Georgetown Loop Railroad - Colorado
Lima three truck Shay #9 leading the day's trains between Silver Plume and Georgetown.
Georgetown Loop Railroad
We visited the gorgeous Colorado Historic town of Georgetown. .... and were lucky to see the train returning to the station.
Sadly it was a diesel not the steam locomotive they have.
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 route is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and ascends an elevation of 640 feet (195.1 m) through mountainous terrain along with trestles, cuts, fills, and a grand loop.
The railroad is situated near I-70, with Silver Plume Depot sitting adjacent to the eastbound on-ramp. Just east of Silver Plume on I-70 there is a parking area named Georgetown Loop Overlook providing scenic views to motorists. The Clear Creek Greenway Trail access road connects Silver Plume Depot, Georgetown Loop Overlook, and the Devil's Gate Station near Georgetown. This trail is accessible to bicyclists and hikers.
Georgetown Loop Railway, Colorado 6/19/2016
Georgetown Loop Railway, Colorado 6/19/2016
GeorgeTown Loop Railway + Mining Tour
In this Travel Tuesday I get to explore the Georgetown Loop Railway and do the Lebanon Mine Tour located in the state of Colorado. This is such an amazing experience that I will recommend anyone to do if you are in the area or visit the State of Colorado. If you like the video please share your support by Liking & Subscribing to my channel. Also hit that bell icon that way you know when I post new videos. I post weekly videos of Tech, Travel, Fashion. Last but not least also follow me on my social media platforms link is below. Thanks for watching again.
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Georgetown Loop COLORADO 10 2019
October 2019
Georgetown Loop RailRoad, near Denver / Colorado
Georgetown, Colorado
Recorded July 12, 2014
My sister and I made a short visit to Georgetown for lunch after finishing our trip to the top of Mount Evans.
The historic town of Georgetown is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The town has a population of just over 1000 people. The town sits at an elevation of 8,530 feet and is nestled in the mountains near the upper end of the valley of Clear Creek in the mountains west of Denver along Interstate 70. Although a small town today, the town was a historic center of the mining industry in Colorado during the late 19th century, earning the nickname the Silver Queen of Colorado. It has evolved into a lively historical summer tourist center today with many preserved structures from the heyday of the Colorado Silver Boom.
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Georgetown Loop Railroad Fall 2019
During early fall of 2019, I took a drive up to Silver Plume, CO to spend a day recording the Georgetown Loop Railroad as they went about a special day running two different passenger trains; both powered by steam! As it turns out, this weekend was record-breaking as far as passenger numbers, so an extra train was definitely needed. In this video, watch as we start off departing Silver Plume aboard newly-restored Georgetown Loop #40. Engineer Will Gant and Fireman Kevin Whilcomb gently guide the train down to Hall Tunnel for a meet. We set off there to watch the westbound train pass by, led by GLRR #111. We stay at Hall to see both trains swap positions, as #40 now guides it's train back uphill, and #111 back downhill towards Devil's Gate. We quickly follow #40 up to High Fill Curve to watch the little locomotive get after it on the steep climb towards Silver. Plume. We drop down to the area in and around Devil's Gate, as we watch #40 and #111 go through their chores of escorting hundreds of excited guests through some of the most spectacular examples in mountain railroading that Colorado has to offer. Rate Comment. Subscribe. ENJOY!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railroad Photography 2019.
Georgetown Loop Railroad
High Bridge Double Header. Locomotives #1934 & #40
Riding the Georgetown Loop railroad in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, in the United States.
The railroad operates summer tourist trains between the communities of Georgetown and Silver Plume, a distance of 2 miles (3.2 km). The railroad route is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and ascends an elevation of 640 feet (195.1 m) through mountainous terrain along with trestles, cuts, fills, and a grand loop
Georgetown Loop Train (Georgetown, Colorado)
Georgetown Loop Train (Georgetown, Colorado)
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USA 01 GLRR 1-08-12 Georgetown Loop Railroad Colorado USA
The Georgetown Loop Railroad in Colorado, USA is a 4.5 mile preserved section of the three foot gauge Colorado Central Railroad which connected Georgetown and Silver Plume to the greater US rail network. Originally built to service the Colorado gold rush, it remained open carrying passengers and freight until 1938 after which it was dismantled.
The present line including the wonderful Loop bridge was rebuilt and reopened in 1984.
On the day of my visit Baldwin built 2-6-2 No.12 was in use. It had been built in 1928 for the Kahului Railroad Company in Hawaii and had been brought back to the mainland for preservation after the railroad has ceased operation.
Helping the steam loco was diesel-electric 1203 built in 1947 by the Porter Locomotive Works of Pittsburgh, PA for the United States Gypsum Company in Plaster City, California and later Rocky Mountain Steel Mills No. 21, a 1940s-era, 44-ton General Electric diesel-electric locomotive.
As William Gant has explained- Very specifically, this was 12's last day in Service on the Georgetown Loop. The Crew were all wearing Hawaiian Shirts to commemorate the day. The whole shop crew (Including Myself) were down riding the 2nd to last run when 1203 decided to blow its air compressor. The Helper engineer (Tim) had to quickly switch to the 21 and finish the day out with that. The very last thing 12 did on the Loop before being drained and loaded onto a truck the next day was move 1203's dead carcass onto the RIP track.
The Georgetown Loop (Ken Jacobs, 1996)
Originally photographed in 1903, US Library of Congress collection. New arrangement in 1996 by Ken Jacobs, assisted by Florence Jacobs. 35mm optical rephotography by Sam Bush, Western Cine, Denver.
I've been raiding the Paper Print Collection of the Library Of Congress in Washington, DC, since the late 1960s with TOM, TOM, THE PIPER'S SON. It's a preserve of early cinema. Until 1912, in order to copyright film, one deposited with the library a positive from the negative printed on paper, unprojectable, but - unlike nitrate prints - capable of weathering the years without Crumbling into chemical volatility. And there the stacks rested, safely out of mind, hundreds and hundreds of silent rolls most less than 30 meters, many Edisons, American Mutoscope And Biograph, Gaumont, Lubin, Vitagraph ; cine-snatches of life as it was lived, vaudevillians, proto-dramas, and too many state parades. Until they were ripe for rediscovery and reevaluation, and rephotography back onto film. THE GEORGETOWN LOOP is my 11-minute riff on The Scenic Wonder Of Colorado, a rail-line built in the 1870s through daunting mountain terrain to serve the silver mining industry. I've called it the first landscape film deserving of an X-rating, and that it is, yet its secret subtitle is - I must whisper - (Celestial Railway).
(Ken Jacobs)
Elegantly reworking some 1906 footage of a train trip through the Colorado Rockies, the dean of radical filmmaking printed the original image and its mirror side by side to produce a stunning widescreen kaleidoscope effect. Did it really take 100 years of cinema for someone to execute this almost ridiculously simple idea ? This landscape film deserves an X-rating, says Jacobs.
(Jim Hoberman, Village Voice, 1996)
Georgetown, CO
This video was taken to showcase the Slacker Half Marathon 2019. However it also showcases the City of Georgetown as well.
Come join us for the highest DOWNHILL half marathon in the country and possibly the highest DOWNHILL 4 Mile Run!
Do not be misled by the name but this is the Slacker Half Marathon/4M Race! It is the highest downhill half marathon in the country–beginning at 10,630 feet and traveling over a rolling hill descent to 8400 feet! The half marathon begins at Loveland Ski Area--BASIN and travels the first mile on dirt roads before joining a non-motorized paved bike path for five miles through a Forest Service area of wetlands and natural waterfalls on a trail built to sustain the weight of an ambulance!
Georgetown is a Territorial Charter Municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.[6] The former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains was established in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Georgetown, the neighboring town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns. The town population was 1,034 at the 2010 census.[7] The Georgetown Post Office has the ZIP code 80444.[5]
The town sits at an elevation of 8,530 feet (2,600 m) above sea level, nestled in the mountains near the upper end of the valley of Clear Creek in the mountains west of Denver along Interstate 70. Although a small town today, the town was a historic center of the mining industry in Colorado during the late 19th century, earning the nickname the Silver Queen of Colorado. It has evolved into a lively historical summer tourist center today with many preserved structures from the heyday of the Colorado Silver Boom. The town stretches roughly north-south along Clear Creek, hemmed in by the mountains, with the historic downtown located at the southern (upper) end and modern development located at the northern (lower) end of town.
Georgetown Loop Promotional video
All aboard the Georgetown Loop Railroad
Georgetown Loop Railroad Colorado Rocky Mountains
Georgetown Loop Railroad is historic narrow gauge railroad running between Georgetown and Silver Plume mining towns. Originally opened in 1884 the loop ascents over 600 feet in elevation and crosses the Devil's Gate High Bridge.
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Georgetown, Colorado, USA
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Georgetown Colorado 4TH of July parade 2018
This is just some scrap clips I threw together. Georgetown Colorado Is filled with nice folks, and the scenery of the mountain tops its cradled in is just Epic. I think here is up about 8,500 ft.::::
The historic Town of Georgetown is the Territorial Charter Municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.[6] The former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains was established in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Georgetown, the neighboring town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns. The town population was 1,034 at the 2010 census.[7] The Georgetown Post Office has the ZIP code 80444.[5]
The town sits at an elevation of 8,530 feet (2,600 m) above sea level, nestled in the mountains near the upper end of the valley of Clear Creek in the mountains west of Denver along Interstate 70. Although a small town today, the town was a historic center of the mining industry in Colorado during the late 19th century, earning the nickname the Silver Queen of Colorado. It has evolved into a lively historical summer tourist center today with many preserved structures from the heyday of the Colorado Silver Boom. The town stretches roughly north-south along Clear Creek, hemmed in by the mountains, with the historic downtown located at the southern (upper) end and modern development located at the northern (lower) end of town.
Georgetown Loop Railroad near Denver CO
alittleofalot.net We took the TX inlaws (or, rather, they took us!) to the Georgetown Loop Railroad. This is an under 3-minute little review of our visit :) Colorado has so much to offer and we're just starting to get to know the area. Looking forward to more exploring in the coming months!
McClellan Mountain. Georgetown, CO. Solo. #60
McClellan Mountain is a pretty cool trail out of Georgetown. Most of trail is oranges and basketballs with no real obstacles, just crazy bumpy like Saxon Mountain was. It runs parallel to the much more popular Argentine Pass for a large portion. It travels by many old mine sites. Once at the top it runs along the ridge (above 13,000ft) until it suddenly stops. It's pretty sketchy because it almost looks like the trail keeps going but this trail gives literal meaning to dead end. Have fun out there!
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