Devil's Gate Station - Georgetown, CO
Posted by: Outspoken1
N 39° 42.057 W 105° 42.404
13S E 439410 N 4394805
Devil's Gate Station is on the eastern end of the famous Georgetown Loop Railroad.
Waymark Code: WMGBCE
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2013
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"The Georgetown Loop Railroad® was one of Colorado’s first visitor attractions. Completed in 1884, this spectacular stretch of three-foot narrow gauge railroad was considered an engineering marvel for its time. Today, the Loop is once again a popular tourist attraction and an exceptional way to see the Clear Creek Valley.
Three miles of marvelous adventure.
The Loop takes you between Georgetown and Silver Plume, over 2 miles apart. The tracks scale an elevation of 640 feet over mountainous terrain, requiring trestles, cuts, fills, loops, and curves totaling 3.1 miles of narrow gauge track.
An engineering feat for its time.
The once-thriving mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume lie two miles apart in a steep, narrow mountain canyon. To connect the two, the railroad’s builders designed a “corkscrew” route that traveled twice the distance, slowly gaining more than 600 feet in elevation. The route included horseshoe curves, grades of up to 4%, and four bridges across Clear Creek, including the massive Devil’s Gate High Bridge." (from (
visit link) )
The station features a gift shop, rest rooms and food. Parking is free, but limited to cars and trucks - no buses.