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Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Step back in time and enjoy unparalleled scenery on Colorado’s historic trains
R
iding the rails of Colorado transports If you’re a true rail afi cionado and want
you to another time and place – the to ride as many of Colorado’s trains as ITINERARY – 11 DAY
romantic era of train travel. What possible during your visit, consider this
better way to see some of Colorado’s more itinerary, which begins and ends in Denver.
Day 1: Arrive Denver. Pick up a rental car
remote areas – from high mountain peaks While some of these railways run year-
at Denver International Airport. Check out
to winding canyons – than on a train? Since round, we recommend you plan your trip
downtown’s historic, still-in-use Union
train tracks go where cars can’t, the views of between the end of May and early October, Station, which opened in 1881.
pristine scenery and wildlife from a rail car when all of the routes off er scenic trips for
Day 2: Denver. Visit the Forney
are utterly spectacular. visitors.
Transportation Museum, featuring one
of the ﬁ ve remaining, gigantic “Big
Boy” steam engines. Make your way to
Golden, just west of Denver, to visit the
Colorado Railroad Museum.
Day 3: Colorado Springs. Stop at Castle
Rock shopping outlets on your way south
to Colorado Springs, home of Garden
of the Gods and Seven Falls. In nearby
Manitou Springs, board the Pikes Peak
Cog Railway, which has been taking
tourists to the top of 14,110ft (4,301m)
Pikes Peak for more than 100 years.
Day 4: Antonito. First drive south to
Cañon City to take the two-hour trip
Royal Gorge Route Railroad
on the Royal Gorge Route Railroad.
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