Silver Plume Train Loop

We drove down to Silver Plume for a morning train ride to Georgetown and back.  They advertise it as a loop but you go back the same way you came.  It takes about an hour...more for people getting on and for them having to move the engine from the front to the other end.  We went early and had our choice of seats. The train really filled up in Georgetown so I would recommend getting on in Silver Plume.

Waiting around to leave.

 My orphan is ready to go.

 There were lots of opportunities for family pics.

Steam Train, toot tooootttt.....

We had fun this past weekend riding a steam train (One of only 90 ever built) in a friend's backyard.  How many people do you know who would have a backyard big enough in Colorado for a steam train?  We now know one couple.  This was a great experience for the kids to see how they get the train ready to run.  They built a fire inside first

then once it was warm enough they threw in the coal to create the steam.

 

Oh, the places you'll go...

 

 

 

 Of course, no train would be complete without a bridge to go over a tunnel to go through!