White Pass and Yukon Route 195 is a narrow-gauge S118 class "Mikado" type steam locomotive, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in 1943 for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC). It was later operated by the White Pass and Yukon Route (WPY). It is preserved and is on static display at the Skagway Museum in Skagway, Alaska.
History No. 195 was built in February 1943 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC), which used it to transport workers, troops, and materials to build the 1,520-mile Alaska Highway during World War II. In 1946, it was sold to the White Pass and Yukon Route (WPY), which gave it WPY lettering. In the early 1950s, the railroad converted No. 195 and several other S118-class engines to burn oil instead of coal.
No. 195 served the WPY for eleven years hauling freight and passenger trains until 1956, when it was retired from revenue service. For six years, it sat in storage on a side track with several other S118 locomotives waiting to be scrapped.
In 1962, No. 195 was donated to the City of Skagway and was preserved for static display at the Skagway Museum in downtown Skagway, Alaska, where it still sits today.
Surviving sister engines No. 190 is currently operating at the Tweetsie Railroad near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. No. 192 is currently operating for the Dollywood Express at the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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