A Week in Denver—Platt Park, Trains and Red Rocks

Notes

Hanging out in Denver this week. Thought I'd start a thread with some pics.

A woman with light-brown hair in a green hooded puffer jacket and gray scarf standing in a snowy park
Café patio at night with string lights, globe lamp posts and ornate iron chairs beside a brick building
White RTD light rail train signed 18TH & CAL stopped at a platform under an overpass
Inside an RTD light rail car with striped red and purple seats and a man in a peacoat on his phone

Cool spots in Platt Park.

Busy coffee shop with a corrugated metal ceiling, pendant lights and people working at long tables and the bar
White vintage Mercedes convertible parked in snow beside a brick wall and a Landlord Parking Only sign
Paper cup of latte on a weathered wood table in a sunny café
Glass of amber beer on a Platt Park Brewing coaster with a taproom bar blurred behind

Left out this gem.

Cream vintage Land Rover with yellow wheels parked on a residential Denver street

Took a few pictures of trains.

RTD light rail train signed Union Station at a platform under golden sunset clouds
Twin light rail tracks curving into the distance past dry grass, snow and power line towers
Rusty steel railroad bridge over a river with bare trees under a blue sky
Yellow Union Pacific locomotive 2583 with an American flag beside CSX freight cars

Well, actually a lot.

Silver RTD commuter train 4011 under the white canopy at Denver Union Station
Denver Union Station's Travel by Train sign framed by the curved white canopy above an Amtrak train
Empty light rail car with a striped seat, a May 2020 service changes poster and an E Line sign
Striped light rail seat beside a window looking out on a maroon BNSF hopper car

Had some delicious ice cream.

Hand holding a waffle cone with a pink chocolate chip scoop inside an ice cream shop
Factory Specials menu of wooden letter blocks listing flights, sundaes, banana split and Big Man Scooper
Little Man Ice Cream sign on a brick building behind a parking lot under a dramatic sky

Denver has some great parks.

White cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over a river with stone rapids and apartment buildings behind
Riverside path with dry grass leading toward a cable-stayed footbridge and apartment buildings
Latte in a gray cup on a wood table with a Carbon After Dark sign on a brick wall behind

And the fantastic @forney_museum. For all you train nerds out there—it has a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, the largest locomotive ever manufactured.

Close-up of a red rotary snowplow blade with a cartoon face painted on its hub
Low angle of a black steam locomotive's running gear and white-painted rods in a museum
Front of Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive number 4005 with a brass bell and headlight
Black locomotive side with Rio Grande lettered in orange, viewed from its walkway

And Red Rocks! It really is a wild location for a music venue.

Red Rocks Amphitheatre's curved benches with light snow below a huge tilted red sandstone rock
Gold vintage Volkswagen van alone in a red parking lot below a snowy hillside
Selfie of Sam and a woman with light-brown hair in front of snowy red rock formations
Red Rocks Amphitheatre stage seen from the upper rows with the plains stretching to the horizon

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Empty airport train car with steel poles and red Next Stop signs