Eastbound ski train

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr making its station stop at Fraser, Colorado, meets the Winter Park Express ski train laying over in Fraser siding on January 11, 2019.

Looking out the rear windows of Gulf, Mobile & Ohio private car No. 50, “The Patrón Tequila Express,” reveals Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train laying over in the siding at Fraser, Col... (more)

A young woman looks forward from a private car on Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr at the chaos of detraining passengers and loading luggage at the short station stop of Fraser, Colorado, on... (more)

Private car Gulf, Mobile & Ohio No. 50 brings up the rear of Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr at Fraser, Colorado, on January 11, 2019. “The Patrón Tequila Express” was built by Pullman... (more)

An engineman aboard Amtrak P42DC No. 193 leading Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr gives a hearty wave to the crew of Amtrak’s Winter Park Express (out of view on right) during a Colorado s... (more)

Having just cut off it’s consist, seen sitting on the siding in the background, the power for the Ski Train runs around the train. The ski train will wait here until late afternoon when it will ... (more)

Coming past the Fraser depot, UP 1988 is rolling east at about 12 MPH. With four units and 78 cars, the train is probably right around 2.0 HPT, which is about the bare minimum to crawl up the 2% g... (more)

On what will soon probably be her first train ride, parents of a young girl show her the train arriving at Fraser, Colorado, as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr drops off Winter Park hill on... (more)

Ski train run around
Amtrak GE P42DCs Nos. 156 and 193 run around the Winter Park Express ski train at Fraser, Colorado, on January 20, 2018. Since the wye at Tabernash is out of service... (more)

Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train rumbles through the “s curve” at milepost 60 between Fraser and Winter Park, Colorado, on the afternoon of January 20, 2018. The train is headed to the... (more)

While skiers hit the slopes, Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train lays over in the siding at Fraser, Colorado, on the afternoon of January 20, 2018. Three of the eight Superliner coach and coa... (more)

Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train lays over in the siding at Fraser, Colorado, while skiers enjoy the slopes, on January 20, 2018. The train led by GE P42DC No. 156, painted in phase I colo... (more)

Superliners in pink?
Okay, it’s not really pink, but a bright fuchsia and ultramarine wrap has appeared on three coaches in Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train service this Janua... (more)

Rio Grande colors compliment Ski Train lettering emblazoned on former Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 242 at Fraser, Colorado, on January 13, 2001. This was the first season for these repainted locomotives o... (more)