The slopes! Says it all...Amtrak put some "wraps" around three of the Superliner that are being used on the Winter Park Express; the new Ski Train.
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Incredible how quickly things can change. While Union Station (the building) hasn't changed, the surrounding buildings and the tracks behind it in "train hall" have changed immensely in the last ten years! With six tracks (1-3 and 6-8) devoted to commuter rail, two tracks (4 and 5) are reserved for non-commuter trains such as Amtrak and, as you see here, the new Ski Train.
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In order to accommodate everyone's skies for the tip to Winter Park, Amtrak got a lot of these ski racks and put them in the baggage portion of the Coach/Baggage cars used on the train. That will allow for quick loading in Denver and unloading on the new platform in Winter Park. And vice versa in the afternoons!
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It has been a long time since you could regularly find an F40PH on the tracks behind Union Station. But, at least for this winter season, you will be able to find one here regularly! AMTK 406 is being used, as you can see, on the Winter Park Express this year. The new Ski Train! The first Ski Train of any type in eight years.
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This shot feels like it may have been taken somewhere back east. At some cold station in New York or Pennsylvania. In the 1980s. But no, this is indeed a picture from Denver Union Station in 2017. An Amtrak F40PH, complete with red class lights, sits on Track 5, ready for the start of the Winter Park Express (Ski Train).
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