Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 steams out of the roundhouse on a sunny May morning.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 accelerates its freight train up the hill on its final lap around the Colorado Railroad Museum track.

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's #491 (2-8-2) gets backed into the roundhouse after spinning on the turntable.

The Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW #491 (K-37 2-8-2) takes a spin on the turntable at the roundhouse.

The Polar Express is one of the Colorado Railroad Museum's most popular events, allowing guests to live out the scenes depicted in the book and movie. In this long exposure, D&RGW 491 hauls a pack... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 (2-8-2) runs laps around the museum grounds in Golden, Colorado.

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

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway #491 (2-8-2) runs the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Holiday Greetings Al Blount and old Saint Nick gather for new snow under the guiding light of the Polar Express.

Tending the Fire Firebox glow lends a hand in casting a mood of real railroading.

Jimmy Booth at the Throttle Paul and Jimmy handle the operations of the Polar Express.

DRGW 491, a 2-8-2 locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902, runs past the functional water tower at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

On October 20, 2022, Rio Grande K-37 2-8-2 No. 491 and Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. 20, both 3-foot narrow gauge locomotives, sit on Track 1 and 2 in the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museu... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver and Rio Grande Western 491 (2-8-2 Baldwin built in 1902) passes by the functional water tower as it makes laps on the museum grounds.

In what could be a scene from the 1930's, the Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW 491 (built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902) runs past the Rio Grande water tower on the museum grounds in Golden, ... (more)