MUSEUM news
Dining on the Rails April 2025: French Lemon Pie and Otto and Simonne Kuhler
Happy Spring! As we reach the end of this first month of a new season, we are featuring Otto Kuhler, an industrial designer and artist with connections to the Colorado Railroad Museum. To accompany the story of this iconic railroad man, we are also featuring his wife...
#TriviaTuesday
It's #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum and today our question is: What is the standard ration for O scale model trains? Is it: A). 1:64, B). 1:48, C). 1:25 or D). 1:87 Leave your response below as a comment! Don't know the answer? Find out from the High...
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club and Colorado Railroad Museum to Join Forces
GOLDEN, CO — April 18, 2025 – Over the next several months, the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club (RMRRC), a pioneering force in Colorado rail preservation for the past 87 years, will join forces with the Colorado Railroad Museum (CRRM), located in Golden. This significant...
#TBT – “Big Al”
It’s #ThrowbackThursday! In honor of the anniversary of its arrival at the Museum, we’re highlighting Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) diesel locomotive No. 7—better known as “Big Al”—which officially joined the Colorado Railroad Museum’s...
#TriviaTuesday
It’s #TriviaTuesday from the Colorado Railroad Museum! This past weekend, we rolled into the Rocky Mountain Train Show—here’s your question: What’s the distance between the rails on G-scale model train track? Is it... A) 1 inch, B) 1.75 inches, or C) 2 inches? Think...
#ThrowbackThursday – Volunteer Month
It's #ThrowbackThursday! In honor of #NationalVolunteerMonth, we're celebrating the incredible volunteers who have kept the Colorado Railroad Museum 'On Track' through the years. From restoring historic railcars to leading tours and organizing special events, our...
#TriviaTuesday
It’s #TriviaTuesday! Today’s question is: What year did the Denver HO Model Railroad Club first open its layout to the public in the Museum’s basement? Don’t know the answer? Watch the latest Big Train Tours video by Clicking Here to find out! A. 1959B. 1960C. 1965D....
Dining on the Rails March 2025: La Posada Blueberry Muffins and Mary Colter
Happy March! For Women’s History Month, we are featuring Mary Colter, chief architect and interior designer for the Fred Harvey Company. We are also featuring an accompanying Super Chief Cook Book recipe-La Posada blueberry muffins. Mary Colter was born in...
It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
With the Colorado Railroad Museum’s newest exhibit, "Black Diamonds and Steel Rails," now open, we’re looking back at the Centennial State's deep ties to coal mining. While gold and silver put Colorado on the map, coal kept mining towns running and powered the...
Big Train Tours – Small Trains in the Basement
Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at the Denver HO Model Railroad Club’s scale model railroad layout, located in the basement of the Museum Depot. When it was under construction in the late 1960s, the...
#TriviaTuesday
It's #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum and our question today focuses on our historic turntable (which you can turn yourself next week along with our special Spring Break programming March 18-21).Our question is - in what year was the Turntable donated to...
Spring Break is Coming!
All Aboard for Spring Break at the Colorado Railroad Museum, March 18-21st! Join us for a week of hands-on activities centered around this year’s theme: coal! Enjoy crafts, pop-up exhibits, special demonstrations, and more. Plan your Spring Break today...
It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
Today, we are highlighting the history of this recently restored Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (D&SL) phone booth. Built in the early 1900s, this hexagonal phone booth once stood along the D&SL's "Moffat Route" near Granby. It provided a direct line to the...
#TriviaTuesday
It's #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, our question is: In what year did William J. Palmer create the Colorado Coal & Iron Company? Leave your answer as a comment below! Don't know the answer? CLICK HERE to read our latest Dining OFF The...
Dining OFF the Rails February 2025: Pork Chops and Coal Mining
Happy February! Since this month has been a cold one what better way to warm up than to discuss the valuable resource that heats home, generates electricity, and fuels the Colorado Railroad Museum’s historic locomotives: coal. We will also be featuring a recipe that...
#ThrowbackThursday
It’s #ThrowbackThursday! Today, in the cold Colorado weather, we’re reminiscing about warmer days, looking forward to summers filled with train rides, fun activities, and the return of the Museum's popular Steam-Up weekends. A huge thank you to Museum volunteer,...
The Goodnight Train Valentine
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 "The Goodnight Train Valentine" by June Sobel and illustrated by Laura...
#TriviaTuesday
It’s #TriviaTuesday! Today’s question is: In what year did Amtrak begin operating the Winter Park Express, reviving the route of the classic Ski Train. A. 2015 B. 2009 C. 2017 D. 2016 Leave your response below as a comment!Want to learn more about the Amtrak Winter...
Story Time & Craft: Boy Of The Deeps
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 "Boy Of The Deeps" by Ian Wallace. After Story Time, join Colorado Railroad Museum...
Dining on the Rails January 2025: Manhattan and Dining Car Bar Service
Happy New Year! We figured we’d ring in 2025 with a celebratory cocktail as well as some history of bar service on railroad dining cars. We will be featuring a Manhattan (Pullman and Lucius Beebe style!), as well as beverage menus from various railroads. With the...
