Passenger Trains > Winter Park Express Friday, 27 Jan 2023

Amtrak's Winter Park Express at Denver Union Station, track 5 at Denver, CO, Friday, 27 January 2023.  Amtrak 163 on train 1105 left on time but was held by BNSF at 23rd Street Xing for a freight.  Beautiful sunrise-!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/23 13:21 by cozephyr.

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Amtrak's Winter Park Express (top center in distance) passed parked BNSF Provo, Utah, to Denver, CO, train at Rocky Siding.  BNSF 9216, SD70ACe DPU, is at bottum left.  UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision 27 January 2023.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/23 14:10 by cozephyr.

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Nice photos. Wondering if they're filling that tiny train up each trip.

wish they would hold it at the station till the diamond is clear

Thanks for posting your interesting photos.
ALLEN

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> wish they would hold it at the station till the
> diamond is clear

No that would show as a late departure.

Nice sunrise shot Chip!  I almost didn't even see the train in the freight shot!

Nice to see P42 84 back.  It was our lead unit on the eastbound Sunset back in September when a semi lightly broadsided it in a suburb west of Houston and stripped off its air tank.  UP removed the air tank from under 84 and we last saw three big UP freight units pushing it back to a siding we had already passed (we had double track or two main tracks, not sure which).  I thought Amtrak would retire 84 rather than make repairs, but there must not have been much other damage.  We couldn't see its damaged side from our train.  Our second unit, P42 2, took us on to New Orleans.