White Pass & Yukon Route No. 114 is a DL-535E type narrow gauge diesel locomotive built by the Bombardier Company in July 1982 for the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&Y) in Skagway, AK. It is based on the WP&Y's DL-535E type narrow gauge diesels that were custom-built by the Montreal Locomotive Works between 1969 and 1971, but with a wide cab instead of the traditional standard cab at the time.
It was used in occasional tourist excursion service for the WP&Y until eventually being sidelined sometime in the late 2010s. It remained in storage on the WP&Y when the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS) announced on November 11, 2023 in a commission meeting that they would acquire the locomotive for $120,000. On July 16, 2024, it was moved by barge from Skagway, AK to Bellingham, WA and later moved by truck the rest of the way to Antonito, CO on October 26, 2024. As of November 10, 2024, it has arrived at its new home at the C&TS between Chama, NM and Antonito, CO where it will then continue to operate in occasional tourist excursion service, mainly as a backup locomotive for their operable narrow gauge steam locomotives, and in work train service on the C&TS.
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- WP&Y 114 is the fifth former WP&Y narrow gauge diesel to be retired by the railroad and sold off in recent years, the others being WP&Y Nos. 101, 103, 106, and 107, all four of which were acquired by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) in Durango, CO back in April 2020.