Central Colorado is the home to many beautiful vistas and other wonders. Journey along and visit the historic Georgetown Loop Railroad that was built back in the 1870s to serve such mining towns as Silver Plume and Georgetown. Find out why this railroad was viewed as an engineering wonder when it was first built. Discover how its builders managed to construct it in a way that it actually loops over itself in one place in order to handle the grade in one canyon. Imagine how amazing it was to people well over a century ago to watch this train travel down a track filled with so many sharp turns and curves. Gain a new appreciation for why many Americans hope to always keep as many trains as possible running all around this country.