#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This week our question is – which ‘railroad visionary’ purchased the Durango & Silverton Railroad in March 1981? Participants are invited to submit their Trivia responses as a comment on...
#ThrowbackThursday!

#ThrowbackThursday!

It’s #TBT and for Throwback Thursday this week we are taking you to Fort Lupton, Colorado in February 2003 for a special behind-the-scenes tour of the now defunct Colorado Railcar Manufacturing, LLC shops, filmed by Museum volunteer Michael McBride! Do you have...
#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This week our question is – In 1910, approximately how many people were employed by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company? Don’t know the answer? Watch our latest episode of Big Train Tours, Feeding...
Big Train Tours: Feeding Our Furnaces

Big Train Tours: Feeding Our Furnaces

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at a freight car type known as a gondola. Built to transport heavy, bulk commodities such as mineral ores and coal, gondolas served on the Denver & Rio Grande...
#ThrowbackThursday!

#ThrowbackThursday!

It’s #TBT and for Throwback Thursday this week we have 4k footage of K-36 No. 489 captured by Museum Volunteer Travis Gorhum during the “Victorian Iron Horse Round-Up” event in August 2021! Want more Rio Grande Southern Steam Locomotive No. 20? Watch...

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