Heritage route
Georgetown Loop Railroad
Georgetown → Silver Plume · United States
Georgetown Loop Railroad in pictures
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- Distance
- 7 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 15 min
- Average speed
- 6 km/h
- Top speed
- 16 km/h
- Operator
- Georgetown Loop Railroad
- Train
- 3-ft narrow-gauge steam
- Countries
- United States
- In service since
- 1884
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
To gain 640 ft between two towns just 2 miles apart, the narrow gauge spirals over itself on the Devil’s Gate High Bridge, an 1884 marvel rebuilt in 1984.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 83.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 119 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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