Just below tunnel 29, the Ski Train is rounding a sharp curve and passing snow-covered pine trees near the top of South Boulder Canyon.
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While sitting in the Ski Train on the wye at Tabernash, Amtrak 5 had to use the siding to continue west due to a coal train on the Main. AMTK 171 and AMTK 5 lead the way through the Colorado snow.
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The westbound MNYRO-12 heads west past the Ski Train (sitting on the siding at Fraser). In the background, the northern slopes of Winter Park can clearly be seen!
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The Ski Train has 17 cars in the winter making it over a quarter of a mile long! Here is the entire train sitting on the siding at Fraser waiting to head back to Winter Park to pick up its passengers for the trip back to Denver.
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A shot from the inside of the Vista Dome on the California (looking toward the front of the train). I could handle traveling cross-country in a car like this!
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Looking out the back of the Vista Dome of the California on the Ski Train. Back in the days of the Rio Grande Zephyr, people saw this particular view on a daily basis (of course, never on Wednesday!)
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The nose of SKTX 289 (left) meets face-to-face with the nose of SKTX 283 (right) on Track Two and Union Station. In the background, Amtrak 5 sits on Track One, waiting for passengers to board.
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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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One of the crew members of the Ski Train hopped off the power (as the Ski Train sits in the wye) to give Amtrak 5 a roll-by through the siding at Tabernash.
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A blizzard moves into the Fraser Valley quickly as the Ski Train patiently waits in the siding at Fraser.
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While waiting at Fraser, the Ski Train often sees several other trains go by during the course of a typical day. Here, an eastbound coal load is pulling slowly through the thick snow.
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The crew of the Ski Train waves to the crew of an eastbound coal load (with a green signal out of Fraser). The crew of the Ski Train is walking along the platform at Fraser, headed into town for "beans" (to grab lunch).
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The unit "bathtub" gondola train seems to go on forever into the low clouds looking west at Fraser.
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The clouds have lifted a bit and the blizzard has subdued somewhat as the MNYRO heads west past the Ski Train.
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The slopes at Winter Park are roughly cut in half by the low-level clouds hanging around in Fraser Valley. As the skiers enjoy their day at the resort, the Ski Train (with the Kansas on the rear) sits at Fraser while waiting for the return trip which should begin around 3:15pm.
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