Denver, Colorado

Colorado State Capitol - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

The gold dome of the Capitol is 272 feet above the ground.  The gold is much thinner than tissue paper and when regilded in 1991 only 47 ounces of gold were required to cover the 2 842 square feet of surface area - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

The Gallery of the Presidents below the rotunda (left);  the Senate (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

View over the Central Business District (left);   Civic Center Station (right) from which a free shuttle operates the length of the Mall - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

One of the free shuttles operating along the Mall - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Wild West souvenir market on the Mall (left);  downtown Denver (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

The Light Rail system calls itself "The Ride", but most people seem to call it the train.  Light rail station at 16th Street and California (left);  A train is at 16th Street Mall (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Statues in Civic Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Civic Park (left);  Old Ice House (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

All stop (left);  Security Life Center (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Ted's Montana Grill in Larimer Street - try a buffalo steak!   PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

National and State flags in Larimer Street  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Old Post Office (left);  New President (right)  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Denver Art Museum - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Denver Art Museum - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

The larger than life Blue Bear peers into the Convention Center - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Light Rail train between the Convention Center and the Wells Fargo Theater - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Denver River - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Modern architecture in Downtown Denver - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Bison "On the Wind"  (left);  Cattle (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

The Molly Brown House, but there never was a Molly Brown - she was called Margaret and was not the social outcast she is sometimes portrayed.  Why not the Margaret Brown House?  As was explained, who has ever heard of the Unsinkable Margaret Brown?  Photography is not allowed inside the house. - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

  Light Rail running alongside BNSF lines at Alameda (left);  diverging routes at Broadway (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

By US standards, Denver has a good public transport system and is easy to get around - although distances, like Phoenix, are vast.  RTD Bus (left);  Broadway (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Caboose Hobbies on Broadway - the world's largest model train store - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Returning to downtown from Caboose Hobbies by the "scenic route" Bus #48 (which also passes the Denver Transport Museum - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Denver Museum of Transport - "Molly" Brown and a vehicle similar to the one used in TITANIC (left);  Ford Model T (right)  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Denver Museum of Transport - right hand drive Rolls Royce (left) and Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4005 (right).  The 'X' appears on the number board to signify an extra (or unscheduled)  working - the train number being that of the locomotive.  Unfortunately it is not possible to get a full shot view of the locomotive - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

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