The Lakeside Amusement Park in Denver is, well, beside a lake, Lake Rhoda according to my map. The lake is part of the amusement park and not accessible from outside the park. The train trip follows the lake shore very closely, thereby earning the train the name of the Lake Shore Express. The trip is about a mile and between the lake and the assortment of plants it was pretty scenic. Our engine was in the form of a very shiny and strangely shaped diesel. They advertise and show a picture of a steam engine on their web site but I never saw that.
There were no boats on the lake while I was there but the park has a ride called bumper boats. The lake was pretty large, 30 or 40 acres, and the water near the shore was full of Bull Rushes and other water plants. I didn't see any signs of algae so there must be some amount of circulation through the lake. In other words, this was a pretty healthy lake, undisturbed by anything but an occasional train on the shore and some bumper boats. There's a good chance that it serves as a sort of unofficial wildlife preserve, especially when the park is shut down October thru April.
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