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This Month: September

Georgetown to the Top of Mt. McCellan

via the Loop and Argentine Central

This is a monthly feature of Piute's Pix Picks from the Denver Public Library's Collection of over 85,000 photos. Every month is based on a common theme.

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This month you're going to take a train trip from the station at Georgetown to the summit of Mount McClellan, via the Georgetown Loop and the Argentine Central. You'll see sights as if you were looking from a train as you progress up the line. In a few places, you would need to get off the train and walk a little bit, such as at Silver Plume, Argentine Falls, Waldorf and Mt. McClellan. These are places where the train would have stopped to allow you to get off, anyway. This approach can lead to some interesting anomalies. Such as passing a passenger train coming down the track on a single track line. Or seeing where you have been, in pix taken from a point further up the line. Or even seeing rocks, trees and other details, miraculously change in pix taken only a few feet apart. But that is the fun of traveling by train through cyber space and time. For this reason, you won't be able to see multiple views of the same thing, such as the High Bridge, although I choose several, there are many more. If you want to see the rest of the many views of this or any other spot along right of way, I suggest you disembark and follow the search instructions below.



Out of 1344 photos I chose Thirty one. These were chosen for historical value, modeling ideas and to give one the feeling of taking a trip over this famous line. The rest of the photos can be seen by going to the DPL site and doing a search with the Keywords "georgetown", "georgetown loop", "silver plume", or "argentine central". If you do, plan to spend some time.


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  1. Railroad station, Georgetown, Colorado    Colorado and Southern locomotive number 8 pauses smoking in front of the Georgetown depot, 1106 Rose Street, Colorado. Scene includes men wearing suits and straw hats, women in light colored dresses, boys in caps, a boy on a bicycle leaning against a telephone pole, and canvas top automobiles parked on side of building. The depot is a one-story brick structure with a side gable and overhanging front eave. Date 1978. Call Number X-6531
  2. R. R. Bridge above Georgetown    View of a Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf railroad high bridge on the Georgetwon loop in Clear Creek Canyon near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Tracks and boulders flank the stream and a waterfall; mountain slopes are in the distance. Date [between 1880 and 1898?] Photographer Collier, Joseph. Call Number CHS.X6711
  3. High Bridge, Georgetown Loop    Wide angle view of the High Bridge (300 feet long, 96 feet above Clear Creek, and set on a two percent grade) on Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track; mine dumps or tailings at center. Date [between 1899 and 1935]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-273
  4. Colorado & Southern Georgetown Loop    Passengers stand behind the rear car of a Colorado and Southern Railway passenger train at the Georgetown loop in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Date [between 1890 and 1900] Photographer Buckwalter, Harry H. Call Number CHS-B254
  5. High Bridge on Loop    Northeastward, creek-level view of span of High Bridge train trestle on "The Loop," a narrow-gauge train route southwest of Georgetown, Colorado (Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway); Clear Creek, in foreground, runs perpendicular to span; lower track runs parallel to creek at right; patchy snow on mountains in background. Date [Between 1890 and 1899?]. Photographer Rose & Hopkins. Call Number H-272
  6. C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 7, engine type 2-6-0    Train #56, passenger; 3 cars. Photographed: Approaching high bridge of the Georgetown Loop, Colo., May 29, 1927. Date 1927. Photographer Perry, Otto, 1894-1970, Call Number OP-6160
  7. C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 7, engine type 2-6-0    Train #56, passenger; 3 cars. Photographed: Crossing the Georgetown Loop high bridge, May 29, 1927. Date 1927. Photographer Perry, Otto, 1894-1970, Call Number OP-6161
  8. Georgetown loop Engine No. 7 on the Big Trestle    Shows the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Engine No. 7 and train at the Georgetown Loop on the Big Trestle near Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Some of the passenger stand on the back platform and next to the rear railroad car. Date [between 1890 and 1910]. Photographer Buckwalter, Harry H. Call Number CHS-B118
  9. The loop, Georgetown, Colo.    View of narrow gauge railroad tracks on the Georgetown Loop, and the Devil's Gate High Bridge trestle in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A bridge is over Clear Creek near tailings piles and a tipple. A frame building with a smokestack is beside tracks. Shows rounded railroad grades in the canyon and buildings in Georgetown in the distance. Date [between 1890 and 1900?] Photographer Dalgleish, G. (George). Call Number CHS.X4438
  10. The Loop near Georgetown    Men stand on and around a Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company locomotive on the Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a frame building; trestles span Clear Creek. Date [between 1882 and 1900?] Photographer Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Call Number CHS.J876
  11. The Loop from near Silver Plume    A man and a donkey loaded with poles stand on Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company tracks near Silver Plume (Clear Creek county), Colorado. Shows the Georgetown Loop. Two trestles span Clear Creek near a woodenstructure. Date [between 1882 and 1900?] Photoagrapher Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Call Number CHS.J877
  12. Silver Plume, Colorado, railroad station    A railroad engine is in front of the railroad depot in Silver Plume, Colorado. The engine has a cow-catcher on the front and three men posed upon and around it. The depot is visible in the background and shows two double hung windows, vertical board and batten siding with a sawtooth course across it, and a medium gable roof with eaves. Date May, 1899. Call Number X-2176
  13. C&S buildings (narrow gauge)    Depot. Photographed: Silver Plume, Colo., September 14, 1941. Date 1941. Photographer Perry, Otto, 1894-1970, photographer. Call Number OP-6389
  14. Picnicing at Silverpume [sic] on the C. & S. Ry.    Large group of picnickers at Silver Plume, Colorado, reached via the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows tables and chairs amidst pines with large wooden frame building (picnic pavilion) with numerous doors hidden from view by trees in background, numerous fashionably-attired women with hats, picnic baskets, dog, and beverage and food stand. Date [between 1900 and 1910]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-590
  15. Pavilion, Silver Plume    Enclosed picnic pavilion by Clear Creek, Silver Plume, Colorado. Date [between 1900 and 1910]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-364
  16. Burleigh Tunnel Depot, Silver Plume, Colo.    View of the Burleigh Tunnel depot in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows an open train depot with three people standing under the roof in front of the tracks. Two women wear skirts and blouses; one man wears a suit and tie. The depot has a low gable and is supported by thick timbers with brackets. Atop the gable is a large clock tower constructed of hewn horizontal logs. It is topped with a hipped gable roof with a finial. The clock has roman numerals; time reads 4:08. Date [Between 1895 and 1910]. Call Number X-2228
  17. Burleigh Tunnel Silver Plume    Miners and well dressed men pose near a horse-drawn buggy and a mine ore car at the Burleigh Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Date [between 1890 and 1901]. Photographer Dalgleish, G. (George) Call Number X-61687
  18. Taken in Aug. at the depot up on the hill by rail road    View looking east, of residences and railroad tracks in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows remnants of the Argentine Central railroad grade on Leavenworth Mountain in the distance. Date August 1911. Call Number X-17695
  19. Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway    The Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway transports passengers in open ore buckets from its base near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, to the top of Sunrise Peak on Pendleton Mountain. Argentine Central railroad tracks in foreground and "Sunrise Peak Aerial Tramway, The world's greatest scenic route" printed on loading structure gableboard. Date [between 1907 and 1914]. Photographer Davis, Art. Call Number X-17692
  20. Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 1    Argentine Central Locomotive Engine Number 1, Lima 1561, constructed in 1905, first narrow-gauge Shay gear-driven engine designed for line's steep grades and tight curves, at railroad's lower terminus, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows Bill Dunning in cab, George Ames, fireman; wood frame gable house and rocky slopes with mine tailings in background. Date [between 1905 and 1909]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-3161
  21. Silver Plume from switch back, Argentine Centra [sic] R.R.    View of switchbacks or completed grading up Pendleton Mountain for Argentine Central Railway's narrow gauge track; shows Silver Plume, Colorado, and Georgetown Loop narrow gauge track. Date [1905]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-389
  22. Argentine Falls on the Argentine Central Ry.    Argentine Falls (possibly Leavenworth Creek or South Clear Creek), Colorado; view of waterfall cascading along Argentine Central Railway, water tower at Sidney mine, half way to Waldorf, and rock- supported embankment.Date [between 1906 and 1913]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-685
  23. Georgetown from Argentine Central Railway    View north to Georgetown, Colorado, from Argentine Central Railway completed grading; shows Georgetown Loop with narrow gauge railroad tracks in valley below. Date 1905. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-388
  24. View on the Argentine Central    View of Argentine Central Railway showing narrow gauge track with push car. Man on push car is holding bouquet of flowers with valley and Rocky Mountains of Colorado in background. Date [between 1906 and 1913]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-689
  25. Argentine Pass, Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.    View of Waldorf Mine and outbuildings, Clear Creek County, Colorado towards Vidler Mine and Argentine Pass in distance; Waldorf reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with 1/2 mile spur to Vidler; road to Argentine Pass parallels track to Vidler then begins its ascent; tracks circle Waldorf; water tower at Waldorf, ore cars, mine dumps and tailings. Date [between 1906 and 1913]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-696
  26. Waldorf, near Argentine    View of Waldorf Mine buildings, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet); shows Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge tracks, sidings, switches, water tower, and gondola cars. Ore bucket line overhead runs from Santiago to Waldorf. Date [between 1905 and 1920] Call Number X-13973
  27. Buildings at Waldorf mine from the west    View of Waldorf Mine and mill, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge tracks, switches, water tower and flatbed cars. Date June 21, 1908. Photographer Henderson, John R. Call Number X-13986
  28. Waldorf hotel, Waldorf, Colo. (Georgetown)    Exterior of the abandoned Waldorf Hotel in the ghost town of Waldorf in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Tar paper covers the front of the building, curtains hang in the windows and doors, signs read: "Danger High Voltage." Date 1941. Photographer Fick, William L. Call Number X-63094 Call Number X-63094
  29. North from summit of McClellan Mtn. on the Argentine Central Ry.    Argentine Central Railway engine with Colorado and Southern passenger cars on summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado; shows view north of Rocky Mountains, narrow gauge track winding up to summit, and sightseers in train. Date [between 1906 and 1913].Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-682
  30. Summit of Mt. McClellan reached via Argentine Central Ry.    Mount McClellan's summit (14,007 feet) via Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; shows engine and passenger cars parked with large group of sightseers at summit and in cars, passenger cars retouched to reflect name of "Gray's Peak Route," narrow gauge track, and Rocky Mountains in background. Date [between 1906 and 1913]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-681
  31. Looking north on summit of McClellan Mtn. reached via Argentine Central Ry.    View of Rocky Mountains north from summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado, reached via Argentine Central Railway; shows switchback of narrow gauge tracks, and above timberline views. Date [between 1906 and 1913]. Photographer McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957. Call Number MCC-687

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