It is 9 o'clock in the morning and the Winter Park Express is unloading its passengers. The train apparently has every seat filled! Great news for the future likelihood of the continuation of the operation. Many skiers are gathering, getting ready to get on a lift and start their day.
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The Winter Park Express faces a green signal at the east end of Winter Park. However, the train is currently stopped as it is unloading its passengers. In the distance, you can see a few runs at Mary Jane, the more advanced runs at Winter Park. The two prominent runs in the upper right are both blue/black runs. The one to the left is call Hughes, the one to the right is called Little Pierre.
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Passengers are starting to unload from the Winter Park Express to join the hundreds of other skiers, ready to hit the slopes at Winter Park.
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AMTK 45 and AMTK 170 lead the westbound Winter Park Express toward a stop alongside the heated platform at Winter Park. A handful of skiers (who did not ride the train) pass by the head end.
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The morning Winter Park Express exits from the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel and pulls alongside the platform at Winter Park. The train is packed to the gills with skiers, ready for a day of fun.
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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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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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