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00:00The Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad is undoubtedly the West's
00:29most famous operating narrow gauge line.
00:35Ever since the mid-1950s, folks have been discovering this unique narrow gauge railroad and the spectacular
00:41scenery of the rugged San Juan National Forest.
00:44Originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande in 1881, the line reaches from Durango, Colorado,
00:50north along the Animus River to the silver mining town of Silverton.
00:54This line has been operated continuously with steam locomotives for over a century.
01:14In recent years, more trains have been added to satisfy the growing popularity of the trains.
01:20Other reasons have brought folks to the railroad as well.
01:22This is the first trip we ever took together and we came back to get married here.
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01:28See you, Ben.
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01:30All aboard.
01:31Upon departing downtown Durango, the train heads along through the outskirts of town and then
01:35across flat, open countryside.
01:36Passengers have a choice of riding aboard open air excursion cars or inside traditional
01:42coaches.
01:43Either way, the opportunities for great views and plenty of photographs are many.
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02:00photographs are many.
02:30The
02:59main highway parallels the tracks for several miles as they head north away from Durango.
03:05Our train then moves into the mountains for the remainder of the journey.
03:09The most breathtaking and unforgettable part of the trip is known as the High Line,
03:15where passengers can look straight down from their excursion cars into the turbulent waters of El Rio de las Animas Perdidas,
03:22which in Spanish means the River of the Lost Souls.
03:26Early railroad builders had to blast this ledge from solid granite to make room for tracks.
03:32So,
03:38we're going to take a look.
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05:13Coming into Silverton, the train crosses over the river and passes the old depot.
05:18This was once a busy mining town with plenty of activity in the nearby vicinity, as well as three railroads operating further into the mountains to serve additional mines.
05:27Today, the town retains much of its original flavor, but the Bonanza is tourists instead of silver.
05:33Trains pull right into the middle of town, providing a handy backdrop for photographs.
05:46All right.
05:47The afternoon shadows are lengthening as our train makes its way back to Durango.
06:13It's a relaxing trip filled with the swaying of locomotive and cars and the wail of mournful whistles.
06:48The rural meadows north of Durango stretch for several miles.
07:05During the busiest months of the summer, several trains each way make the trip to and from Silverton daily.
07:12There's even a late afternoon train that offers views of the canyon in the setting sunlight and evening dining opportunities at Silverton.
07:18The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad offers a unique mix of steam railroading, spectacular scenery, and historic mining towns that are fun to tour.
07:30There's plenty to do that everyone in your family will enjoy.
07:33The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, the world's highest cog railway, is undoubtedly the best way to get to the top of 14,110 foot Pikes Peak in Colorado.
08:04Established in 1889, the railway has been in operation continuously since 1891.
08:10The ride begins at Manitou Springs, which is just outside of Colorado Springs, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
08:18The railway has been in operation for over 100 years, and maintenance is always underway to keep the roadbed, tracks, and cog rail in good repair.
08:43The scenery that can be viewed along the way is just like the weather here, constantly changing.
09:04Along the way, mountain bighorn sheep are often seen from the trains, and sharp-eyed tourists can sometimes pick out squirrels, birds, and marmots as well.
09:20At Windy Point, elevation 12,128 feet, we stop to let a downhill train pass on the siding.
09:42As the train approaches, we see that it is also filled with happy passengers returning from their ride to the top of Pikes Peak.
10:01Since the line travels from an elevation of 6,575 feet all the way up to above 14,000 feet, the weather at the top can be cold and wet,
10:16even though it might be clear and sunny down at Manitou Springs.
10:25The grade steepens as we approach the summit.
10:28The climb is so severe that conventional trains would never be able to move uphill, nor would they be able to maintain adequate braking downhill.
10:37Instead, the unique center rail, known as a cog, has teeth with which the train's geared cog wheel meshes to provide traction.
10:44This is where the railway gets its unique slogan of the cog wheel route.
10:55It's snowing as we approach the summit.
10:58There are many things to see from the top of Pikes Peak, if there aren't any clouds.
11:02The Colorado Rockies, the Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado Springs, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains,
11:09even points in Kansas and New Mexico are all within viewing range of the summit.
11:14Today, however, we are content just knowing that we're on top of the world.
11:31If it seems too cold outside, you can even stay aboard the cars.
11:38But nearly everyone gets off the train to breathe the fresh, brisk air and see the sights.
11:43Coffee and world-famous donuts are available to warm folks up inside the visitor's center at the summit.
11:48Stone walls and a foundation still remain today to remind visitors of the earlier summit building which burned down many years ago.
12:02Another highlight of Pikes Peak is the chance to have a snow fight in the middle of summer, if the weather is right.
12:14The trip down is just as unique as the trip up.
12:30In fact, many visitors find this part of the journey to be the most exciting, since they're looking downhill instead of up.
12:37But there's not really anything to worry about.
12:39Multiple braking systems have ensured the line's complete safety since it opened.
12:46Once again, we pass a train at Windy Point.
12:49Since we're headed downhill this time, the other train has stopped to wait for ours to go by.
12:54The clouds have really moved in on us today.
12:57Proof of how quickly the weather can change here in the Rocky Mountains during the summer.
13:00Continuing downhill, we pass yet another train at Minnehaha, and notice that we've been followed by a train as well.
13:30This is a busy railroad.
13:32The Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway began operating in 1891 with steam locomotives.
14:02It's pulling wooden coaches, and one of the early locomotives is still occasionally steamed up for special events.
14:08Most visitors today will ride aboard attractive Swiss-built trains, powered by modern diesel hydraulic engines.
14:15The ample viewing windows, comfortable climate control systems, and unsurpassed ride all add up to a journey that is like no other.
14:22What is today the Georgetown Loop Railroad in north-central Colorado was originally completed during 1883 and 1884,
14:51as part of a line that reached west from Denver up into the rich mineral deposits along Clear Creek.
14:57When the railroad reached the mining settlement of Georgetown, though, the going got tough.
15:02From a vantage point across the canyon alongside U.S. Interstate 70, we get a good view of a steam train working its way upgrade over the railroad's impressive Devil's Gate Viaduct just outside of Georgetown.
15:21The
15:42The locomotive pulling our train today is a geared Shea-type engine.
16:06Shea's were built with an offset boiler to counteract the weight of the steam cylinders on the right-hand side of the locomotive.
16:13Geared drive shafts connected the axles with the engine.
16:17And with this driving arrangement, a Shea could negotiate tighter curves and maintain traction up steeper grades than conventional rod-type steam locomotives.
16:26Number 12 was built in 1926 by the Lima Locomotive Works and originally ran on the Westside Lumber Company's narrow-gauge logging railroad in California.
16:35It is about five times stronger than the old bridge, though.
17:05Which is nice because they say the old bridge swayed as the train went across it.
17:10This bridge doesn't sway, we'll guarantee it.
17:12When the railroad first came on the scene, there were no decent roads, and heavy grading machinery was a technology of the future.
17:21With these constraints, railroad construction was already quite a challenge.
17:25But at Georgetown, the railroad builders were faced with an even bigger problem.
17:29The town of Silver Plume, located just two miles up the canyon from Georgetown, needed that railroad.
17:36However, the tracks would have to climb 638 feet in only two miles, an impossibly steep grade.
17:43Imaginative engineers looped the railroad around hairpin turns, and then over itself on a tall bridge to gain the needed elevation in the short distance between Georgetown and Silver Plume.
17:55The two miles between towns was lengthened to nearly four and a half miles of track, and the Georgetown Loop was born.
18:01Completed in 1884, the short line was supposed to be the first part of a railroad route, reaching all the way to Leadville, Colorado, via Loveland Pass.
18:14But this construction never began, and the line instead settled down to carrying ore, mining supplies, and tourists to the town of Silver Plume, until its abandonment in 1939.
18:24Today, the yards and shops of the reconstructed Georgetown Loop Railroad are located at the upper end of the line, just outside of Silver Plume.
18:54Our locomotive has just taken on water at Silver Plume, and readies for another journey down the many curds of this railroad.
19:24As in many parts of the Colorado Rockies, mining was once the principal industry of this area.
19:52An informative guided tour is offered by docents of the Colorado Historical Society, and an abandoned mine located midway along the railroad.
20:02Each train stops to drop off and pick up passengers at the mine, then continues on to its destination.
20:22The railroad winds winds its way through the lush forests, passing several abandoned mines and their tailing piles.
20:34Sharp-eyed tourists can spot stone foundations which once supported hoisting machinery.
20:38The view from each bridge along the route is fascinating.
20:48The tracks cross Clear Creek four different times as the railroad makes its way along.
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21:14Showing everything it has in for a while to contain the addition of the fires of the tunnel.
21:17So again, let's keep the push in there as soon as possible.
21:19High point of a visit to the Georgetown Loop Railroad
21:30is the breathtaking trip over the curved Devil's Gate Viaduct,
21:34which towers 96 feet above the turbulent waters of Clear Creek.
21:38The original high bridge was removed when the railroad was abandoned in 1939.
21:44Using the original plans, the 300-foot-long bridge has been reconstructed
21:48through the efforts of the Colorado Historical Society.
21:52No other Great American Train Ride offers a trip anything quite like the Georgetown Loop.
22:13We hope you've enjoyed this tour of eight of the Great American Train Rides
22:17that can be found throughout the United States.
22:20Watch for future videos covering additional train rides,
22:23coming to you soon from Pentrex.
22:28For a free catalog of Pentrex Railroad videos and books,
22:32call or write Pentrex, P.O. Box 94911, Pasadena, California, 91109.
22:40Or call 1-800-950-9333.
22:46Pentrex brings you all the action of railroading yesterday and today.
22:50Here are scenes from a few of our most recent releases.
22:54Amtrak today runs the fastest trains in the United States
22:58along the tracks of the Northeast Corridor between New York and Washington, D.C.
23:03Pentrex takes you trackside to witness the trains and the countryside they run through,
23:07then into the cab of a locomotive as it races along at 125 miles per hour.
23:14In the summer of 1992,
23:17three different steam locomotives got together to pull special excursion trains
23:21for the National Railway Historical Society Convention held that year in San Jose, California.
23:27They were the newly restored Southern Pacific 2472,
23:30SP Daylight Locomotive 4449,
23:32and Union Pacific's Challenger 3985,
23:35the largest operating steam locomotive in the world today.
23:43At the San Diego Model Railroad Museum,
23:46you'll marvel at the detail and excellence of model trains in O, HO, and N scale.
23:52You'll look through the lens of the camera at such famous places as California's Tehachapi Loop
23:57and the Carrizo Gorge east of San Diego.
24:00And you won't be able to believe that this is a model railroad.
24:03The Santa Fe Railway's main line across Arizona is an exciting place to visit,
24:10with train after train racing along through the arid land.
24:14You'll see plenty of trains and beautiful countryside in this fast-paced presentation.
24:20Come along to the high country of Colorado and New Mexico
24:24as we watch a rotary snowplow in action,
24:26clearing high drifts from the tracks of the narrow-gauge Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
24:31Moving south of the border,
24:35there's plenty of action to see along the railroads of Mexico.
24:38The contrasts are many,
24:40with old and new locomotives working side by side,
24:44antiquated local passenger trains,
24:46even plenty of modern freight trains to see
24:48in a landscape that is often spectacular.
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