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The White Pass and Yukon Route railroad has had a large variety of locomotives and railroad cars. White Pass steam locomotives Locomotives with dark grey have been scrapped, while locomotives with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. White Pass gasoline-mechanical locomotives Locomotives with dark grey have been scrapped, while locomotives with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. White Pass diesel-electric locomotives Locomotives with dark grey have been scrapped, while locomotives with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. White Pass passenger cars Cars with dark grey have been scrapped, while cars with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. Existing White Pass freight train cars Cars with dark grey have been scrapped, while cars with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. 1880’s-built White Pass Freight Cars Cars with dark grey have been scrapped. Existing White Pass work equipment cars with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. Existing White Pass inspection track units cars with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. Former White Pass flatcars now serving as underframes cars with light grey have been either put on display, or sold to other railroads. Existing White Pass car bodies detached from trucks Car bodies with light grey have been either put on display or sold. Former White Pass off-rail equipment on display Equipment with light grey have been either put on display or sold. Origins of White Pass station, passenger car, and preserved boat names Aishihik [Cars ##264, 380] is the English adaptation of the Southern Tutchone metaphor a shè yi, which literally means its tail hanging down, and which figuratively refers to the shape of the bay at the north end of Aishihik Lake. Although Aishihik (a shè yi) is the English and Tlingit name for both the lake and the village at the north end of the lake, it is the Southern Tutchone name only for the village. The lake's name in Southern Tutchone had been Man Shӓw [Lake Big]. Aishihik Lake located 28 kilometers north of Alaska Highway Kilometer 1546, via Aishihik Lake Road. Aishihik River located at Alaska Highway Kilometer 1547.5. Alaska [Mile Post 0 to 20.4] is the English adaptation of the Aleut idiom alaxsx-a, which figuratively refers to mainland Alaska. Literally, it means object to which the action of the sea is directed (alax [sea] + sx-a [object of action]). Alsek [Car #314] is the English adaptation of the Tlingit verb theme aa łsêxh, which means a person habitually rests. It was the name of a Nóogaa (Tlingit) village located on the pre-1891 Upper Alsek River (post-1891 Tatshenshini River), near the mouth of the O'Connor River. Alsek River flows into the Gulf of Alaska. American Shed [MP 19.2 Station] was named for a snow shed on the American side of White Pass, which existed until the 1980s. This name distinguished this shed from a snow shed on the Canadian side of White Pass. Annie Lake [Car #360] was named for Annie Austin (1870–1950), widow of Charles "Dawson Charlie" Henderson (co-discoverer of gold in the Klondike). Lake located 19 kilometers southwest of Robinson, via Annie Lake Road. Atlin [Car #218 and a Barge] is the English adaptation of the Tlingit phrase áa tlein, which means large lake. Atlin Lake located 96 kilometers south of Alaska Highway Kilometer 1342, via Atlin Road. Bare Loon Lake [Car 2nd 202] was named for skinny dipping and wailing loons. 1970s Chilkoot Trail hikers sometimes skinny dipped and sometimes heard loons wail at this lake. This lake provided those hikers their last opportunity to bathe before boarding the train at Bennett. Un-officially named "Beaver Lake." This lake is at Chilkoot Trail Kilometer 46.7 and to the west of WP&YR Mile Post 37. Barry [Mile Post 36.0 Station] was named for Donald E. Barry (1944-2000), WP&YR conductor. Station renamed to Vista in 2007 or 2008. "Beaver Lake" [Car #388] is the un-official name for Bare Loon Lake, which is at Chilkoot Trail Kilometer 46.7 and to the west of WP&YR Mile Post 37. There are at least 14 other "Beaver Lake"s in British Columbia. Bennett [Mile Post 40.6 Station] and Bennett Lake [Car #240] were named for James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (1841–1918), son of the founder of the New York Herald. The lake was originally one of at least four lakes which had borne the Tlingit name kusawa [narrow lake]. Bennett also located at Chilkoot Trail Kilometer 53.1. Bernard Lake [Car 2nd 209] was named for James Bernard "Ben" Moore (1865-1919), who helped establish the White Pass Trail. Un-officially named "Fraser Lake." Lake located at Mile Post 27.7 and at Klondike Highway Kilometer 36.5, adjacent to the Fraser station. Big Kalzas Lake [Car 2nd 230] was named for Kalzas (fl. 1859), a Northern Tutchone employee of the Hudson's Bay Co. Big Salmon Lake [Cars ##276, 352] was named for the Big Salmon River, which flows through the lake. Big Salmon River took its name from its Tagish, Tlingit, and Northern Tutchone names, which translate to water in which there is large chinook (king) salmon. Big Salmon Lake is 9 kilometers downstream from the river’s headwaters at Quiet Lake. Quiet Lake is at South Canol Road Kilometer 98.5. Black Cross Rock [Mile Post 10.4 Station] is a large fallen rock with grave marker, which commemorates two construction workers who were accidentally crushed and buried by this rock on August 10, 1898. This accident occurred during blasting operations. One of the workers was Maurice Dunn (1861-1898), who had lived in Michigan and California. The other worker is "supposed to be", "A. Jeneaux," but there is little corroboration for that latter name. Black Lake [Car #216] was named for the lake's dark appearance, which is caused by the presence of tannic acid and by the lake's not being fed by glacial runoff. Lake located on the Klondike Highway between Mile 4 and Mile 5. Boulder [Mile Post 4.5 Station] was named for boulders located in the Skagway River at this location. British Columbia [MP 20.4 to MP 52.6] was indirectly named for Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), by way of five iterations. Christopher Columbus was the eponym for the name Columbia, a reference to the New World. Columbia was the eponym for the Columbia Rediviva [Columbia Revived], a privately-owned ship built as Columbia in 1773, and rebuilt in 1787 [thereby, “Revived”]. The Columbia Rediviva was the eponym for the Columbia River, into which that ship entered in 1792. The Columbia River was the eponym for the Columbia District, a fur trading district named in 1810. Finally, the Columbia District was the eponym for British Columbia, which was the portion of the Columbia District that lay in Canada and was named in 1858. Canyon [former Mile Post 106.0 Station] is .... Discover the Ls Sygnet popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ls Sygnet books.