In a joint venture, Alaska\u2019s White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (WP&Y) is being sold to Survey Point Holdings (majority owners) and Carnival\/Holland America (minority owners). The deal is set to be final Aug. 1.
\n\u201cBoth companies have experience operating in Southeast Alaska, specifically in port operations and tourism, which dovetails nicely with our MO,\u201d White Pass Local Chairperson Chris Williams said. \u201cSuffice to say, we are cautiously optimistic.\u201d
\nBegun in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, the WP&Y today caters to the tourist trade. The narrow-gauge railroad operates on the first 67.5 miles (Skagway, Alaska to Carcross, Yukon) of the original 110-mile line. The operation is designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
\nSMART TD Local 1626 represents train and engine service workers employed by the WP&Y.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a joint venture, Alaska\u2019s White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (WP&Y) is being sold to Survey Point Holdings (majority owners) and Carnival\/Holland America (minority owners). The deal is set to be final Aug. 1. \u201cBoth companies have experience operating in Southeast Alaska, specifically in port operations and tourism, which dovetails nicely with our MO,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":44202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,45,9,18],"tags":[4082,3578,4083,4084],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n