All of the equipment and all of the skiers have been loaded onto the Winter Park Express Ski Train here at the Winter Park Resort. Amtrak conductor Antonio is closing up the baggage compartment on one of the coach/baggage cars so the train can make its departure east, into the Moffat Tunnel, and on to Denver.
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Most of the passengers and equipment have been loaded on the Winter Park Express Ski Train. However, a few folks are still working to get their equipment turned in. You can see the open door on to the baggage compartment on the coach/baggage car, with ski racks standing inside to hold people equipment for the trip to Denver.
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After a long day of skiing, snow boarding, or other activities here in Winter Park, folks board the "Eagle" coach car from the platform. This year, Amtrak is giving names to all of the coach cars on the Ski Train to make it easier for passengers to remember which car is there, and find it on the platform. It can be a bit disorienting when the engines change position, but the cars themselves do not!
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The eastbound Winter Park Express is stopped on the main track alongside the heated platform here at the Winter Park Ski Resort. Passengers are working to get their equipment loaded, as well as themselves loaded, onto the train for the return trip to Denver. The train is running about 30 minutes late due to a CTC issue at the west end of Fraser.
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Looking out the vestibule window on the end of the coach car on the Winter Park Express Ski Train, we look directly into the face of AMTK 75, sporting the Phase 7 paint scheme. This P42DC was the leader on the train this morning, but is now the trailing unit for the journey back to Denver. Right now, the train is in between Fraser and Winter Park.
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From the last car of the Winter Park Express Ski Train, we look along the platform as all passengers headed for the resort are off, and we prepare to continue west.
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The five car Winter Park Express Ski Train is stopped alongside the heated platform at the Winter Park resort. The train is facing a green signal, ready to depart for Fraser as soon as all passengers heading for the resort are off the train.
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An employee for Winter Park has completed his duties on the platform this morning, and is walking toward the east end of the platform to head back to the resort. Note the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel in the scene as well.
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A Winter Park employee watches over passengers on the platform at the Winter Park Ski Resort, ready to answer any questions or offer help to any passenger that might need it as everyone scrambles to find their equipment.
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Passengers look for their equipment, resting on one of several ski racks, on the platform at Winter Park. Shortly, the Winter Park Express will depart for Fraser, added as a passenger stop this year.
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A Winter Park Express car host (volunteer) works to unload skies and snow boards from the baggage hold of this coach/baggage car. Racks are available on the platform to hold the equipment until passengers find theirs.
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A Winter Park Express car host (volunteer) works to unload skies and snow boards from the baggage hold of this coach/baggage car. Racks are available on the platform to hold the equipment until passengers find theirs.
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Passengers are "booted up" as they step off the Winter Park Express and onto the heated concrete platform at Winter Park. After finding their equipment, it is a short walk to the ski lifts.
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A Winter Park Express car attendant (volunteer) assists a passenger down the metal ramp to the platform at Winter Park.
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When UP runs a passenger special, they always make sure the power is pristine and matches wonderfully with the equipment. Here, a pair of SD70Ms leads 11 cars by the Winter Park ski resort. The resort is still open, and plans to remain open "as long there is enough snow".
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