After making a run west to Parkdale, a Royal Gorge Route Railroad passenger train makes its way back into town along the Arkansas River towards the Santa Fe Depot where its passengers will disemba... (more)

Notorious for both it's rafting and it's trains, Colorado's Royal Gorge is quite the tourist attraction! However while most of my fellow passengers were focused on the towering walls above or the ... (more)

The walls of Colorado's Royal Gorge tower high above the former Union Pacific mainline that transversed from the plains to the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The portion in which the track navigate... (more)

The third and final run of the day on the Canon City and Royal Gorge Railway passes a mean looking cactus as it approaches Parkdale at the west end of Colorado's Royal Gorge where the train will s... (more)

From aboard the Canon City and Royal Gorge Railway's noon train, we see some of Southern Colorado's finest scenery and a signal that once guided coal trains up the famous Tennessee Pass. Now, all ... (more)

A Royal Gorge Route Railroad (then, Canon City and Royal Gorge) passenger train pauses near Hanging Bridge west of Gorge siding in the depths of Royal Gorge, west of Canon City, Colorado, on May 1... (more)

Cañon City and Royal Gorge F7s sit stored in the yard just east of the former Rio Grande depot. As of the date of this photo, the preferred power on CC&RG tourist trains is their former Virginia... (more)

The 9:30 a.m. Canon City and Royal Gorge passenger train is just west of Canon City, Colorado, on the morning of June 3, 2011. The train is about to enter famous Royal Gorge along the Arkansas Riv... (more)

The 3:30 p.m. Canon City and Royal Gorge passenger train enters Royal Gorge west of Burnito, Colorado, on June 2, 2011. The train is powered by a A-B set of former Chicago and North western EMD F7... (more)

An eastbound Canon City and Royal Gorge passenger train passes the site of Gorge siding west of Canon City, Colorado, on May 14, 1999. This route through the Royal Gorge is on the scenic former Ri... (more)

A Canon City and Royal Gorge passenger train is departing Canon City, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 3, 2011. CC&RG F7 No. 403 is a former Chicago and North Western locomotive. The second-to-t... (more)

A Canon City and Royal Gorge passenger train is just west of Canon City, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 2, 2011. CC&RG F7 No. 403 is a former Chicago and North Western locomotive.

A Royal Gorge Route Railroad (then, Canon City and Royal Gorge) passenger train curves through the depths of Royal Gorge, west of Canon City, Colorado, on May 14, 1999. One of the world's highest ... (more)

The Royal Gorge Route power and passenger consist lays over at the former Santa Fe depot after another successful day of excursions through the gorge.

Exiting the gorge on the eastbound return trip to Canon City. This late-season train was well patronized and made for an impressive site snaking through the gorge in a (not quite uniform) pseudo ... (more)