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)

For the Halloween weekend the Colorado Railroad Museum encouraged the little ones to wear their costumes. Here a superhero gets a little hand for a picture on the front of DRGW 5771, a set of AB ... (more)

DRGW 491 passes in front of the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Old fashion muscle power rotates the Colorado Railroad Museum's turntable, positioning their Golden City & San Juan #3 so it can pull a vintage business car out of the roundhouse. The colorful l... (more)

A new generation of railfan is born.

DRGW 491 looks and sounds great as it runs around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. The museum prides itself on maintaining a variety of running steam engines.

DRGW 491 runs around the Colorado Railroad Museum on a beautiful fall day. The Baldwin 2-8-2 was built in 1902 as a Class C-41 standard gauge locomotive. It was rebuilt in 1928 to narrow 3 foot ... (more)

An essential step in firing a steam locomotive is the blow-down. This opens the boiler to atmospheric pressure just above the mudring, allowing the steam pressure above the water to force all of t... (more)

No, someone didn't forget to shut the water off, this crew knows what they're doing! Even at 11AM, the Colorado summer sun had made the water in 491's tender tank nearly too warm to inject, so th... (more)

Preparing for the day's "Dinosaur Train" runs, the crew of D&RGW 491 fill the tender at No Agua tank on a summer morning.

On point of a stock train, D&RGW 318 simmers in the night, awaiting orders. Photo taken at the night photo shoot at the Colorado Railroad Museum, during the 2016 NRHS Convention in Denver. Ligh... (more)

Having been brought off the ready track at the roundhouse, the bulk of Colorado Railroad Museum's largest operating locomotive fills the turntable.

Having arrived at her final destination, C-19 #346 takes a spin on the turntable before being put away for the evening. This is my slightly more O. Winston Link angle on the shot. Photo taken at t... (more)

Having arrived at her final destination, C-19 #346 takes a spin on the turntable before being put away for the evening. Photo taken at the night photo shoot at the Colorado Railroad Museum, dur... (more)

Making a stop for a much-needed late night drink, we see C-19 #346 cooling her heels at the ironically-named "No Agua" tank. Photo taken at the night photo shoot at the Colorado Railroad Museu... (more)