With 9 cars in tow, Georgetown Loop No. 111 works its way up the Clear Creek valley towards Silver Plume.

No. 111 is being service prior to the first run of the day. This chunky Consolidation worked for the International Railways of Central American before coming to Colorado in the 1970s.

The original Devil's Gate Viaduct was built by the Colorado Central in 1877 and taken down in 1939. This replica (much stronger than the original) has been in service since the summer of 1984. U... (more)

Georgetown Loop No. 111 has backed its train under the Devil's Gate Viaduct, and now is steaming forward at full throttle as it makes the return trip to Silver Plume.

Georgetown Loop No. 111 soars over the rushing waters of Clear Creek with a full train out of Georgetown, heading upgrade towards Silver Plume.

It's the 3rd of October, 2004 and the final day of public running for the original operator of the Georgetown Loop. I rode the first train of the day out of Silver Plume, and then spent the rest o... (more)

It's a beautiful mid-summer morning as former Westside Lumber Company Shay #12 backs its train over the Devil's Gate high bridge headed for Devil's Gate station on the Georgetown Loop.

Former IRCA locomotive #40 backs its train down the Georgetown Loop's Devil's Gate High Bridge. It is the final day of operation for the original loop operator, and all three loop locomotives are... (more)

Here is former IRCA Consolidation #40 in Silverplume getting ready to couple onto its train for the trip downgrade to the Devil's Gate station. This was to be #40's last season on the Loop for man... (more)

Steam locomotives on the Georgetown Loop Railroad are lined up in front of the engine house at Silver Plume, Colorado, on September 13, 2004. Nos. 12 and 14 are 3-truck Shay locomotives from Wests... (more)

On a beautiful fall evening deep within the Rocky Mountains, Georgetown Loop’s 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive #40 rolls across the Devil’s Gate Trestle in Georgetown, CO on October 6th, 2019.

After picking up another group of passengers at Devil’s Gate Station in Georgetown, CO, Georgetown Loop’s 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive #40 begins the steep climb up to Silver Plume, CO on October 6t... (more)

In the early afternoon light, Georgetown Loop’s 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive #40 crosses the Devil’s Gate Trestle in Georgetown, CO on October 6th, 2019.

Georgetown Loop 2-8-0 No. 40 crosses over Loop Drive and Clear Creek after departing from Devils Gate Station in Georgetown, Colorado, on October 6, 2019.

Nearly blocking out the sun with its own smoke plume, Georgetown Loop 111 pounds around the curve at High Fill to duck back into the woods.