I worked on this programme - a true pleasure to have spent nearly a month there filming. I have so many happy memories and the film really doesn't do the scenery true justice.
I've just got back from a holiday that took us to the White Pass Line. It's 40 years since we filmed the documentary, but this time I took my husband and we spent a week in Whitehorse along with travelling on the train again. Such fabulous scenery! Whitehorse has grown, but not a great deal of difference to Carcross and Skagway. So pleased I went back. @@polythenewrappedme6102
Thank You for posting this BBC episode. There are a lot of great moments to be seen, the station in Whitehorse, the blue livery scheme on the diesels and the container freight mixed train at the end. The BBC has always done great documentaries and although the quality of the footage is not great by modern standards, it is still a very important part of history.
my grandpa had a VHS copy of this and used to play it for me as a kid in the 80s. its quite amazing how you can find these distant memories on youtube. thanks for uploading it!
I worked on this programme - a true pleasure to have spent nearly a month there filming. I have so many happy memories and the film really doesn't do the scenery true justice.
Lucky you.
I've just got back from a holiday that took us to the White Pass Line. It's 40 years since we filmed the documentary, but this time I took my husband and we spent a week in Whitehorse along with travelling on the train again. Such fabulous scenery! Whitehorse has grown, but not a great deal of difference to Carcross and Skagway. So pleased I went back. @@polythenewrappedme6102
Thank You for posting this BBC episode. There are a lot of great moments to be seen, the station in Whitehorse, the blue livery scheme on the diesels and the container freight mixed train at the end. The BBC has always done great documentaries and although the quality of the footage is not great by modern standards, it is still a very important part of history.
my grandpa had a VHS copy of this and used to play it for me as a kid in the 80s. its quite amazing how you can find these distant memories on youtube. thanks for uploading it!
An excellent documentary with superb scenery. Love it! Steve Hites is great. A real character and so passionate about the railway.
I have met Steve Hites, he owns a bus company now. Still lives in Skagway.
Thank you for posting this!
What a great film, so glad you posted it.
Great Little Railways - The Gold Rush Line
10:42 the train driver, loco engineer, in the red bowler hat is John Westfall, the most talented and experienced driver the WP&WR of all time.
Been on this train few months back! WOW
If I'm right then this is the last film that was made about the White Pass & Yukon route before it closed as a revenue Freight hauling Railroad
It is reopened for passengers, but between Skagway and Carcross only. There is a Portuguese Tram at Whitehorse.
31:48-32:18, Holy shit