Passenger Trains > Royal Gorge Scenic Cab Ride

Just back from a camping trip to Colorado Spring and while there we decided to ride the Royal Gorge Scenic into the Royal Gorge and across the Hanging Bridge. I decided that my grandson and I needed a cab ride to "get the full effect" of riding into the Gorge. So, I paid the extra fare and my grandson got his first ever cab ride with his grandpa. Took me back to the days when my granddad (a Lackawanna train dispatcher) took me for cab rides on Lackawanna diesels and MUs all over northern New Jersey. Now it was my turn!

The highlight for my grandson was being asked to blow the horn as we entered into the narrow part of the Royal Gorge and began crossing the Hanging Bridge. When his task was completed, he returned to his fireman seat and announced "I can mark that off my bucket list. I have always wanted to blow locomotive horn." Keep in mind, he is only 13. But what a huge thrill for him and a bigger thrill for his grandpa!

Thank you to the Royal Gorge Scenic for making a memorable trip for both of us.

Marty Harrison
Knob Noster, MO

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Sounds like fun! Glad you enjoyed it.

That engine sure looks like it came from Virginia Railway Express.

The way this reads, the train goes across the hanging bridge. I thought it went under it.

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Wonderful photo

biff Wrote:
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> The way this reads, the train goes across the
> hanging bridge. I thought it went under it.

The bridge high above the Gorge, which is what you may be thinking of,
is NOT the "hanging bridge."

This is...and trains go across it.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/18 21:04 by GenePoon.

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The Hanging Bridge in Royal Gorge is a railroad engineering marvel....the girder bridge is hanging off the canyon using to steel A-frames....one rail in located over a rock ledge and second rail is over the Arkansas River.

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Marty Harrison
Knob Noster, MO

livesteamer Wrote:
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> Just back from a camping trip to Colorado Spring
> and while there we decided to ride the Royal Gorge
> Scenic into the Royal Gorge and across the Hanging
> Bridge. I decided that my grandson and I needed a
> cab ride to "get the full effect" of riding into
> the Gorge. So, I paid the extra fare and my
> grandson got his first ever cab ride with his
> grandpa. Took me back to the days when my
> granddad (a Lackawanna train dispatcher) took me
> for cab rides on Lackawanna diesels and MUs all
> over northern New Jersey. Now it was my turn!
>
> The highlight for my grandson was being asked to
> blow the horn as we entered into the narrow part
> of the Royal Gorge and began crossing the Hanging
> Bridge. When his task was completed, he returned
> to his fireman seat and announced "I can mark that
> off my bucket list. I have always wanted to blow
> locomotive horn." Keep in mind, he is only 13.
> But what a huge thrill for him and a bigger thrill
> for his grandpa!
>
> Thank you to the Royal Gorge Scenic for making a
> memorable trip for both of us.

Thank you for sharing this with us!

Regards,

Dave

Great story, thank you for sharing.

Mike ONeill
Parker, CO