The Winter Park Express approaches the grade crossing at Vasquez Road in the middle of residential Winter Park. The train has just two weeks left in what sounds like it has been a very successful season.
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After most of the passengers have disembarked at the Winter Park ski resort, the Winter Park Express continues west to Fraser with a handful of passengers. You can see the top of the ski resort in the distance, and some more clouds are starting to clear out.
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It is 9 o'clock in the morning and the Winter Park Express is unloading its passengers. The train apparently has every seat filled! Great news for the future likelihood of the continuation of the operation. Many skiers are gathering, getting ready to get on a lift and start their day.
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The Winter Park Express faces a green signal at the east end of Winter Park. However, the train is currently stopped as it is unloading its passengers. In the distance, you can see a few runs at Mary Jane, the more advanced runs at Winter Park. The two prominent runs in the upper right are both blue/black runs. The one to the left is call Hughes, the one to the right is called Little Pierre.
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Passengers are starting to unload from the Winter Park Express to join the hundreds of other skiers, ready to hit the slopes at Winter Park.
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AMTK 45 and AMTK 170 lead the westbound Winter Park Express toward a stop alongside the heated platform at Winter Park. A handful of skiers (who did not ride the train) pass by the head end.
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The morning Winter Park Express exits from the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel and pulls alongside the platform at Winter Park. The train is packed to the gills with skiers, ready for a day of fun.
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AMTK 29 and AMTK 14 leads the California Zephyr as it crosses the grade crossing at Crescent. AMTK 29 was on the Winter Park Express just last Sunday. It was taken to Chicago on the Zephyr, and has now returned as one of the units on the Zephyr itself.
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The westbound California Zephyr, running right on time, heads west on the main track at Crescent. The siding at Crescent is only 5,550 feet long, so it definitely one of the less-used sidings on the east slope of the Moffat. No meets this morning for the Zephyr as it has a straight shot west up to the Moffat Tunnel.
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On a partly cloudy, beautiful March morning, the Winter Park Express glides west on the main track just west of Tunnel 1. The train has a straight shot up the hill to Winter Park.
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Just on the west side of Tunnel 1, the Winter Park Express is moving along at track speed, making up a little time after a brief delay getting out of town. It would be successful, arriving at Winter Park only four minutes late.
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The Winter Park Express rounds the track at the base of Coal Creek Canyon as it climbs up toward Tunnel 1. CO-72 is the road in the background, crossing underneath the tracks and heading west up Coal Creek Canyon.
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A pair of P42DCs lead the Winter Park Express out of Eisele (Clay). After running with only five coaches for a couple of trips, a sixth coach has been added back on. It was added at the same time AMTK 45 replaced AMTK 29 on the train. Note that you can just barely see the mainline west of Rocky, climbing Big Ten to the left.
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AMTK 45 and AMTK 170 lead the Winter Park Express west in early morning light. With the start of Daylight Savings Time, the train gets to Leyden just minutes after sunrise.
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Overnight, Amtrak removed AMTK 29 from the Winter Park Express and replaced it with AMTK 45. That unit leads the train as it knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden.
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