K-37 #491 makes laps around the short 1/3 mile museum loops while Thomas makes laps on the G scale garden layout.

491 with Passengers

This little three foot gauge 2-8-0 at the Colorado Railroad Museum has a long and varied history. As the Denver, South Park and Pacific learned that their Mason Bogie locomotives were too light on... (more)

There are a number of private homes that sit next to the Colorado Railroad Museum's tracks. I wonder if they have come to love the real sounds of steam or always have plans on the weekends when t... (more)

DRGW 491 was rebuilt in 1930 at the Burnham Shops in Denver (now extinct) and converted from a 4 foot to a 3 foot gauge configuration. Designated K-37 class, the unique frame configuration had th... (more)

Weather permitting, on weekends the Colorado Railroad Museum likes to show off its collection of operating steam engines. When they ran DRGW 491 it drew a crowd, with railfans coming from miles a... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum has a wonderful collection of vintage steam engines, including UP 4455, a Lima Locomotive Works 0-6-0 which was working at a cement company in Wyoming until 1970. Hop... (more)

A father and son stroll along DRGW 5771 (F9A) at the Colorado Railroad Museum. I remember as a kid watching along the tracks as the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad worked a local yard in the... (more)

DRGW 491 makes a lap around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum.

The Colorado Railroad Museum uses their Golden City & San Juan Railroad #3, an 8 ton switcher built by Plymouth Locomotive Works, to move their vintage rolling stock around in their large facility... (more)

D&RGW Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 491 is the largest operating narrow gauge steam locomotive in the western hemisphere.

Former Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD GP30 No. 3011 is one of the many unique Rio Grande artifacts collected at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. Here, a faded Rio Grande logo still spreads... (more)

Rio Grande Southern 'Galloping Goose' No. 7 passes the Colorado Railroad Museum's functional water tower on its way back to the station.

The Fireman oils the bell of Rio Grande 2-8-2 K-37 No. 491 at it simmers on the turntable during the blue hour on the evening of November 17, 2014. The big Mikado (for three-foot narrow gauge, tha... (more)

Don't let the size fool you - this Plymouth Locomotive Works 8 ton narrow gauge engine, wearing markings of the Golden City & San Juan Railroad, can move a big load and is often called on to move ... (more)