Here we see two engines in the collection of the Colorado Railroad Museum that worked at iconic businesses in Colorado. CORX C988 was built in 1938 (SW) and then was rebuilt in 1957 as a SW900. Th... (more)

The 'north 40' area of the Colorado Railroad Museum includes this watering station and old growth trees, making for a real a scenic trip when the fall leaves change colors.

On Saturdays in the fall the Colorado Railroad Museum often runs passengers around the grounds in Rio Grande Southern #7, one of three 'Galloping Goose' units owned by the museum. It is economica... (more)

In addition to an amazing collection of steam engines, many of which run during the summer weekends, the Colorado Railroad Museum has a variety of rolling stock. Here we see Denver & Rio Grande W... (more)

2 more reasons to visit Colorado.....the deep blue Colorado skies and the Colorado Railroad Museum. One of the standouts of the collection is Denver Rio Grande Western's 5771 (F9-A).

Local power waits in The Golden yard on a cold winter morning.

Basking in the Colorado sun, UP 9871 (ex DRGW 5401 SD40-T2) always draws a crowd at the Colorado Railroad Museum. It's the youngest piece in the collection, having been built in 1980 for the Denv... (more)

In the mid-1980s, Burlington Northern was operating two to three big trains from 31st Street Yard in Denver out to Coors in Golden, Colorado, on a daily basis. For a good portion of the ’80s, ther... (more)

Two sets of local power getting trains ready for the day in Golden. Second set of power is 2 SD40-2’s

Local power idles off in the distance, while 2 former ATSF cabooses sit on a side track! Though nothing of their former glory and graffiti covered, great to find two same roadname Cabeese in the s... (more)

Rio Grande Southern's Galloping Goose #7 can often be found making the run around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Here is one of three ‘Galloping Geese’ owned and operated by the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. Rio Grande Southern No. 2 is the oldest surviving ‘Goose’, having been built in 1931.... (more)

Former DRGW tunnel motor 5401, last patched by the Union Pacific and numbered 9871 is one of the last surviving DRGW flagged SD40T-2's. There were 73 originally purchased and in their heyday coul... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum has lashed the Denver & Rio Grande Western 5771 (F9A) to some period passenger cars. Looks great!

A DRGW tunnel motor survivor! This week the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado added a Denver & Rio Grande Western SD40T-2 (UP patched 9871 and former DRGW 5401) to its impressive collec... (more)