Cy Martin.
1969
Trans-Anglo Books.
Hardcover.
96 pages, ? x ? cm, US$163.64 (Amazon)
Fascinating history of the construction of the White Pass & Yukon narrow gauge railway during the Gold Rush and how the line still operates. The book details the incredible hardships the railroaders had to overcome, 3.9 percent grades, below zero temperatures, cliff-hanging routes, and how its arrival affected the towns along the way, including Skagway and Whitehorse. The book also describes how the railroad became a vital link during World War II as the Alaskan Highway was constructed and its continued role both for transportation of materials to the Yukon and as a tourist railroad. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos that show both the Gold Rush era and the modern trains, as well as the river boats the railroad once operated and the ships that link the railroad to Vancouver, B.C. With a roster of steam, gas, and diesel locomotives. 96 pages with index and bibliography.
Roy Minter.
1987
University of Alaska.
Hardcover.
394 pages, 6.5 x 9.5 inches, US$136.33 (Amazon)
By the thousands they came, the gold-seekers of 1897, pouring through Alaska's White and Chilkoot passes on their way to the Klondike and to fortune. Fast behind them came the entrepreneurs, the bunco artists, and before long, the engineers and financiers whose driving ambition was to build a railway through the White Pass's rocky precipices. This is the epic northern adventure of the men who rushed for gold, the workers who toiled in winter storms, thaw-time muck, carving the grade, laying rail, and the ingenious characters who dreamed, schemed, promoted, and finally built the White Pass & Yukon Railway.
J.D. True.
1988
Lynn Canal Publishing.
Paperback.
128 pages, ? x ? inches, US$35.95 (Amazon)
The White Pass & Yukon Route is one of the most famous narrow gauge railroads in the world, and J.D. True was an engineer on the line for more than 40 years. Relive the experiences of the "Hoghead on the White Pass" in this collection of letters written to relatives, friends, and railfans from 1974 until his retirement in 1983. J.D. gives day-to-day accounts of his last decade on the White Pass with himself on the headend in addition to harking back to the days of steam engines and rotary snowplows.
Stan B. Cohen.
1990
Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Paperback.
128 pages, 8.75 x 11.25 inches, US$5.37 (Amazon)
The Klondike Gold Rush spawned the railroad in 1898. The line was built to alleviate the hardships of the gruesome trip over the passes to the gold fields in the interior of the Yukon. By the time the railroad was completed in the summer of 1900 the rush was over, but the White Pass Route survived nevertheless, and has continued for 82 years to provide a vital link between the Yukon and the outside world.
J.D. True.
1994
Northbush Publishing.
Paperback.
107 pages, ? x ? inches, US$16.95 (Amazon)
It Happened on The White Pass (2nd printing 1998) by J.D. True, a biography of his career on the railway (the famous White Pass & Yukon Route. Vivid autobiography of J.D. True, an engineer for the White Pass. With all-time roster for the WP&Y's steam locomotives. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos.
Eric L. Johnson.
1998
Rusty Spike Publishing.
Paperback.
90 pages, ? x ? inches, US$11.16 (Amazon)
A guide to the Scenic railway of the White Pass with mile-by-mile information, maps, equipment rosters, black and white and color photos.
Graham B. Wilson.
2013
Wolf Creek Books.
Paperback.
112 pages, 15.24 x 22.86 cm, $13.08 (Amazon)
Ride the railway built of gold and step back in time to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. The epic construction and operation of the White Pass & Yukon Route is legendary. With more than 125 spectacular historic photographs, fascinating anecdotes, and personal accounts, this book is an essential keepsake.
