Railroad photograph
Photo by: Kevin Morgan
There are parts of the country (outside of the Northeast Corridor) in which multiple Amtrak trains run on the same tracks daily. One such example being the Silver Star and Silver Meteor in Florida. While this is a special running of the Ski Train, it could pass as just another Amtrak train. So I thought it would be fun to capture both this train and the California Zephyr from the same perspective (on the same evening). The Zephyr passed here about 40 minutes earlier on its journey in to town. Incidentally, the power on the Ski Train is reversed from the morning, with AMTK 42 trailing. This is because the wye at Tabernash is out of service. The power had to run around the train at Fraser, placing AMTK 187 on the point.
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Location Information

City or County and State
Arvada, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
66th Avenue




Train Information
Railroad
Amtrak
Model
P42DC
Primary Unit Number
AMTK 187

Paint Scheme
Amtrak Phase 5b
Symbol
SDVDV-14
Train Type
Winter Park Express


Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 7D
ISO
400
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
50 mm
Shutter
1/400 seconds
Aperture
f/11