The sun peaks out just in time to greet a westbound UP empty coal train emerging from the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park,CO.

A lady from the information center of Winter Park Resort stands at the ready to answer any questions from detraining passengers as Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train arrives just after exiting... (more)

An empty BNSF oil train pops out of the west portal of Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park as it continues west to Grand Junction.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr pops out of the west Portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park on a bright, snowy day of February 8, 2019.

A large group of skiers wait for Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train to come to a stop at the platform at Winter Park, Colorado, at the end of the day on February 8, 2019. A quick trip through ... (more)

The evening is cold and snowy as the Winter Park Ski Train, led by AMTK 406 (NPCU), pulls into the Winter Park station. It will pick up passengers that have spent the day skiing or snow tubing an... (more)

Amtrak 398 exits the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel.

The engineer for Amtrak's Winter Park Ski Train climbs aboard and gets ready to head into the 6.2 mile-long Moffat Tunnel on the journey back to Denver's Union Station. Denver is the only major A... (more)

Amtrak #406 leads the Ski Train as it pulls into the Winter Park ski resort to pick up passengers for the evening trip back to Denver. Last year Amtrak positioned 406 at the end of the train for ... (more)

The Amtrak Winter Park Ski Train's AMTK 406 is 'tail end charlie' for the morning run between Denver's Union Station and the ski resort. 406 will be on point for the evening run back to Denver.

An eastbound coal train rolls through Winter Park, CO.

On January 13, 2001, in a high country snowstorm, the Rio Grande Ski Train unloads a large group of happy skiers at Winter Park, Colorado, on January 13, 2001.

In a high country snowstorm, the Rio Grande Ski Train departs Winter Park, Colorado, after unloading a large group of happy skiers on January 13, 2001. Former Rio Grande business car “Wilson McCar... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train unloads a trainload of skiers at Winter Park, Colorado, as snow comes down on the morning of January 13, 2001.

A thunderstorm slowly moves east over the mountains and eventually, continental divide as UP's Roper-Denver manifest led by ES44AC No. 8018 climbs the 2-percent grade at the Vasquez Road crossing ... (more)