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...
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...
Happy December! Nearly every railroad developed a special holiday meal for passengers traveling by train over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. For this month’s posting, we are looking into the history of and recipes for an American holiday staple: cranberry...
It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is later this month! But here we are, in November of 2021… time is just plain different when the world is experiencing a pandemic. As we approach our second pandemic Thanksgiving, we at the Colorado Railroad Museum hope you and...
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...