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274-280
Number | Name | Builder | Date | Remarks |
274 | Lake Primrose | Coast Steel Fabricators, Ltd. | 1969 | Purchased new. Primrose Lake is named for Supt. Philip Carteret Hill Primrose (1864-1937), Northwest Mounted Police. Car was sold in June 2011 an left Skagway. Finaly the car arrived at the Georgetown Loop Railroad in Golden. |
276 | 1st Lake Big Salmon | Coast Steel Fabricators, Ltd. | 1969 | Purchased new. Sold in 2005. Resold to Edwards Railcar Co. in 2007, possibly to salvage the trucks. Big Salmon was the English name given to a river, whose Tlingit name meant river in which there were large chinook (king) salmon. |
278 | 1st Lake Fairweather | Coast Steel Fabricators, Ltd. | 1969 | Purchased new. Sold in 2005. Resold to Georgetown Loop R.R. in 2007 (#228). Renamed Silver Queen by G.L. R.R. Fairweather is a mountain, so named by Capt. James Cook because he had experienced good weather when he saw it. |
280 | Lake Dease | Coast Steel Fabricators, Ltd. | 1969 | Purchased new. Dease Lake named for Peter Warren Dease (1788-1863), chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Co. |
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274 coach "LAKE PRIMROSE" (1969)
Bernard J. Kern took a great picture out of the White Pass dispatch window in 1969. There you'll see car 274 and combine 216. Image by Bernard J. Kern, collection of Kevin Sivils.
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Coach 274 leaving Skagway
In June 2011, the coach 274 was sold and trucked out of Skagway. Image by Boerries Burkhardt.
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276 coach "LAKE BIG SALMON" (2005)
The coach was parked on ground before he was sold into the lower 48. Image by Boerries Burkhardt June 5, 2005.
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276 Lake Big Salmon (2005)
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278 Lake Fairweather (2003)
Image by Boerries Burkhardt, September 2003
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280 coach "Lake Dease" (2008)
After a long day, coach 280 at the coach year at Skagway. Boerries Burkhardt June 8, 2008.
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280 Lake Dease (Fall 2003)
Image by Boerries Burkhardt, September 2003
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