Just a day before this picture was taken, I got some shots of these two units headed west as light power to pick up a work train at Rollins. Well, here is that work train now as it departs Winter Park to tie up at East Portal!
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Since I got a shot of the Zephyr plunging into the Moffat Tunnel on the trip west, I was happy that I had the chance to also grab a shot as we were about to enter the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel on the journey back home.
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Overcast skies just seemed to demand that this picture appear in black and white! Nobody is aboard the Kansas on this particular day as it sits near the (classic DRGW) signal at the east end of Winter Park.
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An afternoon storm has moved into Winter Park as the Ski Train stops to pick up its passengers. The train is just long enough that the last few cars hold in the OS section at the east end of Winter Park.
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The vestibule on Car 13 (the Colorado Springs) is open and ready to receive passenger! The Ski Train is sitting on the main at Winter Park, waiting for its summer departure time at 3:00pm. Note the unique disk brakes used on all the Ski Train cars (save the bike car and the private cars).
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Ski Train volunteers work their legs (not their backs!) to unload the 37 bikes brought along by passengers. While a ramp is available in the car, the ballast makes using the ramp a bit unpredictable, so bikes are typically lifted.
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The Ski Train has come to a stop at the east end of Winter Park. The train is just past the OS section which gives just enough room for the Kansas (on the tail end) to site near the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Note the passengers de-training in the distance.
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After assisting a unit pipe train a couple dozen miles east at Clay, the MNYRO-16 now makes its way west through Winter Park. The train still had plenty of power to make it up the hill on the east side without any problems. Now, it is all down hill for quite some time to come!
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The day before the last run of the season, the Ski Train is stopped on the main at Winter Park to let its passengers detrain.
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Weather in Colorado is never predictable. Case in point: the high temperature in Denver on this Spring day was 55 degrees. In Winter Park, the snow was horizontal and you couldn't see more than 200 yards away! Passenger hurry to get off the train and head for the slopes.
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Having dropped off all of its passengers at Winter Park, the Ski Train is now continue west toward Fraser and Tabernash to be wyed and wait for the trip back east.
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Looking out the last car of the Ski Train, Winter Park is rapidly fading in the increasing exhaust as the Ski Train enters the Moffat Tunnel.
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The side of car 7, the Pyramid Peak, slowly pulls away from the base of the Winter Park resort on a beautiful Colorado morning.
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The Ski Train has brining passenger here to Winter Park since 1940! After dropping off its skiers, the train is just getting ready to pull away from Winter Park, headed toward Fraser.
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