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 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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Colorado Trains: Day 3 – Garden of the Gods
On day 3 of our Colorado Trains and Mining Towns tour we stopped at the Garden of the Gods outside of Colorado on our way up Pike’s Peak.
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Colorado Trains Days 1&2 – Georgetown Loop
On the first full day of our Road Scholar tour of historic Colorado trains and mining towns we took a ride on the Georgetown Loop
