Colorado Fall - Georgetown Loop Railroad

[cessna152towser]

Super pics; fantastic scenery; marvellous steam train.
Is it part of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western system and does it link up with the Durango & Silverton Railroad?

[rmmcscott]

Super pics; fantastic scenery; marvellous steam train.
Is it part of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western system and does it link up with the Durango & Silverton Railroad?

No... actually the Georgetown Loop RR (www.georgetownlooprr.com) was used to move ore out of the mountains during the gold rush. It's a loop, which takes about 1 hr and 15 minutes to complete by train.

The Durango and Silverton is actually about an 8 hour car ride from Denver (in the SW corner of Colorado), and is a beautiful trip.

My favorite narrow guage railroad in Colorado is the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR (http://www.cumbresandtoltec.com/) which runs between Antonito, CO and Chama, NM - along it's journey you cross over the CO/NM border 11 times! It's spectacular! Back before everyone was worried about liability, as a small child, I got to make the journey in the Engine!! I've ridden this trip many, many times (I grew up near there) and never tire of the trip.

[Cage]

Great shots! Thanks for sharing. One of these days I'm going to take my kids over to ride a couple of these trains. Last time we were in that neck of the woods we were unable to take advantage of rides.