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So what do you need to blow up in order to move forward? On a recent trip, I took a jaw-dropping train ride from Skagway, Alaska into the Yukon Territory. Built around 1900, it was considered an impossible engineering feat. It climbs from sea level to 3000 feet in 20 miles, through two tunnels of solid rock, over trestled bridges that weaken knees, and around cliff-hugging curves. A few decades ago the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad was designated an International Historic