but none of it looked solid enough for a train, and it wasn't. The tracks had been diverted to a newer bridge further up the canyon - phew. It is difficult to describe a ride on 'The Scenic railway of the world' so I will let our photos do the talking - there are plenty of them (and a short video as well). For all you train buffs - The track climbs to almost 3000 feet in 20 miles. Max gradient 3.9%, rails three feet apart on a 10 foot wide bed to lower construction costs. Cliff hanging turns of 16 degrees. Tens of thousands of men and 450 tonnes of explosives were used to build the railway which included blasting tunnels and constructing trestles and bridges. Work went on through the winter with temperatures down to minus 60! They have two steam engines but both out of service at the moment.