Denver just became a ski-in, ski-out town
August 28, 2016
Toni Leuthold, hands skis to a skier as she helps unload skis and snowboards after the arrival of the Amtrak Winter Park Resort Ski Train at Winter Pa...
Skiers head towards the ski area after picking up their skis after riding the Amtrak Winter Park Resort Ski Train at Winter Park, Colorado on March 15...
Ron Mical, Train Master, drops poles off in the pile of gear Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. This was the return for th...
Gary DeFrange remembers that spring afternoon in 2009 when he watched the former Ski Train disappear into the Moffat Tunnel for the last time. It was the end of a nearly 70-year run of weekend train service between downtown Denver and Winter Park ski area.
He vowed to get that train back.
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