Time to make all the guys jealous when you see what my wife put together... We start out in Central City, CO where we find this nice display... [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]
C&S #71 and C&S #20 @ Central City, Colorado [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
Now that is a beautiful reason to visit Central City. Looks like I have another summer road trip to plan. Keep the pictures coming!! Ben
Next Stop We now stop in Black Hawk and catch Colorado Central #71 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
Black Hawk, Colorado At this location you will find the Colorado Central Station casino but back in the 1870's, this was were the Colorado Central Railroad Quartz Mill Depot once stood. The builders of the casino did a nice job making their building somewhat look like a depot and placed this plaque right outside the door to mark this historic location. [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT] Colorado Central Station Casino [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
39°45'52.34"N 105°26'47.13"W Now we head down US-6 along Clear Creek where I know of a few hidden survivors... [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
39°45'52.15"N 105°26'47.16"W I wonder if the NAVY knows this car is here? [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
39°45'3.04"N 105°23'57.90"W As we continue down stream, we come across one more car... [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
Nederland, Colorado OK, who can shed any more details on this next set of images. The folks that I talked to didn't know much about these cars beyond what I've posted on the website. [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]The Pullman Coach has C&S #544 listed on the side as well as Burlington over the windows. The caboose has #10536 marked above the rear door but I found no other markings
Sells Floto Circus Train ... and here is the third piece found at this same location. Sure wish I knew more about these cars but have not had much luck finding any historical details. [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
Silver Plume, Colorado Here is Colorado and Southern Caboose #1006 sitting quietly along the river... [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
Georgetown, Colorado We stopped at the I-70 overlook to check out the "New" Truss Bridge on the Georgetown Loop Railroad from above. [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]
Video Clip A [video=youtube;8_TN10-oUFU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_TN10-oUFU[/video] YouTube - Georgetown Loop Railroad 2008 Part 1 of 3
Video Clip B We stuck around and I caught this clip of the train passing over the Truss Bridge. This season, there were not steam engines operational so it's the 44-Toner pulling just a few cars. [video=youtube;2lu2Wgs-FGw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lu2Wgs-FGw[/video] YouTube - Georgetown Loop Railroad 2008 Part 2 of 3
Video Clip C And one more video clip of the train passing out the Devil's Gate High Bridge... [video=youtube;oia71GyE258]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oia71GyE258[/video] YouTube - Georgetown Loop Railroad 2008 Part 3 of 3
PART II - California Zephyr Now, time for the MAJOR part of this Trip Report - 4 DAYS on AMTRAK California Zephyr Denver, CO to Emeryville, CA and Back :tb-cool: :tb-cool: :tb-cool: :tb-cool:
DENVER Union Station [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
DENVER Union Station Here is a quick look inside the waiting room from each corner... [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] - [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
