Big Train Tours: Colorado & Northwestern Boxcar No. 1026!

Big Train Tours: Colorado & Northwestern Boxcar No. 1026!

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! Our subject this month is a wood-bodied, narrow gauge railroad boxcar. Like many rail vehicles and especially narrow gauge ones, the car served several owners and sported at least three different...
#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This week our question is: When was Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Steam Locomotive No. 5629 built? Participants are invited to submit their Trivia responses as a comment on our Facebook, YouTube, Instagram...
Small Wonders: The Alpine Tunnel

Small Wonders: The Alpine Tunnel

Join Colorado Railroad Museum Curator of Collections, Stephanie Gilmore to explore “Small Wonders” from the Museum’s collection as part of the new “Still Working On The Railroad” initiative. Each segment will focus on different items from the...
#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

It’s #TBT and for Throwback Thursday this week we have some awesome footage from Museum volunteer Michael McBride of Westside Lumber Company Shay #12 operating at the Colorado Railroad Museum on October 10, 2009! Do you have any home movies or photographs that...
Dining on the Rails: CRI&P’s New England Boiled Dinner

Dining on the Rails: CRI&P’s New England Boiled Dinner

Happy March, which means Happy Spring, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! For this month’s posting, we are sharing a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRI&P) recipe for New England Boiled Dinner, which is very similar to the traditional Irish-American dish of Corned...

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