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  • Gold Rush Days

    Join the Colorado Railroad Museum for an annual "end-of-summer" steam-up event - grounds open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with activities taking place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., including train rides. An authentic, coal burning Colorado steam locomotive will pull trains for this event. Hands-on demonstrations and even the Museum’s own mascot, Spike […]

  • Friday Tour: The Caboose

    Want to learn more about the Railroad Caboose Car? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is explored using a variety of Museum resources to help bring […]

  • Volunteer Fair

    JOIN THE EXCITING TEAM OF COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS BY ATTENDING A VOLUNTEER FAIR ON SATURDAY, August 16 Colorado’s largest railroad museum is looking for volunteers who are interested in helping guests learn about the fascinating and important roles that railroads have played (and continue to play) in the history and development of the Centennial […]

  • Train Rides

    Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select dates! ! And, in response to the overwhelming popularity of our Tuesday rides, the Museum is thrilled to expand the schedule to include Sunday Goose Rides starting in March and running through mid-May! Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum […]

  • Galloping Goose Rides

      Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Tuesdays & Sundays mid-January thru early-May, late-August & October. Sundays (Autumn) August 17, 2025 August 24, 2025 August 31, 2025 October 5, 2025 October 12, 2025 October 26, 2025 Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum members and children […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights (Afternoon)

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Train Rides

    Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select dates! ! And, in response to the overwhelming popularity of our Tuesday rides, the Museum is thrilled to expand the schedule to include Sunday Goose Rides starting in March and running through mid-May! Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum […]

  • Galloping Goose Rides

      Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Tuesdays & Sundays mid-January thru early-May, late-August & October. Sundays (Autumn) August 17, 2025 August 24, 2025 August 31, 2025 October 5, 2025 October 12, 2025 October 26, 2025 Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum members and children […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Train Rides

    Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select dates! ! And, in response to the overwhelming popularity of our Tuesday rides, the Museum is thrilled to expand the schedule to include Sunday Goose Rides starting in March and running through mid-May! Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum […]

  • Galloping Goose Rides

      Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Tuesdays & Sundays mid-January thru early-May, late-August & October. Sundays (Autumn) August 17, 2025 August 24, 2025 August 31, 2025 October 5, 2025 October 12, 2025 October 26, 2025 Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum members and children […]

  • Storybook Tour

    Storybook Tour

    This one of a kind tour takes you on a trip throughout the Museum’s rail yard inspired by some of the best of children’s literature! Railroad themed, of course. Titles like The Little Engine That Could, The Little Red Caboose and Donald Crews’ Freight Train provide the suitable inspiration for this adventure at the Colorado Railroad […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Steam & Diesel Locomotives

    Want to learn more about the Steam & Diesel Locomotives? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is explored using a variety of Museum resources to help […]

  • Day Out With Thomas

    Day Out With Thomas

    Important Notice: During the Day Out With Thomas™ event weekends—September 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21, 2025—the Museum will be closed to general admission. Only guests with Day Out With Thomas™ tickets will be admitted, and no walk-up sales will be available on these dates. Regular Museum admission will resume Tuesday through Friday.    Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Golden, […]

  • Day Out With Thomas

    Day Out With Thomas

    Important Notice: During the Day Out With Thomas™ event weekends—September 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21, 2025—the Museum will be closed to general admission. Only guests with Day Out With Thomas™ tickets will be admitted, and no walk-up sales will be available on these dates. Regular Museum admission will resume Tuesday through Friday.    Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Golden, […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Freight Trains

    Want to learn more about how freight trains and how the railroad moved goods from one location to another? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is […]

  • Day Out With Thomas

    Day Out With Thomas

    Important Notice: During the Day Out With Thomas™ event weekends—September 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21, 2025—the Museum will be closed to general admission. Only guests with Day Out With Thomas™ tickets will be admitted, and no walk-up sales will be available on these dates. Regular Museum admission will resume Tuesday through Friday.    Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Golden, […]

  • Day Out With Thomas

    Day Out With Thomas

    Important Notice: During the Day Out With Thomas™ event weekends—September 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21, 2025—the Museum will be closed to general admission. Only guests with Day Out With Thomas™ tickets will be admitted, and no walk-up sales will be available on these dates. Regular Museum admission will resume Tuesday through Friday.    Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Golden, […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights (Afternoon)

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Day Out With Thomas

    Day Out With Thomas

    Important Notice: During the Day Out With Thomas™ event weekends—September 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21, 2025—the Museum will be closed to general admission. Only guests with Day Out With Thomas™ tickets will be admitted, and no walk-up sales will be available on these dates. Regular Museum admission will resume Tuesday through Friday.    Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Golden, […]

  • Day Out With Thomas

    Day Out With Thomas

    Important Notice: During the Day Out With Thomas™ event weekends—September 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21, 2025—the Museum will be closed to general admission. Only guests with Day Out With Thomas™ tickets will be admitted, and no walk-up sales will be available on these dates. Regular Museum admission will resume Tuesday through Friday.    Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Golden, […]

  • MEMBER Sales Open for THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride returns once again to the Colorado Railroad Museum! Sure to re-kindle the Christmas spirit in True Believers, 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 dazzling, heated THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Pavilion. A ride […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Steam & Diesel Locomotives

    Want to learn more about the Steam & Diesel Locomotives? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is explored using a variety of Museum resources to help […]

  • PUBLIC Sales Open for THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride returns once again to the Colorado Railroad Museum! Sure to re-kindle the Christmas spirit in True Believers, 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 dazzling, heated THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Pavilion. A ride […]

  • SCFD Free Admission Day

    SCFD Free Admission Days: To celebrate our partnership with the SCFD (Scientific and Cultural Facilities District) the Museum is proud to offer free general admission to all visitors select Thursdays throughout the year. Catch an optional train ride behind a Diesel Engine, inside vintage passenger cars! Grounds & exhibits open 9am to 5pm. Rides operate 10am to 3pm. […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: The Caboose

    Want to learn more about the Railroad Caboose Car? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is explored using a variety of Museum resources to help bring […]

  • Colorado Rails & Cocktails: American Hobo

    7:00pm Select Fridays - An Evening of Colorado History – Relax, enjoy a beverage and travel back to a time when railroads shaped the American West. Hobos are often considered a product of 1930s Depression America, but in fact the hobo experience spans over 150 years of railroad history. Between 1870 and today, a  cornucopia of different […]

  • Train Rides

    Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select dates! ! And, in response to the overwhelming popularity of our Tuesday rides, the Museum is thrilled to expand the schedule to include Sunday Goose Rides starting in March and running through mid-May! Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum […]

  • Galloping Goose Rides

      Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Tuesdays & Sundays mid-January thru early-May, late-August & October. Sundays (Autumn) August 17, 2025 August 24, 2025 August 31, 2025 October 5, 2025 October 12, 2025 October 26, 2025 Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum members and children […]

  • Storybook Tour

    Storybook Tour

    This one of a kind tour takes you on a trip throughout the Museum’s rail yard inspired by some of the best of children’s literature! Railroad themed, of course. Titles like The Little Engine That Could, The Little Red Caboose and Donald Crews’ Freight Train provide the suitable inspiration for this adventure at the Colorado Railroad […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Galloping Goose

    Want to learn more about the Rio Grande Southern Motorcars, also known as "Galloping Geese?" Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is explored using a variety […]

  • Train Rides

    Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select dates! ! And, in response to the overwhelming popularity of our Tuesday rides, the Museum is thrilled to expand the schedule to include Sunday Goose Rides starting in March and running through mid-May! Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum […]

  • Galloping Goose Rides

      Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Tuesdays & Sundays mid-January thru early-May, late-August & October. Sundays (Autumn) August 17, 2025 August 24, 2025 August 31, 2025 October 5, 2025 October 12, 2025 October 26, 2025 Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum members and children […]

  • Boulder County Free Admission Day

    Boulder County Free Admission Day

    Boulder County Free Admission Days: In celebration of our partnership with the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Museum is excited to offer free general admission & train rides select dates to all residents of Boulder County. If you count yourself as a Boulder County resident, we invite you to visit in 2025! Proof of residency […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Harvest Haunt

    Harvest Haunt

    The Colorado Railroad Museum’s annual Halloween-themed steam-up event comes back to “haunt the rails!” Grounds are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with activities taking place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., including train rides. Guests are encouraged to come in costume for Trick-or-Treating! Enjoy the Olde Railroaders Silly Graveyard, “not-so-spooky” Haunted […]

  • Harvest Haunt

    Harvest Haunt

    The Colorado Railroad Museum’s annual Halloween-themed steam-up event comes back to “haunt the rails!” Grounds are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with activities taking place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., including train rides. Guests are encouraged to come in costume for Trick-or-Treating! Enjoy the Olde Railroaders Silly Graveyard, “not-so-spooky” Haunted […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Train Rides

    Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select dates! ! And, in response to the overwhelming popularity of our Tuesday rides, the Museum is thrilled to expand the schedule to include Sunday Goose Rides starting in March and running through mid-May! Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum […]

  • Galloping Goose Rides

      Rides depart every 30 minutes from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Tuesdays & Sundays mid-January thru early-May, late-August & October. Sundays (Autumn) August 17, 2025 August 24, 2025 August 31, 2025 October 5, 2025 October 12, 2025 October 26, 2025 Ride: $4 adults, $2 ages 2-17, $4 age 60+. Free for Museum members and children […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Freight Trains

    Want to learn more about how freight trains and how the railroad moved goods from one location to another? Visitors are invited to join our trained tour guides & delve more deeply into a different aspect of Colorado’s railroad history. Tours are subject to change and are based on guide availability. Each week’s theme is […]

  • Storybook Tour

    Storybook Tour

    This one of a kind tour takes you on a trip throughout the Museum’s rail yard inspired by some of the best of children’s literature! Railroad themed, of course. Titles like The Little Engine That Could, The Little Red Caboose and Donald Crews’ Freight Train provide the suitable inspiration for this adventure at the Colorado Railroad […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • Friday Tour: Highlights

    Friday Tour: Highlights (Afternoon)

    Each Friday, the Museum offers two traditional walking tours. Starting at 10:30AM (and select dates at 1:30PM), the Highlight Tour acts as a wonderful introduction to the Museum, its collections and the railroads impact on Colorado’s history. Visitors can also join us for the afternoon tour where each week our trained guides delve more deeply […]

  • THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride returns once again to the Colorado Railroad Museum! Sure to re-kindle the Christmas spirit in True Believers, 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 dazzling, heated THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Pavilion. A ride […]

  • THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride returns once again to the Colorado Railroad Museum! Sure to re-kindle the Christmas spirit in True Believers, 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 dazzling, heated THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Pavilion. A ride […]

  • THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride

    THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride returns once again to the Colorado Railroad Museum! Sure to re-kindle the Christmas spirit in True Believers, 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 dazzling, heated THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Pavilion. A ride […]

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