Photo ID: 100057 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 29, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 3433 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Working its way back toward Denver, the summer Ski Train winds through the S-curves at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100055 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 29, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal East Portal, CO 2558 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The head end of the Ski Train, with (leased) Amtrak F40PH 242 on the point, run through the switch at the east end of East Portal siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100054 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 29, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal East Portal, CO 2780 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The Ski Train is heading for the grading crossing located near the east of East Portal siding. The Ski Train is on the main on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100053 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 29, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal East Portal, CO 2948 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The Ski Train has just emerged from the Moffat Tunnel. This shot was taken for a mile or two up Rollins path along the old railroad grade (turned dirt road). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100049 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 15, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 3013 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The Ski Train sits on the siding at Fraser under somewhat stormy skies, waiting to depart east for Winter Park to pick up its passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100009 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Denver, CO 2676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train Although the ski season has just ended, the ski train has not yet been taken back to Burnham. The train sits on track two in front of Union Station on this Sunday afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1080 Date Shot Photo By January 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash Tabernash, CO 2620 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train In the 1998-1999 season, the Ski Train stopped using leased power from Union Pacific (and the power car), and started using leased F40PH's from Amtrak. Two F40's were used during this first season, which turned out to be a disaster when one of the units went down. On one trip, the train couldn't make it up the hill! Here, the two leased F40's can be seen on the point of the train as the train backs into the wye at Tabernash. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1079 Date Shot Photo By January 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash Tabernash, CO 2412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Remember when the Ski Train cars had the name of the car on its side? Today, the side of every car simply says "The Ski Train". Unfortunately, a grinder was used to remove the names before "The Ski Train" was applied, so the old name plaques are lost forever. However, here is the North Park (Car 5) sitting on the wye at Tabernash in January 1999. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1087 Date Shot Photo By June 1998 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 2926 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Ski Train A sunny Saturday in June 1997 found me at the west switch of Leyden (UP Moffat Tunnel Sub). At this point, the Ski Train was still running with the three Rio Grande GP60s (3154, 3155 and UP 5702). On this afternoon, the train had been specially chartered (I do not recall by whom or for what purpose). The train just met an eastbound coal load and is charging west in the afternoon sun. A hawk (or falcon? I'm not a bird expert!) circles around above the train, appreciating its beauty. Or, you might suggest it is simply looking for a meal... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1050 Date Shot Photo By June 1998 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon (MP 22.8 to MP 23.4) Arvada, CO 3463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Ski Train The summer Ski Train, still sporting a power car after the power, climbs toward tunnel one on a bright June morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1049 Date Shot Photo By June 1998 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 3711 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Ski Train DRGW 3154 leads the summer Ski Train west at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. This was definitely near the beginning of my photographic career! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1048 Date Shot Photo By June 1998 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2922 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Ski Train The day before its first summer run, the Ski Train gets a bath at DUT! Note that the car names were still on the plaques on the sides of the cars (e.g. "North Park" on Car 5). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1043 Date Shot Photo By June 1998 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 3269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Rio Grande, Ski Train In 1998, the Ski Train had not yet acquired their F40PH's from Amtrak. Over this summer, they borrowed the Rio Grande GP60's (even though 3156 had been repainted to UP 5702 less than a month ago). Here, the Ski Train sits at Union Station preparing for a trip west tomorrow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1084 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 10, 1998 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Depot Fraser, CO 2677 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Amtrak In the late 1990's, the Ski Train (owned by Phil Anschutz) wanted their own power so they no longer had to lease power from Union Pacific. In the 1997-1998 winter season, they leased two F40PHs from Amtrak to test them out. There were some power issues which made them realize they would need at least three units. Here, two Amtrak F40PHs sit on the Ski Train in the siding at Fraser. These would not end up being the units the Ski Train would eventually acquire. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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