Big Train Tours: Designed To Impress

Big Train Tours: Designed To Impress

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at a standard-gauge railroad business car dating from the mid-1880s. Built for a subsidiary that later merged with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, and...
#ThrowbackThursday: The Polar Express

#ThrowbackThursday: The Polar Express

For #throwbackthursday we’re traveling back in time on a magical journey – aboard THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride at the Colorado Railroad Museum – captured on film by volunteer Rich Kuberski! Relive the excitement and joy that filled the air as...
Special Holiday Hours

Special Holiday Hours

If you’re planning a visit soon, please be aware that the Colorado Railroad Museum will have adjusted hours for the holiday season. Here are the important dates to keep in mind: Early Closure (2 pm): November 22 (Day Before Thanksgiving) Closed: November 23...
Fall Offerings

Fall Offerings

Regular Saturday Train Rides are NOT offered in November and December; these will return beginning in mid-January 2025. Also returning in mid-January (on selected Tuesdays) will be rides aboard the Museum’s famed Galloping Goose railcar! While Saturday train rides...
Dining on the Rails October 2024: Huevos Rancheros and Traqueros

Dining on the Rails October 2024: Huevos Rancheros and Traqueros

Happy October! As National Hispanic Heritage Month draws to a close (September 15th through October 15th), we thought we’d feature a recipe and railroad story with those significant cultural ties. This month we will feature the history of traqueros, Mexican track...
October Story Time & Craft!

October Story Time & Craft!

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 “Pedro’s Pan: A Gold Rush Story” by Matthew Lasley,...

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