Starting in late February, the Ski Train added Thursday's to its round trip between Denver and Winter Park. For these five weeks or so, the Ski Train will run four out of seven days of the week! Here, the train is running through Barbara's Gulch.
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The tail end of the Ski Train is disappearing into the shadows of Barbara's Gulch on its journey west. In the distance near the top of the shot, note the hopper cars at Big Ten Loop.
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At the east end of Plain, the Ski Train has a clear signal as it continues on its journey west. It is about 8:15am and the Ski Train is running right on time.
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The second westbound passenger train of the day heads west through Leyden. The Ski Train passed through here about an hour earlier as it headed for Winter Park.
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It is a beautiful Thursday morning in as the westbound California Zephyr leaves Leyden behind. The dark patch on the slope is the result of a fire started by the West Local about ten days earlier.
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With the mornings passenger trains - the Ski Train and the California Zephyr - out of the way, the daily MNYRO is free to head west! Union Pacific commonly runs the MNYRO with coal power these days. It allows five or six units to be transfer to Glenwood Springs for staging as eastbound swing helpers.
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After a full day of skiing for the passenger (and a full day of work for me), the Ski Train is on its way back home as it passes the turnout that leads to the Mesa Oil Chemical Plant.
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