Pulling hard just below Silver Plume. The Georgetown Loop Railroad's freshly restored IRCA Consolidation #111 is pretty much at her limit with a heavy passenger train as she claws her way u... (more)

Up the hill to Silver Plume. Georgetown Loop Locomotive 111 is just about 3 minutes into her first run of the day to Silver Plume as she circles back around the Devil's Gate Station and pre... (more)

I was told it was a day for "leaf peepers" as the aspen's colours are at their best. A shay trundles its way up the grade amidst the splendour of autumn.

A beautiful day on the Georgetown Loop with West Side Lumber shay #9 leading the full train over Devil's Gate Bridge.

A narrow gauge GE 50 tonner on display in Golden Co, this unit actually began life on the Oahu Railroad in Hawaii back in 1947. It ran there until 1972. It has been since leased.

West Side Shay No. 9 is steaming up at Silver Plume before beginning a very busy day of trips.

Reaching Silver Plume

Over the loop and heading for Silver Plume

A “Grande gold” line up of 3-foot narrow gauge diesel locomotives sit outside the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum on October 8, 2003. Left to right are Georgetown Loop (Georgetown, Brec... (more)

Georgetown Loop Railroad engine number 130 leads the last train of the day downgrade across the Devil's Gate High Bridge on a chilly May 16, 2015 in Georgetown, CO.

Georgetown, Colorado - September 17, 2010. A Georgetown Loop Railroad steam train travels across the curved trestle across Clear Creek in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Steam locomotive # 12 pow... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado has a nice variety of engines, from narrow gauge steam locomotives to diesels. One unique engine is this narrow gauge GE 52 Ton switcher that used... (more)

Three Truck Shay #9 with an passenger train on the Georgetown Loop

Engineer Charles slackens the throttle on Shay No. 9 on Colorado’s Georgetown Loop RR as it approaches the high bridge which has a speed restriction.

Shay No. 9 leads Georgetown Loop’s colorful train across its famous bridge on the 3 and a half percent climb up to Silver Plume, Colo.