A fun and scenic day excursion to the Georgetown Loop Railroad riding on a vintage steam locomotive between Georgetown and Silver Plume, Colorado.
Colorado is well known for two things – the majestic mountains and the vintage narrow gauge railroads. These railroads wound through the high valleys and slopes of the Rockies serving the logging and mining activities of its day. Highways and roads have since taken over that function. Today, the steam locomotives continue to operate but their “cargo” is mainly tourists seeking to relive the earlier era of mountain travel. No where is this better experienced than at the Georgetown Loop Railroad, about an hour’s drive west of Denver.
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