Canon City, CO: 1909 Visitor Center/DRG&W and Royal Gorge/Santa Fe Depots

DRG&W: (Satellite)

Santa Fe: (Satellite)

Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center/DRG&W

Street View, Aug 2021

Royal Gorge Tourist Train/Santa Fe Depot

Street View, Oct 2023

Al Tillotson posted
Denver & Rio Grande Western station, Canon City CO, Monday morning September 22, 2025.

Al Tillotson posted two photos with the comment: "Santa Fe station Canon City CO, Monday morning September 22, 2025.  Station now used by Royal Gorge RR tourist train."

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"Originally built in 1909 as a Denver & Rio Grande train station, the facility now blends rich heritage with functional innovation."

This static display was between the Santa Fe Depot and the train platform. Recent street views show that the locomotive is no longer there. Was it removed to restore it to operation?

Barry Brooks, Jun 2018

A 2019 view had the steam locomotive, but it did not have the caboose on the left.

Street View, Oct 2023

This map showed me where to look for the DRG&W depot. But it doesn't even have the Santa Fe route.

1959 Royal Gorge Quad @ 62,500 and 1959 Cannon City Quad @ 24,000

To find the Santa Fe route, I got the oldest topo available. This reminds me that the construction workers of the two railroads battled each other for access to the Royal Gorge Canyon. 

1889 Canon City Quad @ 125,000

When the DRG&W obtained the right to use the canyon, Santa Fe went South through the Raton Pass. Since then, a more direct route was built between Kansas City and New Mexico and BNSF no longer wants to maintain the old Raton Pass route for 79mph Amtrak trains.

BNSF

The tourist trains take you on a ride in the 1000' (305m) deep canyon.

Gene M, Apr 2021

The ride takes you under the 955' (291m) high Royal Gorge Bridge (at the top of this screenshot), by the Incline Railway and over the Hanging Bridge.

0:31 video via RoyalGorgeRoute