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...
Big Train Tours: D&RGW No. 683

Big Train Tours: D&RGW No. 683

Standard Gauge Pioneer: D&RGW Steam Locomotive No. 683 – Big Train Tours – Colorado Railroad Museum! Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 683. This...
#TriviaTuesday

#TriviaTuesday

It’s #TriviaTuesday at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This week our question is – What company ran the CONX tank cars on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad? Want to learn more about Tank Cars in Colorado? Watch our Big Train Tour: Fueling Colorado video here:...
#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

#TBT (ThrowbackThursday)

It’s #TBT and for ThrowbackThursday this week we are sharing some 4K footage captured by Colorado Railroad Productions during the Museum’s triple steam-up event in May 2021! Want to see more of Colorado Railroad Productions material? Check out their...
Big Train Tours: Outfit Cars

Big Train Tours: Outfit Cars

Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This month, we’ll be taking a look at a little-known part of the railroad landscape: Outfit Cars. Part mobile homes, part camp cars, these converted box cars and passenger cars served as homes away...

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