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In honor of our birthdays, we took a trip on the Royal Gorge Route Railroad.
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A little narrow gauge steam engine they have on display at the station in Cañon City.
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It is a geared locomotive.
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Creepy mannequin in the cab.
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Train backing into the station after a run up the gorge.
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Neat open air cars. They just cut the top off of some old passenger cars and took the seats out.
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Train being hooked up to the extra cars used on the dinner run.
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Heading down to our car.
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Auxiliary power unit to run the kitchens.
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Looking downriver as we head up into the Royal Gorge.
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Starting to get into the narrow part of the route.
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Old pipeline made out of wood that used to feed Cañon City with water.
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Tiny champagne bottle. For some reason, they couldn’t give us glasses with our tiny bottles.
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The Royal Gorge Bridge in sight!
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Moon rising behind the train.
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Pulling past the bridge far above us onto the A-frame railroad bridge through the absolute narrowest part of the canyon.
Our two adorable little bottles.
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This is a very unique railroad bridge. It suspends the railroad between the two cliff faces and over the river.
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The moon and two extraordinary bridges.
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Heading further up the canyon.
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Out onto the plains above Royal Gorge.
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Dinner in the dome car.