Georgetown Loop RR

This video shows the train leaving the Devil's Gate Station then going over the Devil's Gate Bridge and arriving at the Silver Plume Depot. There are also scenes of things at the Silver Plume Depot and the inside of the museum. The Georgetown Loop Railroad was one of Colorado's first visitor attractions. This spectacular stretch of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad, built by the Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway,[5][6] was completed in 1884 and considered an engineering marvel for its time. The thriving mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume lie 2 miles (3.2 km) apart in the steep, narrow canyon of Clear Creek in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. Engineers designed a corkscrew route that traveled nearly twice that distance to connect them, slowly gaining more than 600 feet (183 m) in elevation. The route included horseshoe curves, grades of up to 4%, and four bridges across Clear Creek, including the massive Devil's Gate High Bridge. #GeorgetownLoopRailroad #railroad #trains #Colorado