The Royal Gorge Railroad station in Cañon City, Colorado.
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The Royal Gorge Bridge, a 1,000 ft high suspension bridge, the highest in the world.
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The Royal Gorge Railroad tracks follow the Arkansas River which has its headwaters near the Leadville Colorado & Southern RR.
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The Royal Gorge Railroad train has closed and open cars. Try to ride in the open cars if you want to take pictures.
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This is one of the few roads near the gorge..
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Approaching another curve.
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A better view of the consist.
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Rounding another curve.
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Passing the entrance to a water-pipe shaft on the right.
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A water-pipe shaft in the rock wall.
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Approaching a water-pipe bridge that crosses the Arkansas.
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Some traveling companions we met on the way.
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Negotiating the rapids in the Arkansas River.
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A friendly wave as his colleague is about to go under.
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About to cross a bridge built by the orginal railroad, the Rio Grande, that once used these tracks. The Santa Fe then used the tracks and now it is the Royal Gorge RR.
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Note how the bridge is suspended from the steel girders built into the rock wall of the gorge.
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Heading back to the station.
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Back at the station.
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One of the passenger coaches.
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The F7's.
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#403 and #402.
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The entrance to the F7's cab. It's a high step up.
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The engineer at the controls.
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F7 contols.
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The view from the control side of the cab.
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My view from the cab.
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Another view from my side of the cab.
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In the cab..
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The engineer.
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Note the switches for the sand and the bell.
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The F7 contols.
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The official sign.
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Looking down 1,000 feet from the Royal Gorge Bridge to the track suspension bridge.
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The tracks and river 1,000 feet below.
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Note the wooden planking on the bridge.
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One car at a time is allowed on the bridge.
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Another look down.
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The track suspension brige below this suspension bridge.
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There are signs for each state on the bridge. My wife and I standing next to the New York State sign.
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It would take a very, very, very long fishing line to disobey this sign.
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The unofficial sign.
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Click on picture to go to the Royal Gorge RR web site.