It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This video, our question is: which real-life steam locomotive did author Chris Van Allsburg base the engine on in his classic holiday tale, “The Polar Express?” Don’t miss your opportunity to...
Hey everyone, it’s #TBT, and for #ThrowbackThursday we’re taking you back to October 2002 when the Colorado Railroad Museum hosted its first-ever #DayOutWithThomas event. Recently, we’ve digitized a special slide from that memorable day. But...
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 “Let’s Go Thomas Point, Slide, Play” by Maggie Fischer with...
Traveling by train was still the primary choice for long-distance travelers during the late 1930s into the 1940s. The focus on travel started to shift as nations around the world began to increase their war preparations. Advertising took on more of a propaganda view...
It’s #TBT at the Colorado Railroad Museum and for Throwback Thursday this week we have images of Thomas the Tank Engine’s 2021 visit to the Museum captured by longtime volunteer George Lawrence! The event has already sold out for 2023 and continues to be...