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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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Saturday Train Rides

Take a Train Ride pulled by a powerful diesel electric locomotive on Saturdays mid-January through mid-May, late-August & October. Over the summer season, that frequency increases, with Train Rides available […]

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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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Thomas’s Brave Adventure

Thomas’s Brave Adventure

Join Colorado Railroad Museum Storyteller Extraordinaire Deitz Brooks as he reads "Thomas's Brave Adventure" by Lorelai Hart with pictures by Lisa Maria. After Story Time, join Colorado Railroad Museum Craft Master Erin Kachline for a step-by-step craft inspired by...

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#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It's #TriviaTuesday!   Fall is in swing and the HARVEST HAUNT EXPRESS is right around the corner. In honor of this event celebrating the harvest and the spooky season, here is today's question: When did the Museum first begin offering a Halloween/fall train ride?   A....

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#ThrowbackThursday

#ThrowbackThursday

It's #ThrowbackThursday and in anticipation of this Friday's upcoming Colorado Rails & Cocktails presentation about the ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CLUB we're looking back at the Club's long and decorated history. Just a little over a year and a half ago, the Rocky Club...

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Dining on the Rails September 2026: Wine

Dining on the Rails September 2026: Wine

The crispness in the air, the leaves beginning to change, and the earlier sunsets mean that it is finally autumn! To ring in this season, and break from the heat and drought of this past summer, we are winding down with a glass of wine. Wine has long been a staple...

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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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