Eagle River Canyon

Eagle River Canyon

By Brian Schmidt | October 14, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Smoking steam locomotive with train along river

Eagle River Canyon

Winding through the Eagle River Canyon west of Redcliff, Colo., Rio Grande 2-8-8-2 3603 helps a 4-8-4 train 2, the Scenic Limited, in 1939. Eight years later, author Hamilton passed this way on a similar train. R. H. Kindig photo

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