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...
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...
Big Train Tours: RGS 20’s Offsite Adventures
This month, we’ll be doing something different: we’ll be following Rio Grande Southern Steam Locomotive No. 20 as it heads offsite to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad for a series of historic excursions in late summer and early fall 2021. Locomotive No. 20’s...
