The Rio Grande Ski Train rumbles toward Tunnel 1 on the pristine morning of February 7, 2003.

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For two weekends in 2007, when one of the Ski Train's F40PH locomotives was down with mechanical issues, Union Pacific thoughtfully provided Rio Grande Heritage No. 1989 to help haul the passenger train. On February 11, 2007, the Ski Train approaches Tunnel 1, just east of Plain, Colorado.

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Before the F40PHs came to the Ski Train, UP provided the power, and for several years, that was two (of three) of the Rio Grande GP60s. A summer version of the Ski Train, operated to Winter Park for mountain bike enthusiasts, approaches Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, on August 5, 2000.

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Eastbound approaching Rocky, Colorado, a summer version of the Rio Grande Ski Train returns to Denver on the afternoon of July 22, 2006. The train served music and other special events at Winter Park, as well as mountain bikers and hikers.

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Crescent received 42 inches of snow during a March 13-14, 2024, Colorado front range storm, and the following morning, Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train slices its way west through Crescent on the trip to Winter Park.

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