#ThrowbackThursday: 491 Returns!

#ThrowbackThursday: 491 Returns!

It’s #ThrowbackThursday at the Colorado Railroad Museum and this week we are digging into the Museum archives to share footage of Denver & Rio Grande Western Steam Locomotive No. 491 being moved from a roundhouse stall onto the turntable on February 19,...
#ThrowbackThursday

#ThrowbackThursday

It’s Throwback Thursday! In celebration of Thomas the Tank Engine’s upcoming SOLD OUT 2024 visit to the Museum in Golden, Colorado, we’re excited to share this fantastic video from longtime Museum volunteer Marty Prater, captured during the 2010 Day...
#TBT Goose Operations In The Snow

#TBT Goose Operations In The Snow

It’s #TBT and for #ThrowbackThursday this week we’re traveling back almost a decade to January 4, 2014, through the lens of longtime Museum volunteer George Lawrence! George was on-hand to capture the Museum grounds in fresh snow as crews operated Rio...
#TBT Model Railroad Photography

#TBT Model Railroad Photography

It’s #TBT and for #ThrowbackThursday this week, back by popular demand, is the Model Railroad Photography of volunteer Liam Wright! Liam is an active member of the Denver Garden Railway Society and frequently volunteers at the Museum! Do you have any home movies...
#TBT Volunteer Photography

#TBT Volunteer Photography

It’s #TBT and for Throwback Thursday this week we are featuring the on-site photography of Museum Travis Gorhum! Travis found himself on-site New Year’s Eve 2022 just after a large snowfall and he captured much of the Museum’s equipment buried under...

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