Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 52, 2018

The Ski Train is a passenger train operated in Colorado, providing weekend service between Denver Union Station and Winter Park Resort. Originally opened in 1940, the Ski Train offered winter passenger service between Denver's Union Station and the Denver-owned Winter Park ski resort from 1940 to 2009 and was operated initially by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The operation was sold in 1988 to the Ansco Investment Company, which made various needed improvements and ran the "New Ski Train" for two decades before shutting the operation in 2009. An attempt that same year by Iowa Pacific Holdings to purchase and run the Ski Train fell through. In 2015, the 75th anniversary of Winter Park Resort, a one-day-only Winter Park Express train run by Amtrak sold out quickly, as did three added trains over two weekends. Given the enthusiasm and demonstrated demand, the Winter Park Express officially returned in 2017 with regular weekend service January through March.