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D&RGW Train No. 1. The Royal Gorge Route Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Cañon City, Colorado.A 1950s-era train makes daily 2-hour excursion runs from the Santa Fe Depot through the Royal Gorge along a famous section of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Royal Gorge Park was then created. [7] In 1929 Cañon City authorized the building of the Royal Gorge Bridge, which at 955 feet (291 m) above the river held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 to 2001. The bridge is the centerpiece of Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, an amusement park with rides and attractions on both sides of the ...
The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge United States heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, adjacent to Interstate 70 in Colorado. This tourist train runs between the communities of Georgetown and Silver Plume , a distance of 2 miles (3.2 km).
A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico. This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota. Visitors aboard the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia
Royal Gorge Route Railroad In July 1998, William Fehr, the owner of a gravel business based in Parkdale at the entrance to the gorge, purchased the rail lines through the gorge. The sale came after the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific had merged in 1996 and decided to run their trains on better tracks through northern Colorado.
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad is a heritage train on a still-active branch of the former D&RGW. However, it ceased operations in 2019. Royal Gorge Route Railroad operates over a 12-mile (19 km) portion of the intact, but otherwise disused Royal Gorge/Tennessee Pass line.
Sold to the Royal Gorge Park for display in December 1967. Traded to the D&SNG in exchange for K-37 class No. 499 in May 1999. Restored to operating condition in August 2000. Taken out of service in October 2019. Awaiting a future overhaul and conversion from burning coal to burning oil as of 2024. Tender converted to oil-burning setup in ...
The cars were available during the summer months on both the Royal Gorge and the Black Canyon (Shavano) routes. The photo is from the Royal Gorge route and is circa 1917. The original east-west main line of the Denver & Rio Grande, constructed in the 1870s and 1880s, was built as a narrow-gauge railroad, with the rails spaced three feet apart.