Visitors marvel as the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1902) runs around the grounds in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum showcases DRGW 491, a 2-8-2 locomotive built by Baldwin in 1902.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1902) runs freight around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

DRGW 491 (Baldwin 2-8-2) runs freight around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum had their Denver Rio Grande Western 491 (Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1902) run some vintage freight cars around the track.

All steamed up and nowhere to go ... yet. Former Rio Grande K-37 2-8-2 491 is all steamed up on Friday for a recording session that will occur on Monday. This locomotive was built by Baldw... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado ran their DRGW 491 (Baldwin 2-8-2 built in 1902) much to the delight of the weekend crowd.

The Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW 491, built by Baldwin Locomotive works 120 years ago, runs around the grounds after a recent stint in the steam repair shop. Such a treat to see these steam ma... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum ran their Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (2-8-2) after some lengthy downtime for needed repairs. Here it runs passengers counterclockwise around the grounds in Golde... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum recently completed repairs on their Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Baldwin 2-8-2 #491. It spent the weekend giving rides to lucky visitors to this special museu... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2) runs past the Colorado Railroad Museum's vintage rolling stock as it gives passengers a ride around the grounds.

Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2) gives riders a sense for what it must have been like to see and hear this engine run over 120 years ago.

The Colorado Railroad Museum ran their DRGW 491 (2-8-2) which was built by Baldwin in 1902. The dedicated men and women of the museum do an amazing job keeping these historic treasures active for... (more)

Holiday Traditions
Al Blount and Santa are entertaining the engineer Bret Wiebold before departure to the North Pole

Preparations
Evening inspection is underway with D&RGW 491 before 6 hours of running with the Polar Express.