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Summer Train Rides
Starting mid-May, Train Rides at the Colorado Railroad Museum aren’t just on Saturdays—frequency increases for the summer, with Train Rides available Thursday-Sunday through mid-August 2024! In addition to Train Rides, […]
Golden, CO 80403 United States
Summer Train Rides
Starting mid-May, Train Rides at the Colorado Railroad Museum aren’t just on Saturdays—frequency increases for the summer, with Train Rides available Thursday-Sunday through mid-August 2024! In addition to Train Rides, […]
Golden, CO 80403 United States
Highlight Walking Tour
Highlight Tour every Friday at 10:30am Special Topic Tour every Friday 1:30PM-2:30PM Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. The Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the […]
Golden, CO 80403 United States
Railroad Kitchen Walking Tour
Highlight Tour every Friday at 10:30am Special Topic Tour every Friday 1:30PM-2:30PM Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. The Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the […]
Golden, CO 80403 United States
Dinosaur Express Train
Dinosaurs are coming back to Golden, Colorado—only this time, they are arriving on the Dinosaur Express Train! On Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2, railroad tracks will meet dinosaur tracks for […]
Golden, CO 80403 United States
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Story Time & Craft: Coolies
Join Colorado Railroad Museum Storyteller Extraordinaire Scott King for Story Time as he reads some of his favorite, train-themed children's stories online! This episode we are reading "Coolies" by Yin and illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. After Story Time, join...
#TBT – Three Operational Steam Engines!
Step into the time machine this #throwbackthursday in celebration of the Museum's annual Colorado Crossings event which provides avid rail photographers a great opportunity to snap unique photos of historic rail equipment in operation! This collection of images is...
#TriviaTuesday
It's #triviatuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This video, our question is: Who officiated at the inaugural run of Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive No. 20 in summer 2020, following completion of the locomotive's 14-year restoration? Don't know the answer?...
#TBT – The Museum in 1984!
Step into the time machine this #throwbackthursday as we journey back 40 years to 1984 with incredible photographs by Stephen R. Peck! Stephen recently shared a treasure trove of both his, and his father's railroad photographs and it is the perfect time for us to...
Dining on the Rails: Oyster Pie and Olive Dennis
Happy May! In preparation for an upcoming exhibit on women and railroading at the Colorado Railroad Museum, we decided to feature Baltimore & Ohio railroad engineer Olive Dennis, and oyster pie. Before we talk about Olive Dennis, let’s discuss the history of the...
#TriviaTuesday
It's #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This video, our question is: Rio Grande Southern Motor No. 7 was the heaviest of the "Geese" when constructed, how much did it weigh? It's #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This video, our question is:...
