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Along with D&RGW 346, D&RGW 491 is becoming our most important operating steam locomotive, serving the Museum’s large themed events such as Day Out With Thomas™ and The Polar Express™ Train Ride.
The mission of the Colorado Railroad Museum is to preserve and convey the rich history of railroading in the Rocky Mountain region through acquisition, research, exhibition, and education. 800-365-6263 | info@crrm.org
Retired in 1956 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the locomotive came to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1963, and remains the largest steam locomotive in the museum. It is one of four surviving Burlington Route Northerns.
Herbert W. Voltaw built a series of 1-inch scale locomotive and railroad car models in the 1940s, 50s and 60s using aluminum, steel bar, soft and hard woods, plastic, and glass. The Museum displays a number of these intricate works of art in this gallery.
On Saturday, May 15th, 2021, the Colorado Railroad Museum, in Golden, Colorado, operated three steam locomotives. They were Denver and Rio Grande Western #346 and #491 and Rio Grande Southern...
Exit the main museum building, and you've got this beautiful locomotive built by Brooks Locomotive Works. The 2-8-0 design, which was popular in the late 1800s, meant there were two lead...
You can find stunning locomotives, railcars and cabooses -- covering nearly a century and a half -- at this great museum near Denver.
Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 683. This 1890 vintage steam locomotive is today the...
Stroll the Museum’s 15-acre railyard with over 100 narrow and standard gauge steam and diesel locomotives, passenger cars, cabooses, G-scale garden railway and more. Watch as Colorado railroad history is brought back to life in our Roundhouse restoration facility with a working turntable.
The Colorado Railroad Museum features narrow- and standard-gauge equipment from a steam locomotive used on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway to a 317-ton Burlington Route 4-8-4 steam locomotive and even a set of streamlined 1950s passenger diesels from the Rio Grande.