The morning westbound Zephyr made good time getting out of Denver and is just slightly ahead of schedule here, just west of C&S Jct on Main 2. Indeed, the crew is trying to keep up the good performance, exhaust pouring out of the P42DCs as the engineer throttles up. The track to the right is BNSF's Golden Sub, which runs to (among many other things), the Coors Brewery in Golden.
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45 minutes after passing by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6, this eastbound BNSF unit oil train has come to a stop on Main 1 west of Tennyson Street around MP 6. Most trains can fit between Tennyson Street and Lamar Street here, so it is fairly common stopping place if trains cannot proceed east to the yards for whatever reason. In this case, the oil train is waiting on the westbound Zephyr.
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The Winter Park Express, from which this picture was taken, is pulling across the Buck Lead, departing to the west. The westbound California Zephyr is running on time, and waiting for the Winter Park Express to clear so it can make its reverse move into Union Station.
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One of the two conductor's on the Winter Park Express, conductor Chris, is helping passengers by taking their equipment to load it onto the train. Both conductor Chris and conductor Antonio are absolutely amazing! They are friendly, kind, and always willing to help passengers in any way they can.
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With just over 20 minutes to go prior to departure, additional passengers walk down the platform of Track 5, carrying their equipment to the open baggage door on the coach/baggage car. The coach/baggage Superliner is the perfect car for hauling the ski equipment.
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One of the car hosts for the Winter Park Express Ski Train chats with Amtrak conductor Chris on the platform of Track 5 during a brief down moment, while waiting for more passengers to arrive.
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Passengers carry their ski or snow boarding boots as they walk down the platform along Track 5. The rest of their equipment has already been loaded into the baggage hold on the coach/baggage car.
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One of the numerous ski racks sit on the platform on Track 5 alongside the Winter Park Express. The train currently has two coach/baggage cars. The passengers skies and snowboards are loaded into the baggage compartments on these two cars. You can see the baggage hold open in the background.
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Looking at AMTK 146, currently the second unit on the Winter Park Express, note the "Ski Train" sticker with the classic Rio Grande herald on the side of the nose. A small, but wonderful, nod to the Ski Train(s) of yesteryear.
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A Rio Grande Ski Train sticker has been applied to the sides of the nose of both AMTK 75 and AMTK 146, the current power on the Winter Park Express Ski Train. A nice homage to the Rio Grande and Anschutz Ski Trains.
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Passengers are boarding on the Winter Park Express Ski Train on Track 5 at Denver Union Station. AMTK 75 will be the leader on the train this morning when it departs at 7am. Right now, at 6:25am, it is still nearly an hour from sunrise.
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Passengers ready to board the Winter Park Express Ski Train walk down the platform at Denver Union Station alongside Track 5. A car host greets the approaching passengers.
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The front half of a coal load backs through the OS at Pecos Crossover on Bypass 2. It is approaching the back half of its train, ready to connect up after cutting out mid-train DPUs.
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As a pair of light units make their way toward Utah Jct to head into the yard, the front half of a coal load prepares to make a reverse move to connect with the back half of the train on the other side of Pecos Crossover. And, while that is happening, a northbound BNSF manifest is headed for the BNSF Front Range Sub as well!
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After uncoupling from an eastbound coal load, these two mid-train DPUs have crossed over from Bypass 2 to Main 3 in order to make their way into the yard for servicing. You can see the front half of the train in the distance, clear of the OS, on Bypass 2.
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