The Ski Train: Revised Edition

For over 60 years the Rio Grande and its successors, Southern Pacific and Ansco Corporation operated ski specials from Denver. Here is the story of how Colorado’s billion-dollar ski industry started from passenger trains, and how and why the ski train served the state for so long. The authors examine operations and equipment, and review other past and present North American ski trains.

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By Kenton Forrest & Steve Patterson.
80 pages.
Softcover.

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