Photo ID: 106301 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE The slopes! Says it all...Amtrak put some "wraps" around three of the Superliner that are being used on the Winter Park Express; the new Ski Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106300 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE Looking for a quick way to get to the slopes in Winter Park, CO? Consider taking the re-invented Ski Train, known as the Winter Park Express. Amtrak will run the train from Denver to Winter Park and back on Saturdays and Sundays from January 7, 2017 through March 26, 2017. The train departs Denver at 7am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106299 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE Each Amtrak Superliner can have a four digit car number assigned to it. For the Winter Park Express, Amtrak has simply numbered the cars 0001 to 0007. Here, car 5 sits with icicles forming on the exterior shell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106298 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1604 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE A pair of Amtrak Coach/Baggage Superliners sit on Track 5 at Union Station, ready to take passengers from Denver to Winter Park for a day of skiing on the slopes. Winter tends to be Amtrak's slow season, so they could afford to steal a few Superliners from long distance trains to make up the 7-car consist of the Winter Park Express. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106297 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1662 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE The cold ("bloody") nose of AMTK 156 as it rests on Track 5 at Union Station. At the time of this shot, the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) was two days away from its inaugural run. Amtrak set aside a mighty fine looking unit for the train this winter. Personally, Amtrak's Phase I scheme (represented here) is my second favorite, after the Phase III scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106296 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Brrr! Perfect weather for the upcoming first run of the re-invented Ski Train. Amtrak's Winter Park Express will make its first trip from Denver Union Station to Winter Park Ski Resort the Saturday after this picture. Amtrak is using AMTK 156 for power on the train. The P42DC sports the "Bloody Nose" heritage scheme, a modern take on the first paint scheme Amtrak used in the 1970s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106295 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1613 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE For years, Amtrak used the "Pointless Arrow" as its official emblem. When Amtrak released its heritage units in 2011 for the 40th anniversary of Amtrak, one unit had the Pointless Arrow on it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106294 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1699 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE This is when you know it is cold. Icicles have formed on the outside of the P42DC that will be used on the Winter Park Express this season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106293 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1942 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak 2017 will mark the first regular running of the Ski Train (now called the Winter Park Express) since March 2009! It's been eight years (where does the time go?), but train service to Winter Park is returning. And Amtrak is using one of its last remaining F40PHs for the train. The prime mover has actually been removed from this F40PH, but it still looks good. The train will operate in a push-pull method between Denver and Winter Park (Fraser). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106292 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Not too much of a secret what this Amtrak Superliner is going to be used for! The return of the Ski Train! Amtrak is calling it the Winter Park Express. And three of the Superliners have special wrap applied to them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106280 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 31, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 2043 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific UP has a regular manifest that it runs between North Yard and Pueblo (and vice versa). Typically, the train departs either yard around 11pm, making it very difficult to get shots of the train. On New Year's Eve 2016, however, UP made the train a daylight run. It departed North Yard right around 2pm. After a bit of a delay at 20th Street, the train is now on the roll on Main 1 along Hogan's Alley (near 8th Avenue). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106279 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 31, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 20th Street Denver, CO 1888 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific A southbound UP manifest pulls on to the north end of the Joint Line at 20th Street. The train had been holding at a red signal, waiting for a few other trains to clear up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106278 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 31, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Station Denver, CO 1500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad RTD C Line (Littleton) Regional Transportation District The low sun glistens off the rails and catenary at the Light Rail Station in Denver. It is incredible how much this area has changed in the last 10 years! A recent arrival sits at the station, preparing to pull forward so it can reverse direction and head south once again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106153 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1886 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Ed Dickens leans slightly out the engineer cab window of UP 844 as the train approaches the grade crossing at York Street. As the train rolls towards the photography, I think to myself thank goodness the FRA allows for exceptions to the requirement of engines having ditch lights! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106152 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1891 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 844 is pulling north on the Inbound Main out of UP's 36th Street Yard. The train is deadheading back to Cheyenne from Denver. Once there, UP 844 will be put away in the steam shop and the cars will likely wind up heading back to Council Bluffs, IA, where they are kept when not being used. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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