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...
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...
Small Wonders: Railroads and the Buffalo

Small Wonders: Railroads and the Buffalo

Join Colorado Railroad Museum Curator of Education & Exhibits, Elizabeth Nosek, 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...
Story Time & Craft: From A Railway Carriage

Story Time & Craft: From A Railway Carriage

Join Colorado Railroad Museum Education & Community Outreach Coordinator Evan Weber for Story Time as he reads some of his favorite, train-themed children’s stories weekly online! This week we read “From A Railway Carriage” by Robert Louis...

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