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Galloping Goose Rides
Selected Tuesdays mid-January-early May, selected Sundays August & October. The Colorado Railroad Museum is pleased to announce the return of Galloping Goose Train Rides in 2025. These will operate select […]
Storybook Tour
This one of a kind tour takes you on a trip throughout the Museum’s rail yard inspired by some of the best of children’s literature! Railroad themed, of course. Titles […]
Friday Tour: Highlights
Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections […]
Friday Tour: Railroad Kitchens
Want to learn more about the Railroad Kitchens? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours […]
Colorado Rails & Cocktails: Ticket to Tomahawk
Join us for an evening at the movies! We’ll be showing “Ticket to Tomahawk,” a classic Western film released in 1950 that stars Rio Grande Southern locomotive 20 and its […]
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#TriviaTuesday
It’s #TriviaTuesday! Today’s question is: What year did the Denver HO Model Railroad Club first open its layout to the public in the Museum’s basement? Don’t know the answer? Watch the latest Big Train Tours video by Clicking Here to find out! A. 1959B. 1960C. 1965D....
Dining on the Rails March 2025: La Posada Blueberry Muffins and Mary Colter
Happy March! For Women’s History Month, we are featuring Mary Colter, chief architect and interior designer for the Fred Harvey Company. We are also featuring an accompanying Super Chief Cook Book recipe-La Posada blueberry muffins. Mary Colter was born in...
It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
With the Colorado Railroad Museum’s newest exhibit, "Black Diamonds and Steel Rails," now open, we’re looking back at the Centennial State's deep ties to coal mining. While gold and silver put Colorado on the map, coal kept mining towns running and powered the...
Big Train Tours – Small Trains in the Basement
Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at the Denver HO Model Railroad Club’s scale model railroad layout, located in the basement of the Museum Depot. When it was under construction in the late 1960s, the...
#TriviaTuesday
It's #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum and our question today focuses on our historic turntable (which you can turn yourself next week along with our special Spring Break programming March 18-21).Our question is - in what year was the Turntable donated to...
Spring Break is Coming!
All Aboard for Spring Break at the Colorado Railroad Museum, March 18-21st! Join us for a week of hands-on activities centered around this year’s theme: coal! Enjoy crafts, pop-up exhibits, special demonstrations, and more. Plan your Spring Break today...
