Back in 2009 the CN bought the Ski Train from the owners that had it out in Colorado. Once the train was delivered to CN at Council Bluffs, the CN found a baring that was bad on one of the cars th... (more)

Eastbound approaching Rocky, Colorado, a summer version of the Rio Grande Ski Train returns to Denver on the afternoon of July 22, 2006.

With the last of the sun just about to set behind the Front Range mountains, the eastbound Rio Grande Ski Train bursts out of Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on March 22, 2002.

The Rio Grande Ski Train has just exited the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, Colorado, on February 16, 2002. With business car “Kansas” just outside the portal, the train is n... (more)

On a cold winter evening, the Rio Grande Ski Train waits at the Fraser, Colorado, station at dusk on a snowy January 3, 2004. Those warming heaters inside the shelter sure felt good while taking t... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches the east switch at Crescent, Colorado, on March 27, 2009. We didn’t know it at the time, but this was the very last weekend of Denver’s Ski Train. Running t... (more)

One of my favorite trains exits tunnel one on the Moffat Route en-route to Winter Park.

Welded rail rolled at Colorado Fuel & Iron (CF&I) in 1997 stands ready for the task of supporting the eastbound Ski Train, which is approaching around the curve in the distance. Little did anybody... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train curves out of Rocky, Colorado, on July 31, 2004. In a few moments, it will be traveling through Clay on the upper track at the top of the photo. This train was operated in... (more)

Leaving Denver in its wake
The westbound Rio Grande Ski Train heads out of Denver just west of Leyden, Colorado, during sunrise on a bright January 6, 2001.

We didn’t know it at the time, but on the very last weekend of Denver’s Rio Grande Ski Train, the westbound passenger train full of excited skiers ascends the Colorado Rockies at Crescent on M... (more)

In short but scenic Rollins Canyon, the Rio Grande Ski Train exits Tunnel 30 east of Rollinsville, Colorado, on the morning of March 6, 2009. Rollins Canyon is inaccessible except by foot or rail,... (more)

A meet and a pass
The Rio Grande Ski Train is westbound out of Rocky, Colorado, on the cloudy morning of June 28, 2008. It just met a Union Pacific coal empty at Rocky siding, and is ab... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train waits at the Fraser, Colorado, station platform at dusk on a snowy January 3, 2004. Soon, the train will depart for Winter Park to pick up a load of exhausted skiers ready... (more)

The vista at Plainview
On July 28, 2001, the summer version of the Rio Grande Ski Train cruises out of Plain and is about to enter the final tunnel for the day; Tunnel 1. Operated in th... (more)