Golden, CO: Colorado Railroad Museum

(Satellite, 11,385 photos!)

This was CB&Q's Colorado and Southern route.

This is close to the Coors brewery. I hope Coors still offers their tours.

I remember when we visited there a few decades ago that it had a lot of narrow-gauge equipment.

Their website indicates that they offer train rides.

Street View, May 2021

Railroad Glory Days posted
D&RGW C-19 class 2-8-0 No.346 (Baldwin 1881) riding the turntable at the Colorado Railroad Museum. More about the museum here: HTTP://RailroadGloryDays.com/CRRM/index2.html
[This page has more photos of the equipment.]

 

Railroad Glory Days posted
Preparing for another workday. At the Colorado Railroad Museum.
http://railroadglorydays.com/CRRM/index2.html
Jim Arc shared

 

Bryan Burton Photography posted

Colorado Railroad Museum from 10,000 ft.

The jet was at 10,000 but I did crop in.

Bryan Burton Photography posted
Rio Grande Southern 20 during the 2023 Colorado Crossings event at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This weekend was a celebration of railroading in southwest Colorado with a spotlight on Beebe and Clegg. 5/23
Raymond Storey shared

Richard Crabtree posted

Here we see a view southwest over Golden, Colorado

You can see the Colorado Central Railroad Roundhouse and Freight Depot, Adolph Coors Brewery and Residence, old 1878 Jefferson County Courthouse with the Castle Rock, South Table Mountain and foothills in the distance.

Photo taken in 1883

Photograph by Alexander Martin

Bonus

Mark Mcgowan posted

Colorado Central's roundhouse and turntable at Golden Colorado, c. 1875.

(R.B. Jackson collection)

I know that Colorado Central went up into the mountains, but I could not find it on the oldest hi-res topo map that I could find.

1938/38 Morrison and 1939/39 Golden Quads @ 24,000