#TriviaTuesday: Golden’s First Funicular
It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, in anticipation of the release of our latest Colorado Rail Annual: Rails Around The Table Mountains, our question is, in what year was the first Funicular Railway opened for operation in Golden,...
#TBT Rails Around The Table Mountains
It’s #TBT and for #ThrowbackThursday this week we’re taking a look at historic Golden, CO through the photography collection of author and historian Dan Abbott! Dan’s latest book, Rails Around The Table Mountains: The Railroads of Golden, Colorado is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
#TriviaTuesday: Golden Railroads!
It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, in anticipation of the release of our latest Colorado Rail Annual: Rails Around The Table Mountains, our question is, can you name one of the railroads that operated in Golden, Colorado? Don’t...
Dining on the Rails: Champagne!
Happy New Year! For this month’s post, we’ve decided to feature a beverage that is perfect to ring in the New Year: champagne! Though champagne itself requires no recipe, some of the railroad commissary booklets had extensive instructions regarding how champagne...
