Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr meets the Amtrak Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on January 7, 2017. This was the first full season of Amtrak’s special train to the pop... (more)

After waiting in the Tabernash siding for the westbound California Zephyr to clear, an eastbound manifest makes its way through the valley and leans into the curve on the east side of Fraser. This... (more)

At dawn, the sound of throttling GEs and loaded tankers starting their eastbound climb out of the valley cuts through the frigid morning silence.

A light snow falls on Thanksgiving morning as a pair of H2 motors shove on the rear of a manifest train as it crests the hill on the west side of Fraser.

Snow is coming down pretty hard as the engineer of Amtrak’s California Zephyr climbs down to make a quick trip back toward the diner for a cup of coffee. The train is having its “smoke stop”... (more)

On January 11, 2019, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr passes the Winter Park Express ski train tied down in the siding at Fraser, Colorado.

Bright fuchsia and ultramarine wraps appeared on three coaches used in Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train service in 2018, advertising the Amtrak’s WPE and 2018 season sponsor, Lyft. From ... (more)

A view out the door to the rear vestibule of Webb Rail’s beautiful former Northern Pacific dome/coach No. 549 (now WEBX 801045) on the back of Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr. The train i... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train climbs Winter Park hill leaving Fraser, Colorado, on February 16, 2002, passing people waiting for a lift back up to the top of the Fraser Tubing Hill.

A Grand Junction to North Yard in Denver freight train pulls out of the siding at Fraser on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. The train had pulled into the siding to do work and maybe meet an empty coal trai... (more)

A loaded eastbound coal train passes some remnants of the Rio Grande at Fraser, CO on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train climbs Winter Park hill leaving Fraser, Colorado, on February 16, 2002. Just visible across from the station at Fraser is the Rio Grande Ski Train, led by an ... (more)

At the appointed time on February 16, 2002, the Rio Grande Ski Train departs Fraser and heads up the grade to Winter Park to pick up a trainload of tired skiers ready to head back home to Denver. ... (more)

While skiers enjoy the slopes of Winter Park, the Rio Grande Ski Train is being turned on the wye at Tabernash, Colorado, then will go east to the next siding at Fraser until it is time to head ba... (more)

Power for Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is running around their train at Fraser, Colorado, on March 13, 2020. The nexts day’s round trip to Winter Park and Fraser will be the last for... (more)