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