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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).
The Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway was a railroad in Colorado incorporated in 1880. A portion of the line, known as the Georgetown Loop, was a tourism destination during the railroad company's operating period, [1] and was rebuilt in the late 20th century as a heritage railway.
The building of the narrow gauge Colorado Central Railroad up the canyon from Golden in the 1870s further increased the central position of the town. Although most of the railroad was later removed, a portion remained between the town and Silver Plume and is operated today as a tourist railroad called the Georgetown Loop.
Colorado Central Railroad: Colorado Railroad: 1938 1957 N/A Colorado Railroad: CB&Q: 1906 1930 Colorado and Southern Railway: Colorado Railway: DRGW: 1883 1888 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Colorado Central Railroad: CB&Q: 1869 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway: Colorado Central and Pacific Railroad: CB&Q: 1866 1869 Colorado Central ...
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad: Ohio 1877 1902 [48] converted to standard gauge, later abandoned. Date of conversion listed. Colorado Central Railroad, later Colorado and Southern Railway: Colorado: 1872: 1941 [49] Colorado and Southern Railway: Colorado: 1898: 1943: Formed from Colorado Central Railroad and the Denver, South ...
A train derailment and bridge collapse Sunday spewed coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, trapping a semi-truck driver beneath the wreckage, the Colorado State ...
The historic Alpine Hose Firehouse No. 2 in Georgetown. View west along Sixth Street in downtown Georgetown. The Georgetown–Silver Plume National Historic Landmark District is a federally designated United States National Historic Landmark that comprises the Town of Georgetown, the Town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two silver mining ...
Two freight trains collided and derailed in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday night, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring two conductors, according to police. The Boulder Police Department ...