White Pass & Yukon No. 72

White Pass & Yukon Railroad #72 was one of 4 "70 Class" 2-8-2 "Mikado" type narrow gauge steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1947 for the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&Y) in Skagway, AK.
Like all the other engines it was designed to work for the WP&Y, which ran from Skagway, AK, to the Yukon Territory in Canada.
No, 72 was retired in 1964 and was used as a stationary boiler at Skagway from 1964 to 1969. In 1969, No. 72 was badly damaged in a roundhouse fire, which resulted in the scrapping of all but its chassis in 1974.
The chassis was sold to Silver Dollar City in 1977 as a source of spare parts. Silver Dollar City eventually sold out to Dollywood in 1986 and all that remained of the chassis was scrapped by 1999.
==Trivia==
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* The builders plate of the locomotive survived in good shape.
==Gallery==
Whitepassandyukon72.jpg
Pressed into service.jpg
File:Whitepassandyukon72builderplate.jpg|The locomotive's builder plate.
WP&YR -72, Skagway.jpg
72 burnt in the fire.jpg
Welcome to your new home.jpg
Steam 72 wpyr baldwin skgy 1962.jpg
-72 after the fire, 1969.JPG
Category:Baldwin locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:2-8-2 steam locomotives
Category:Eight-coupled locomotives
Category:2-8-2 locomotives
Category:White Pass & Yukon locomotives
Category:Built in 1947
Category:Locomotives
Category:Scrapped locomotives
Category:Wrecked trains
Category:Scrapped steam locomotives
Category:Baldwin Class 12-28 ¼ E