Awesome Colorado Railroad Destinations

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Come with me to another great Colorado rail destination, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4SkeGWMo814d7c

[@tomg721]

This brings back memories of our 1969 Cross Country Scouting trip where we rode the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train.

[@SarahsAtticOfTreasures]

My all time favorite.

[@michellekempema4201]

Thanks for stopping by Ron! It was so fun to meet you! I’m so happy you enjoyed Colorado!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

I had a great time and certainly plan to come back again.

[@DaveWilliams988]

New Hope and Ivyland Railroad close to where I live is what made me get into model railroading. They also have a Baldwin Locomotive. Brings back memories of me and my dad standing in front of the coach while the locomotive coupled up for the way back home.

[@SarahsAtticOfTreasures]

I have been to all three of them. Awesome. I miss living in Colorado. Awesome video. Have a great week.

[@wmjwell]

Thanks Ron. I enjoy your videos. Looking forward to your next update.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Love the video one to watch.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Thank you very much for replying to my comment. I would love if you could take a quick look at my page and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Ron.

[@kenshores9900]

Been to 2 of the three places. Love George Town loop and the Colorado Railroad museum. Agree with you about these must see Colorado locations.

[@kenshores9900]

I having been trying to build a Georgetown loop into my layout. Engineering wise that is significant elevation change (4%) and is why it was built. Far to neat. Also ride the Georgetown loop at Christmas! They do special things.

[@ZaidDesignsTV]

Wow, I'd like to go and visit the museum... I'm a fan of the western mythos and look forward to exploring the American treasures in each of our states...

[@randydobson1863]

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[@timhamilton5699]

Nice video Ron, it brought back some not too distant memories! I was able to ride the Georgetown Loop in the cab of the West Side Lumber Company #9 Shay locomotive while it was on loan from the Midwest Central Railroad back in 2016 (it is back at the MCRR now). My father is an Engineer at the MCRR and we were able to use his connection from operating the #9 to get the cab ride free of charge. I was also fortunate enough to ride in the Georgetown Loop's #12 several times while it was at the MCRR during the equipment exchange. It is because of these experiences that I have decided to model in the transition era as a new N scale modeler. Your videos have been a great source of information.

[@dennisnicholson952]

Hey, Ron! It sure was great to see Michelle Kempema on your channel and get a nice overview of the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. I have seen Michelle quite a few times on TSG Multimedia, John Abattacola's channel. Check out her train chase of Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 with the "Steam Sisters" on TSG.

[@therealskull4786]

I was on the Georgetown Loop, and i loved it. We weren't pulled by a steam loco though, the other one was in the shops. On the way back to the main station, it started raining and everyone on the open cars came into our closed one!

[@jonolevesque843]

Cheers for the great coverage, who knows what the future holds 👍

[@ericcoughlan]

Thanks, Ron. You brought back some great memories from way back in 1984 when a friend and I visited both the Colorado Rail Museum and the Georgetown Loop. Both have expanded considerably since that time. Another friend and I are planning a trip from Australia, so I might add these onto the list of places to visit.

[@charlesmcclure5994]

I drove past the Georgetown loops many times going in and out of Denver in my big rig it is definitely on my bucket list 👍👍

[@mattomon1045]

Ron I'm a volunteer at the Colorado Railroad Museum .

[@fbrailroad4628]

Nice spots to stop at next time I'm out that way. Thanks for sharing, David

[@jay_Jalapeno]

I highly recommend the Georgetown loop . one of my favorite memories as a kid. Surprised you didn't go to the forney museum and see the big boy they have

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

There was only so much time. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@jay_Jalapeno]

@@RonsTrainsNThings if you do come to new England for train stuff I would recommend the eagle lake locomotives in the north Maine woods ... BUT I would highly recommend going with a local because the Allagash wilderness is no joke(its more wilderness than the western slope in Colorado now days) , its 100 miles out of town and cell service . bare minimum rent a good 4x4 or go out with someone who's been there before. I could do that in my wrangler if you'd want

[@IMRROcom]

The 2nd train I have ever been on was at Golden Co, the 1st train was at Strasburg railroad. Yes I have been only on 2 full size trains ever.

[@bernardc2553]

Dang Ron that was a Great glimpse of Colorado's R.Road history, always nice to see Michelle too :-)

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

Definitely going to have to put these on the must see list

[@SwordlordRoy]

Unfortunately, I've yet to visit anything that far North (Live in Colorado Springs), but I'll have to make an effort to check them out when I next go up toward Denver. Have visited the Royal Gorge Route, which is fun, even if it is just a forward and back affair. Also have ridden the Manitou & Pikes Peak Mountain Railway, have only ridden the newer swiss engines though. They do have the Baldwin #2 Steam Engine "T.F. Richardson" on display in Manitou Springs.

[@LegionOfWeirdos]

Been to the Loop and the railroad museum in Golden. Both great places. When we were there, the garden railroad wasn't operating due to weather. Was the Lego display on the way to the indoor model setup still there? Nicole was fascinated with it and wanted to get one herself, but I had to break it to her that it wasn't a kit, it was someone's custom creation. 🙃

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

I didn't see a Lego layout at Golden, but there is one at the model railroad museum in Greely.

[@YardLimit]

Nice work. You should have stayed for the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup!

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Wish I could have.

[@YardLimit]

@@RonsTrainsNThings Lucky for you I made a great video of the first weekend! More to come!

[@mattomon1045]

that was cool of Mr Taylor my boss.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Yes, I appreciated his hospitality.

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid

[@cp368productions2]

Unfortunately I will probably only ever get to her museum once in my life.

[@edwardaudet8367]

The west is on my bucket list. Loved the video thanks for sharing.

[@RonsTrainsNThings]

Yes, I still have several Colorado rail destinations I'd like to hit. I've done the Durango & Silverton twice and been to Ridgeway, but still want to to the Cumbres & Toltec, the Royal Gorge Route, and the Leadville line among some others. Colorado is a wealth or railroad vacationing.