The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a gorgeous trip through the Rockies and into Colorado's mining camp past.
If you believe the stereotypes, two kinds of people love trains: little kids and old men. I’m way closer to being the latter at this point, and a recent trip on the Georgetown Loop Railroad outside of Denver has me thinking I might be even closer than I realized. I didn’t care about trains as a kid, and outright resented them when I had to take one to work every day in my 20s and 30s.
Today’s railroad isn’t the same one built 140 years ago. It was dismantled by the end of the ‘30s, but rebuilt in the ‘80s as a tourist attraction—a role it also served during its original lifetime. The current line is a faithful recreation of that 3 ft narrow gauge railroad, chugging along a winding, four and a half mile track as it climbs over 600 feet between the two towns.
Like I said, I found myself especially susceptible to the Georgetown Loop’s appeal. Trains are rad.
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