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White Pass and Yukon Route Class DL-535E
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1969· model of six-axle diesel locomotives used by the WP&YR since 1982
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Skagway, AK 99840, USA - panoramio (7): Michael Boyd· CC BY 3.0
- 2. White Pass and Yukon Railroad -a: Colin Lea· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The White Pass and Yukon Route Class DL-535E (sometimes known as the MLW-Worthington Model Series C-14) is a series of narrow-gauge diesel locomotives that were custom-built by the Montreal Locomotive Works of Montreal, Quebec in Canada between 1969 and 1971 for the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y) in Skagway, Alaska.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1969–1982
- in service from
- 1969
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Bombardier
- operators
- USG Corporation, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, White Pass and Yukon Route, Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- weight
- 98 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q123692366, Wikipedia: White Pass and Yukon Route Class DL-535E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.