After the conclusion of our Road Scholar Train Tour we added on a side trip to the Red Rocks Amphitheater and a couple of outdoor museums.
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Colorado Trains Days 7 & 8: Ouray and Redstone
Though we were done with train rides we weren’t done with adventures. We rode up Yankee Boy Basin Trail in 4 wheel drives to visit old silver mining sites.
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Colorado Trains Day 6; Durango and Silverton RR
Our last train trip on the tour was on the Durango and Silverton Railroad. Afterwards we drove the Million Dollar Highway from Silverton to Ouray, Colorado.
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Colorado Trains Day 5: Cumbres and Toltec Narrow Gauge RR
On September 9, 2025, our journey commenced in Antonito, Colorado, aboard the Cumbres and Toltec 488 steam locomotive. We traveled through the scenic Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and Carson National Forest, enjoying lunch in the ghost town of Osier before concluding in Chama, New Mexico for our next adventure.
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Colorado Trains Day 4: Royal Gorge Railroad
We road the Royal Gorge Railroad down a portion of the Arkansas river. And find out why the spiky tail of a stegosaurus is called a Thagamizer.
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