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THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride Public Sales Open

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ offers a unique, three-part theatrical extravaganza of Holiday Magic. Holiday Caroling and the “Hot Chocolate” song and dance kick things off each evening, performed in our newly […]

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The Friday Tour

Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM & 1:30PM they acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on […]

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Traqueros: Mexican Trackworkers and the American Railroad

Traqueros: Mexican Trackworkers and the American Railroad

Celebrating Colorado 150 & America 250: “Traqueros: Mexican Trackworkers and the American Railroad.” This compelling exhibit highlighted the vital, yet often untold, stories of Mexican and Mexican American laborers who built and maintained America’s railroads from the...

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#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It's #TriviaTuesday! With tickets to the Museum's popular, theatrical THE POLAR EXPRESS™ production going on-sale today (to Museum members) and to the public next Tuesday, September 29, our question for today is a straightforward one: In what year did the...

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It’s #ThrowbackThursday

It’s #ThrowbackThursday

It's #ThrowbackThursday!   This week, we're taking a look back at the Museum's 2020 Day Out With Thomas™ event in September. Things were a little bit different that year, with the COVID 19 Pandemic taking center stage. The Colorado Railroad Museum had to...

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It’s #TriviaTuesday

It’s #TriviaTuesday

It's #TriviaTuesday!   Today's question is: What was the formal name of the western Colorado electric railway that locals simply referred to as "the interurban?"   1. Durango Railway & Realty Company 2. Ouray & Ironton Electric Railway 3. Grand Junction &...

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#ThrowbackThursday Off-Site Goose Adventures

#ThrowbackThursday Off-Site Goose Adventures

It's #ThrowbackThursday, and today we're celebrating Rio Grande Southern “Galloping Goose” motor No. 7’s departure for the “Motor Car Rally” at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City!   To commemorate this 1,000-or-so mile journey, for Throwback Thursday...

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