Winding its way through Barbara's Gulch, the Ski Train is on the final leg of its trip into Denver. After leaving Rocky, the train will be able to accelerate up to 50 MPH for the rest of the trip down to North Yard.
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The Kansas is the perfect end to the Ski Train as it rounds the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
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Heavy, wet snow is starting to fall at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon as the Ski Train head down the grade from Tunnel One.
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A busy afternoon at the (relatively) new Pecos Street Crossover. A coal empty is moving west on Main One (far left), a coal load is pulling into Main Two with an approach signal, and the Valmont Coal Train is crossing over to BNSF's Rennicks Yard at Utah Junction in the distance.
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The Beer Train heads east on Main Three just west of DS004 (Pecos Street Crossovers). The train will go down the UP main to Prospect Junction and then enter BNSF's 31st Yard.
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The inspection car at the end of a UP passenger special carrying former CEO Dick Davidson heads west at Crescent. In the distance, a winter storm gets ready to head east into Denver overnight!
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UP did a wonderful job getting this passenger special into and out of Denver in a very timely fashion! The train was east of Denver on the KP at 3:45pm and by 4:45pm, it was going through Clay! Here, just before the last bit of sun disappears to shadow west Crescent, the special rounds the sweeping curve near the west end of the block.
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UP ran a passenger special over the KP line and west on the Moffat on March 7. The train consisted of eight cars and was led by a single SD70M. Dick Davidson (who will be retiring soon) was onboard for the trip westward.
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The Ski Train, with five BNSF business cars on the end, makes its way west through Clay on a beautiful morning after a night where four inches of fresh powder fell.
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An unusual end to the Ski Train, five BNSF business cars bring up the rear of the train as the head end of the train comes out of Little Ten Curve.
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On this morning, BNSF was running a marketing campaign and they took five business cars along (in place of five standard "coach" cars on the Ski Train).
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The vista dome of the California is covered in snow as the Ski Train makes its way through Little Ten Curve.
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After the first good snow along the front range in 2006, the Ski Train makes its way west through Rocky on the main track.
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For the first six runs of the 2006 season, the Ski Train did not have the typical sight of the Kansas bringing up the rear of the train. The Kansas was at Burnham being repainted. By January 14th, the paint job had been completed and the car was back in service looking very sharp!
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The Rocky Local back up the spur toward the former site of Rocky Flats. The train has SP 7954, DRGW 3100, and UP 5245 for power, plus 20 cars going along for the ride. UP 5245 was first-ever Rio Grande unit to be patched or painted. It is former DRGW 3122.
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