Georgetown Loop

[Yampa Bob]

Season begins May 24, tickets sell out fast so better hurry. Prices are very reasonable.  If you don't want to ride, there are scenic lookouts along I-70 for great tele-shots.  Oh yeah, "thar's gold in them thar hills".

http://www.georgetownlooprr.com/

Here are some more great pictures of the loop.  It's only 2 miles from Georgetown to Silver Plume, but elevation increases 638 feet, about 6%.  A couple of loops and a spiral cuts it down to about 3.5%, while increasing the track distance to 4.5 miles.

In picture 3, a runaround at Silver Plume gets the loco to the other end.  Note diverter in picture 6.

http://www.homestaydenver.com/CS9/

Enjoy

Bob

[pdlethbridge]

nice!

[Larry Green]

I rode the line last July and really enjoyed it. A true model railroad, scaled up to 12" to 1'.

Larry

[Yampa Bob]

Larry
How did you feel when you crossed Devil's Gate?  It's a long ways down. Sometimes they get high winds in the canyon.

Bob

[Larry Green]

Bob, it wasn't windy the day we were there. After the drive up from Durango in a heavy rainstorm, nothing on the Georgetown Loop fazed me. Tame by comparison.

Larry

[Santa Fe buff]

That must of been rough.

[Cody J]

I have never been to the Georgetown Loop but I saw the segment of video on Great American Train Rides Vol. 1 by Pentrex.  I hope to go there some day.


-Cody L. Jackson, Eastern OH

[Yampa Bob]

Well come on out and take a ride, Colorado needs your money.  Bring some warm clothing and jackets, the temp can drop from 80 daytime to 35 at night.  To us, 40 is shirt sleeve weather. 

I visited here 30 years ago, and never went back to the midwest. I was born in Kansas but my roots are in Colorado. 

[Cody J]

I might When Im older Im only 12 with gas prices these days hardly anyone can afford it.

-Cody L. Jackson

[Santa Fe buff]

Can't you fly or take the train?
I prefer train. But who cares, a vacation is a vaction, heck- I'll make my own electric car engine if I need to go up there.