Photo ID: 111700 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The conductor for the eastbound Zephyr stands on the platform at Fraser, looking over the few remaining passengers on the platform that are making their way back to their car. The station stop is nearly complete, and the lead P42DC has let out a couple of horn blasts, warning passengers it is time to climb on board. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111701 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With its station stop complete, the eastbound California Zephyr is pulling away from the depot at Fraser. You can see the exhaust the P42DCs are kicking up as they throttle up to accelerate. In the distance, the Winter Park Express Ski Train is currently making a reverse move. It will back out the west end of Fraser onto the main, the come east on the main to the Fraser station to pick up passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After backing out of the siding of Fraser to the west, the Winter Park Express Ski Train is now rolling east on the main track. Several passengers await on the platform at Fraser to be picked up by the Winter Park Express to head east to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111703 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun has dipped behind the mountains to the west of Fraser as the eastbound Winter Park Express Ski Train slowly approaches the station at Fraser where a dozen or so passengers await to board the train and take it back to Denver. After stopping in Fraser, the train will continue on to Winter Park to pick up roughly 260 skiers and snowboarders. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111704 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking out the vestibule window on the end of the coach car on the Winter Park Express Ski Train, we look directly into the face of AMTK 75, sporting the Phase 7 paint scheme. This P42DC was the leader on the train this morning, but is now the trailing unit for the journey back to Denver. Right now, the train is in between Fraser and Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111705 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park Platform (MP 56.4) Winter Park, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Winter Park Express is stopped on the main track alongside the heated platform here at the Winter Park Ski Resort. Passengers are working to get their equipment loaded, as well as themselves loaded, onto the train for the return trip to Denver. The train is running about 30 minutes late due to a CTC issue at the west end of Fraser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111706 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park Platform (MP 56.4) Winter Park, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a long day of skiing, snow boarding, or other activities here in Winter Park, folks board the "Eagle" coach car from the platform. This year, Amtrak is giving names to all of the coach cars on the Ski Train to make it easier for passengers to remember which car is there, and find it on the platform. It can be a bit disorienting when the engines change position, but the cars themselves do not! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111707 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park Platform (MP 56.4) Winter Park, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Most of the passengers and equipment have been loaded on the Winter Park Express Ski Train. However, a few folks are still working to get their equipment turned in. You can see the open door on to the baggage compartment on the coach/baggage car, with ski racks standing inside to hold people equipment for the trip to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111708 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park Platform (MP 56.4) Winter Park, CO 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak All of the equipment and all of the skiers have been loaded onto the Winter Park Express Ski Train here at the Winter Park Resort. Amtrak conductor Antonio is closing up the baggage compartment on one of the coach/baggage cars so the train can make its departure east, into the Moffat Tunnel, and on to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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