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Colorado Rail Experience

Colorado Rail Experience, a rail journey with Vacations By Rail

An 8-Day Colorado rail adventure featuring incredible views and scenic tours. Take a journey on five of Colorado's most scenic heritage railroads.

Day by day

  1. Day 1railovernight: Silverthorne, CO

    Boarding the Georgetown Loop Railroad

    Meet the Tour Manager and group in Denver, transfer by motorcoach to Golden for a tour of the Colorado Railroad Museum, then ride the narrow-gauge Georgetown Loop Railroad (completed 1884) between Georgetown and Silver Plume. Scenic drive to Silverthorne.

  2. Day 2railovernight: Silverthorne, CO

    Riding the Leadville Railroad

    Board the Leadville Railroad north through the Arkansas River Valley, crossing the Continental Divide on a two-and-a-half-hour round trip past Fremont Pass, with conductor commentary including stories of Molly Brown.

  3. Day 3overnight: Durango, CO

    Wild West history on the way from Silverthorne to Durango

    Motorcoach south via Breckenridge to Fairplay's South Park City Museum (a recreated Gold Rush town), continuing to Durango near the New Mexico border through the Rio Grande National Forest.

  4. Day 4railovernight: Durango, CO

    Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

    Board the 45-mile Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (a National Historic Landmark, featured in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) alongside the Animas River and above the Animas River Gorge to the 1874 mining town of Silverton.

  5. Day 5railovernight: Alamosa, CO

    Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

    Board the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad from Chama, North America's longest and highest narrow-gauge steam railway, crossing the Colorado-New Mexico border 13 times over 64 miles, including the Cascade Creek trestle bridge, with a lunch stop at Osier before continuing to Antonito and on to Alamosa.

  6. Day 6railovernight: Colorado Springs, CO

    Royal Gorge Route Railroad in First Class with lunch

    Coach to Cañon City to ride the Royal Gorge Route Railroad in a First Class vista-dome car along the Arkansas River, past the Hanging Bridge and beneath the Royal Gorge Bridge, with a three-course lunch in the dining car. Continue by coach to Colorado Springs.

  7. Day 7railovernight: Colorado Springs, CO

    Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway and the Garden of the Gods

    Board the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway for a nine-mile climb to the 14,000-foot summit of Pikes Peak, then a drive through the Garden of the Gods' red rock formations.

  8. Day 8

    Traveling home

    Tour of Colorado's railways concludes after breakfast; a group transfer to Denver International Airport accommodates flights departing after 1:00 PM.

Included

  • Expertise of a Tour Manager from start to finish
  • 7 nights' hotel accommodation
  • All rail and coach travel throughout your tour
  • Breakfast each day, 2 lunches, 1 dinner
  • All guided tours and excursions

Not included

  • Cancellation & Travel Insurance (not included but can be arranged)
  • Flights and Airport transfers

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