Photo ID: 104259 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Royal Gorge Canon City, CO 1729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge Afraid of heights? Don't look down! The Royal Gorge Bridge was built in 1929 and still has wooden planks running across it. While walking across the bridge, I stopped at this 1-inch gap between planks to get a shot of the tracks 1,000 feet below! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104260 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Royal Gorge Canon City, CO 1977 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge You can't look at this picture and tell me Rio Grande wasn't an amazing railroad! The Canon City Royal Gorge railroad owns the portion of Tennessee Pass through the Royal Gorge. Below, you can see the tourist train snaking along the Arkansas River through the narrowest parts of the gorge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104261 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Royal Gorge Canon City, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge The Canon City Royal Gorge tourist train stops at Hanging Bridge to allow passengers the opportunity to observe the magnificent Royal Gorge. Next to the open coach car, you can see the platform where the Incline Railway stops at the bottom of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104262 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hanging Bridge Canon City, CO 1859 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge For me, this was the "money shot" for the day. The Canon City Royal Gorge tourist train is making its way back east through the canyon from Parkdale. The train is crossing over Hanging Bridge in this shot. This part of the gorge was so narrow, there were no outcroppings to build the rail over. So, a bridge was built that was suspended from above (note the trusses). Amazing concept...even more so because it was thought up and built in the 1879! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104263 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hanging Bridge Canon City, CO 1862 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge The Canon City Royal Gorge tourist train makes a 10-15 minute stop at Hanging Bridge to give people a chance to check out Hanging Bridge and the narrowest part of the gorge. If you are at Hanging Bridge by way of the incline railway (part of the Royal Gorge Park), then you can walk along the tracks right at the base of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104264 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hanging Bridge Canon City, CO 1692 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge The Canon City Royal Gorge tourist operation started a few years after UP "railbanked" (or idled) Tennessee Pass. The operated a few passengers trains over the 11-mile stretch between Canon City and Parkdale (and back). Today, they actual own the rails for that 11-mile stretch (although UP still has trackage rights should the line ever reopen as a through route). You can definitely tell the (very classy) tourist outfit respects the history of the Royal Gorge in its paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104265 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Royal Gorge Canon City, CO 1664 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge After completing its stop at Hanging Bridge at the base of the Incline Railway, the Canon City Royal Gorge tourist train continues east back toward Canon City where it's passengers will disembark after their 2 1/2 hour tour of the gorge. The train operates in a push-pull fashion, so there are F7A's on either end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104266 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 12, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Canon City Canon City, CO 1956 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Canon City and Royal Gorge There is a lot of history in this picture! This old SD9 is decades old and just happens to be living out its golden years on familiar rails. This SD9 was delivered to Rio Grande as a high nose unit (that was later rebuilt as a low nose unit). It lived is previous life as DRGW 5305 and can now continue on in a familiar paint scheme on home rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.