Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 West 44th Avenue
Golden, CO 80403
The Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO, just west of Denver. The museum houses an extensive collection of rolling stock, most of it with a connection to the unique history of railroading in rugged Colorado. The museum has an active restoration program and a circular track for rides on the weekends.
Main entrance
Visitor center
Denver and Rio Grande Loco #491
Locomotives through the years
California Zephyr - 1940s?
California Zephyr v. City of Denver
Timetables
Colorado Locomotives
Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) switching console (1937-1991)
CTC console
CTC console
Pictoral history of David Moffit
Coupling pin
Pin coupler
Pin coupler
Pin coupler
Old truck with friction bearings
Viewing the lubricating wick inside a friction bearing
D&RG locomotive 191 (1880)
Locomotive 191 nameplate
Locomotive 191 with caboose 49
Me and D&RG 683
Inside Colorado Midland coach 111
Colorado Midland coach 111
D&RG Loco 683 with full consist
Denver and Intermountain Railroad caboose 902 - only 16 tons
Mixed caboose consist
Visitor center as Denver & Rio Grand RR depot
Depot
Railway post office
Railway post office car
Locomotive simulator controls
Locomotive simulator controls
Restored parlor car
Cog wheel locomotive description - for very high grades
Cog wheel track
Cog wheels
Me and M&PPRR cog wheel loco #1 (1893)
Colorado & Southern narrow gauge caboose 1009 and 11-ton freight car 7064
C&S caboose 1009 rear view
C&S narrow gauge consist
Me and freight car 7064
Hand brake closeup on D&RGW freight car 3661 - before air brakes brakemen used to have to walk on tops of cars and turn these wheels to stop the train
California Zephyr description
D&RG streamlined diesel-electric loco 5771 (1955)
Loco 5771 description
Loco 5771 traction motor
Loco 5771 traction motor
Loco 5771 truck
Rotary plow description
Rotary plow
UP 50-ton freight car behind loco 5771
UP passenger car 5442
UP 5442 truck
SFRR stainless steel streamline car (Southwest Chief)
SFRR streamline car rear
Spare parts
Spare couplers / draft gears
Spare draft gears and center bowls
Spare bolsters and wheels
Spare axles
Union Tank Car (UTLX) 88125: 30-ton narrow gauge petroleum carrier
UTLX 88125
Freight cars behind roundhouse awaiting restoration
RGS Galloping Geese description
RGS goose 6
RGS goose 6
RGS goose 2
RGS goose 2
RGS goose 7
Family at museum