Story Time & Craft: Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine

Story Time & Craft: Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine

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 “All Aboard! Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine” by Monica Kulling...
#TriviaTuesday: Colorado Potato Trains?

#TriviaTuesday: Colorado Potato Trains?

It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, our question is, which Colorado railroad partnered with the Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) to bring “Potato Trains” to western Colorado?...
Spring Volunteer Recruitment

Spring Volunteer Recruitment

JOIN THE EXCITING TEAM OF COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS BY ATTENDING A SPRING VOLUNTEER FAIR ON SATURDAY, MARCH 2 GOLDEN, CO – February 18, 2024…Colorado’s largest railroad museum is looking for volunteers who are interested in helping guests learn about...
#TBT Colorado & Southern Caboose No. 1009

#TBT Colorado & Southern Caboose No. 1009

It’s #TBT and for #ThrowbackThursday today we are sharing a collection of images featuring Colorado & Southern Caboose No. 1009 captured by photographer & volunteer George Lawrence over the last 50 years at the Colorado Railroad Museum! Want to know more...
Big Train Tours: Way Car to Caboose

Big Train Tours: Way Car to Caboose

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! Today, we’ll be taking a look at Colorado & Southern caboose No. 1009. This interesting, narrow gauge “way car” dates to 1882, and the early days of the legendary South Park Line’s expansion in...
#TriviaTuesday: Bob’s Review

#TriviaTuesday: Bob’s Review

It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, our question is, what was Museum founder Bob Richardson’s “one word review” of Beebe and Clegg’s Rio Grande: Main Line of the Rockies book? Don’t know the answer? Watch our...

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