Colorado Crossings
Denver’s largest annual rail enthusiast event—the Colorado Railroad Museum’s Colorado Crossings steam-up weekend—returns for 2025 on Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18! This year’s theme, “Fanning the Future!” commemorates the pioneering railfan groups which gave many...
#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?...
#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...
#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...
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...
