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)

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.