The amazing train that went skiing for a week

Steam Is King

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March 2007
From: Mainline, USA
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Posted by Steam Is King on Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:16 AM

From Nov. 2007 Trains magazine, page 61 "Railroad Reading: All in the Family"

"A dry winter in 1982 in the Pacific Northwest beckoned more than a hundred ski groups to travel Amtrak's Pioneer to the small farming town of Shoshone, Idaho. From there, they took a 40-minute bus ride to the Sun Valley Ski Resort. The eastbound Pioneer No. 26 arrived in Shoshone at the ungodly hour of 1:55 a.m. After a week or two of skiing, Pioneer No. 25 would depart Shoshone at 4:25 a.m. for the trip back..."

How did they get it off the slopes and back on the rails?

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Poppa_Zit

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Posted by Poppa_Zit on Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:50 AM

Nice misplaced modifier.

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CShaveRR

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June 2001
From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois
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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:41 PM

The train going over a jump would have been more fun than that loop we saw recently!

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vsmith

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December 2001
From: Smoggy L.A.
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Posted by vsmith on Monday, October 15, 2007 10:37 AM

What I want to know is how the hell did they get it onto the ski lift!

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trainboyH16-44

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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Monday, October 15, 2007 4:56 PM

Probably had its own rack and pinion lift going...

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