I believe the first two or three WP&Y rebuilds were actually done by CEECO in Tacoma. When Washington Corporation closed CEECO (now a Progress Rail shop), that is about the time American Orient Express had vacated the shop at Western Jct. and Global Locomotive was formed by former CEECO employees. The majority of their work that I am aware of was completing the WP&Y rebuild project. They got in trouble for using the "Global" name, so they changed their name to Sygnet something. The last WP&Y GE shovelnose had been totally torn down and was about ready for reassembly. When Sygnet failed (without notice), White Pass apparently did check to see if someone else could complete the engine at a reasonable cost, and finding none, decided the most economical solution was to salvage what components that were of value, scrapping primarily the frame and body. The shutdown was so sudden that the Tier 4 Cummins repower of a SD9043MAC had to go to another shop for completion. G&W had a couple of GP38/40 units in for minor repairs and paint, and they left partially completed still masked for the next paint color. The shop still has three rail left over from the White Pass project. They supposedly had a contract to build some new narrow gauge engines for a South American customer, but apparently that project never got past a few sub-assemblies being built.

The City of Tacoma owned the former Weyerhaeuser line and shop. "Frontier Rail" did buy the shop and the part of line presently leased by WWR, primarily being used for car storage though there are a few actual rail customers. The principle owner of Frontier Rail is also a partner/investor in WWR, but the other partner is presently managing it. At some point, WWR will likely transition to solely being a Frontier property as they now own the underlying track.