Ski Train Layover
After dropping its passengers at the Winter Park Resort in the morning, Amtrak's Winter Park Express runs to the siding at Fraser to run-around its train and wait for the afternoon return.
Here, on Presidents' Day Monday (Amtrak ran an extra train for what is otherwise a Fri, Sat, Sun only schedule), the ski train waits in the hole at Fraser for a late-running California Zephyr. By schedule, #6 is supposed to run ahead of the ski train. So when the Zephyr is on-time or close enough to on-time, the ski train will wait for the Zephyr before heading home for Denver.
AMT1106 19 (EB Winter Park Express)
AMTK P42DC #169
AMTK P42DC #171
Fraser, CO
February 19th, 2024
Ski Train Layover
After dropping its passengers at the Winter Park Resort in the morning, Amtrak's Winter Park Express runs to the siding at Fraser to run-around its train and wait for the afternoon return.
Here, on Presidents' Day Monday (Amtrak ran an extra train for what is otherwise a Fri, Sat, Sun only schedule), the ski train waits in the hole at Fraser for a late-running California Zephyr. By schedule, #6 is supposed to run ahead of the ski train. So when the Zephyr is on-time or close enough to on-time, the ski train will wait for the Zephyr before heading home for Denver.
AMT1106 19 (EB Winter Park Express)
AMTK P42DC #169
AMTK P42DC #171
Fraser, CO
February 19th, 2024