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Georgetown, on Clear Creek approx. thirty miles west of Denver, was founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. The town did not grow significantly until the discovery of silver further up the canyon on September 14, 1864. The town dwindled following the collapse of the Silver Boom in 1893, until the 1950s when the town began to experience a small renaissance and has only grown in importance over the years since, as a popular tourist destination.
This photo, taken on September 23, 2002, is from the Guanella Pass Road, which rises into the mountains to the south of town. The tower of historic Alpine Firehouse no. 2 is seen at the center of the photo.
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Kings County Courthouse in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Built in 1887 by noted architect William Critchlow Harris.
April 27th, 1974. 3219 leads 2501 across a viaduct just east of Georgetown.
3219 was a C-424, class MR-24b, built 1966. It was leased to Mexico in 1978, then sold to Mexico in 1983 for continued service there.
MLW M420W 2501 was renumbered to 3501 in 1986-87, retired 25 November 1997, transferred to Canac and leased to Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs, via Canac 1998, then leased to New Brunswick East Coast late 1998 and ultimately sold to St Lawrence and Atlantic Quebec spring 1999
We arrived at the Devil's Gate station of the Georgetown Loop Railway just as a train was getting ready to leave, so there was no time to buy a ticket and little time to pick a spot. This is little more than a grab shot from the parking lot, but the snow capped peaks are nice.
The Georgetown Steam Plant was originally constructed in 1906. It provided coal fired electricity initially and then switched to oil. The steam plant was retired in early 1980's and is now a museum opened on the second Saturday of each month.
Visiting the Georgetown Loop Railroad in August of 1976 at Silver Plume Colorado. #44 is a Baldwin 3 foot narrow gauge 2-8-0 loco built in 1921 as Guatemala Railway #54. Howard Kent Jr.
“His laughter, which was never far below the surface of his conversation, now sparkled like a splash of water in sunlight.” Joseph Lelyveld
Taken on October 6th, 2007 in Georgetown, Washington DC
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Although it was evening and outdoors the ambient temperature was in the upper 80's F Amazing dedication and adaptation
let's take the train to anywhere
I wanna feel the wind in my hair with you
let's tell them all, that soon they'll know
how very wrong they were to think we'd never go
and if you tell me yours I'll tell you mine
and we will clean the cobwebs out of one anothers minds
- Missy Higgins, Don't Ever
Georgetown is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit affiliated institution of higher education in the United States.
This spectacular stretch of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad was originally completed in 1884, considered an engineering marvel for its time. The thriving mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume lie 2 miles (3.2 km) apart in the steep, narrow canyon of Clear Creek in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. Engineers designed a corkscrew route that traveled nearly twice that distance to connect them, slowly gaining about 640 feet in elevation.
In 1973, the Colorado Historical Society began restoring the railroad using track and ties donated by the Union Pacific. This tourist train now operates between Silver Plume and the new Devil's Gate Station, which is 3/4 mile west of Georgetown.
Ontario Rail 4-6-0 1057 arrives at Georgetown with invited guests for the opening of the Georgetown GO train service on Saturday, April 27th, 1974.