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CONNOISSEUR TOURS Georgetown Loop Railroad

The Best of Colorado: Mountains,

Trains & a Touch of the Old West

Wednesday 18 June to Saturday 28 June 2025

This rail holiday includes the definitive selection of the very best and most famous railroads of Colorado. Many were pioneering lines of the
Old West, now preserved as a living legend. All run through magnificent Rocky Mountain scenery.

Day 1 - Our Journey Begins Georgetown, a beautifully preserved mining town, to
We fly from London to Denver and transfer to our ride the Georgetown Loop narrow gauge line. The
centrally located hotel. high spot of the train journey is a high curved trestle
bridge. We return to Denver for overnight.
Day 2 - The Georgetown Loop
Denver, the “Mile High City” is situated at the point Day 3 - Lunch at the Royal Gorge
where the plains of the Mid West meet the Rocky We head south to Canon City and the Royal Gorge
Mountains and, within a few minutes of leaving our Railroad where lunch is served onboard as we follow
hotel, we are already in the wonderful scenery for the raging Arkansas River upstream through the
which the area is renowned. Because the various gorge. This was once part of a transcontinental main
railways we visit are not rail connected to each other line and, even today, our train will be hauled by one
we will have an air-conditioned coach at our disposal of the iconic U.S. streamline diesel locos. Overnight
for the entire holiday. We stop first at Golden to visit stay in Colorado Springs.
the Colorado Railroad Museum and then head for

Pikes Peak Cog Railway

Day 4 - Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway
& Leadville
Transfer by coach to the newly reopened Manitou
Royal Gorge, Colorado, USA - Royal Gorge Railroad mile journey to the top of Pikes Peak at an altitude
and Pikes Peak Cog Railway where we make the 9
of 14,115ft. We make a visit to the Garden of the
Gods with time for lunch before we drive through
the Rockies to Leadville, at 10,350ft the highest city in
the USA and once the setting of Doc Holliday’s last
shoot-out. As its name suggests, the town was once

47 Over 50 Years of Unforgettable Rail Journeys an important mining centre.