Passengers on this westbound California Zephyr have lucked out with bluebird skies and peak fall colors as they leave Fraser, heading for perhaps the most scenic portion of the route as they follo... (more)

On Fraser’s tubing hill, some parents have just launched a big group of kids down the hill overlooking Fraser, Colorado, while Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train departs town in the backgr... (more)

A pair of Canadian National engines are on the point of BNSF's Provo to Lincoln train using trackage rights across UP's Moffat Tunnel line. The train is seen pulling East out of Fraser past the l... (more)

The skiers are just finishing up a day on the slopes as Amtrak’s new Winter Park Express ski train departs Fraser, Colorado, at 4:00 p.m. on January 7, 2017. The train takes skiers from Denver t... (more)

Three Amtrak Superliner cars (of 8 on the train) are specially-wrapped for Amtrak’s new Winter Park Express ski train operating between Denver and Winter Park, Colorado. Looking out of coach/bag... (more)

Amtrak EMD NPCU No. 406 is wrapped for Amtrak’s new Winter Park Express passenger service to the ski resort and is used on the east end of the 8-car train. No. 406 sits in the siding at Fraser w... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, cruises into the station stop at Fraser, Colorado, on January 13, 2001, and is meeting the Rio Grande Ski Train waiting in Fraser siding.

BNSF 5497 shoulders into a heavy manifest on the approach to Tunnel One. The grade here is 1.6-2%, and is quite evident at Blue Mountain Crossing as a train climbs into the Front Range of the Roc... (more)

Union Pacific 7794 leads a heavy eastbound 116 car coal-load up the twisting 2% grade of Winter Park Hill. The train could be heard struggling out of Tabernash for 20 minutes before reaching Kings... (more)

Southern Pacific AC4400CW motors navigate the Vasquez Creek fill east of Fraser, Colorado on March 28, 1997.

September in Colorado... I'll let the image do the talking.

After laying over in the siding for the day while skiers enjoy some fresh powder on February 9, 2001, Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train departs Fraser, Colorado, for a stop at Winter Park to pick up ... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train, led by Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 235, grinds past the Rio Grande Ski Train at Fraser, Colorado, on February 9, 2001. While the skiers are hitting the ... (more)

Waiting to head up to Winter Park to load passengers for the return trip to Denver is the Rio Grande Ski Train at Fraser, Colorado, on February 9, 2001.

Used regularly on the Ski Trains, a pair of DRGW's GP 60's were the power on the Ski Train as it layed over in the siding at Fraser while it's mainly skier passengers enjoyed the nearby slopes at ... (more)