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| April 1 , 2001 |
 Ski Train engine #242 leads heading back to Denver to finish the winter season. Here its crossing C72 at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon. click on picture for a larger view |
 As we were driving out to catch the Ski Train we heard on the scanner that a sun kink had developed 300 feet east of the east switch at Rocky Siding (shown above). A pair of track maintainers is to my right working on the roadbed. The Ski Train was held on the main at Rocky for about five minutes. He was then given a 10mph slow order to cross the sun kink as the maintainers watched. click on picture for a larger view |
 Its an incredible spring day. At 5:45PM the sun is still keeping it a very comfortable temperature. click on picture for a larger view |
 The train quickly gets up to its 10mph limit for the next half a mile. click on picture for a larger view |
 The Ski Train made up for any lost time as soon as it got past the sun kink. Normally after a train leaves Rocky going east you can easily catch it along Highway 72 before Leyden siding. Not this time. click on picture for a larger view |
