Passenger Trains > Green And Glint Together Again

Nothing goes better with green hillsides than a little bit of glint.

Train 11 yesterday.

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... and blue!

Marty Bernard

Strange Trip -- That's a stunning image of the Coast Starlight. Thank you for sharing it. 

Also shows how short the winter consist is. If I am seeing this correctly, baggage, transition sleeper, 2 more sleepers, diner, business class, lounge and 2 coaches.

Sharon Evans
Glen Allen, VA

That is indeed the correct consist.   The CZ is also running most days this winter with two coaches instead of the usual 3.

Excellent picture, I still need to ride the Coast Line one of these years.

Nathan

chakk Wrote:
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> That is indeed the correct consist.   The CZ is
> also running most days this winter with two
> coaches instead of the usual 3.

Yeah but the CA Zephyr needs cars in the middle section where there's a market for those who don't want to travel on Interstate 70 nor make the trip by car to/from Denver and Salt Lake. There's also a ski demand on weekend.

Empire Builder is hitting the same thing with West Coast and Whitefish, MT to and from.

> Yeah but the CA Zephyr needs cars in the middle
> section where there's a market for those who don't
> want to travel on Interstate 70 nor make the trip
> by car to/from Denver and Salt Lake. There's also
> a ski demand on weekend.

The Zephyr doesn't work for skiers. Unlike the Ski Train, it doesn't stop at the Winter Park ski area. It stops in Fraser, 6 miles down the line. Then you wait for a shuttle (every 1/2 hour, 20-minute ride). With a 10:07 train arrival -- if on time, another whole kettle of fish -- the earliest you'd be skiing is 11:00. To catch the 3:50 return, you'd have to be on the 3:00 shuttle bus, leaving under 4 hours to ski. Not a lot for an all-day trip from Denver.