Big Train Tours: Motorcar “Galloping Goose” No. 2

Big Train Tours: Motorcar “Galloping Goose” No. 2

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at a unique, narrow-gauge, motorized railcar that was designed and built right here in Colorado. Today, Rio Grande Southern “Galloping Goose” number is proudly...
#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

It’s #TBT at the Colorado Railroad Museum and for Throwback Thursday this week we have a new batch of on-site photography from Museum volunteer Liam Wright! Liam is part of the Museum’s event operations crew and he also operates model trains as part of the...
#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It’s #TriviaTuesday. This week our question is – In 1900 “two boy wreckers” caused a crash on the Midland Terminal route between Bull Hill & Cameron. How many injuries were reported? Don’t know the answer? Watch our latest episode of Small...
Big Train Tours: 491

Big Train Tours: 491

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotive No. 491. This massive, 1928 vintage coal burner is today the largest coal-burning steam locomotive operating in...
#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

It’s #TBT and for #ThrowbackThursday this week we have some footage of Rio Grande Southern Steam Locomotive No. 20 climbing the grade at the Colorado Railroad Museum during an event celebrating the locomotive’s return to service filmed by the...

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