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T IS FOR TRAIN: EVERYTHING TRAINS

FROM A TO Z

& THE COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM

FALL 2017 • ISSUE #247 • A seasonal magazine of the

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CHARLES

ALBI

IRON HORSE NEWS • FALL 20172

I love Autumn, not only for the crispness in the air and the changing color of the leaves, but also for what it signals here at the Colorado Railroad Museum. It’s the time when we review what we’ve accomplished and where we intend to go in the coming year. It’s an exciting time as we prepare for another magical season of The Polar Express Train Ride that has become a holiday tradition for so many families. This year’s production sold out by the first week in October! Autumn is also the time we give thanks. We are grateful to our dedicated and talented staff and volunteers, our members, our visitors, and the generosity of our donors who contribute to the mission of the Museum.

This year, we opened three new exhibits: “To Market,” a view of how the railroad was instrumental in the creation of the National Western Stock Show; "Buffalo Bill – Trains and the Wild West;" and “T is for Train,” featuring artifacts from our collection for every letter of the alphabet. We continued to produce high quality education programs, including Rails & Cocktails, Summer Camps, Behind the Scenes tours and school programming. Our roundhouse crew continued to restore the Uintah No. 50, completing the exterior restoration and will complete the interior in 2018. Some additional finish work was completed on the D&RGW Business Car B-8. Great progress has been made on RGS Locomotive No. 20, which will be returning to the Museum in 2018 for completion. The Museum also received several awards in 2017 including: top 10 Paid Attractions according to the Longwoods International annual visitor profile study; a preservation award from the Jefferson County Historical Commission; and the Eide Bailly “ResourcFULLness” award for creating a sustainable source of revenue with the addition of Polar Express in 2014.

In this issue, we profile the Museum’s second Executive Director, Charles Albi, under whose leadership both the Roundhouse and Robert W. Richardson Research Library were built. We also take a look at what is happening around the Museum, and we continue to follow the adventures of our beloved mascot, Spike, the Railyard Hound.

Donald TallmanEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Director’s DispatchDonald Tallman, Executive Director



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UPCOMING EVENTS & RESTORATION UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS & COLORADO RAIL ANNUAL NO . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

CHARLES ALBI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6–8

EDUCATION & EXHIBITS UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9

KIDS’ CROSSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10

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The mission of the Colorado Railroad Museum is to preserve and convey the rich history of railroading in the Rocky Mountain region through acquisition, research, exhibition and education.

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS & PHOTOGRAPHYChad Knasinski, Marketing & Communications Manager Matt Isaacks, Multimedia CoordinatorStephanie Gilmore, Curator of CollectionsElizabeth Nosek, Curator of Education & ExhibitsDanielle Ghear, Events & Volunteer Manager Jeff Taylor, Assitant Curator of Equipment & Rolling StockLarry Dorsey, Trustee Charlew Albi, Trustee EmeritusSteve Lee, Kids' Corner AuthorDonald Tallman, Executive Director

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lindsey Ashby Jim Barton Al Blount Michael Davis Larry Dorsey Bill Henderson David Hensarling Roy Johnson Sharon McGee Alan Olson Steve Parker William Robie

TRUSTEE EMERITUS Charles Albi Dave Bender Thomas Daniels Mike Danneman Kenton H. Forrest Martin Frick Ronald C. Hill William C. Jones Dave Ropchan

ADVISORY BOARD John Bush Cornelius Hauck Richard Luckin Linn Moedinger Mike Porter Michael Ramsey Henry Reynaud Dave Schaaf Mike Spera


Events Update

Roundhouse Update

Fall 2017

Fall 2017

With Event & Volunteer Manager Danielle GhearEvents at the museum are kicking off for the season! Polar Express will run November 9th –December 23rd . As our second largest event, we expect to entertain 12,672 people over 32 nights of shows . Things calm down a bit in January but in February we will be having the Annual Volunteer Banquet to celebrate our wonderful volunteers . Starting in February I will be offering a Volunteer Education Series in which we will orient new volunteers and spotlight an area of volunteer activity at the museum . March 31st will be our Annual Bunny Train with candy, eggs and the Easter Bunny of course . Starting 2018 we will be offering Open Car Days to our visitors every Sunday in April . Steampunk at the Station will be returning May 12 for a day full of steam, costumes, beer and circus entertainment . Come support the museum by getting a membership, volunteering and attending events .

With Assistant Curator of Equipment & Rolling Stock Jeff Taylor Locomotive 491 is getting steam heat and cab curtains installed in preparation for Polar express, as well as some other plumbing refinements . After a long season of events in 2017, Locomotive 346 is in hibernation for the year .

The Uintah 50 car has been completely painted and lettered and will be ready for The Polar Express in November . New seat frames from Growth Ring Innovations will be arriving soon at the museum and will be installed in time for the event .

We are making headway on the bedroom in B-8 and are nearly ready to start staining the walls so they are all the same color . We bought some new mahogany to replace poorly made pieces of Dougfir . The ceiling and hip-roof has been completely painted in the bedroom .

THE UINTAH COMBINE CAR IS LETTERED

AND READY FOR RAIL SERVICE.

ISBN 978-0-918654-81-6

With Curator of Collections Stephanie Gilmore The Library and Collections department has made lots of progress recently: in storage spaces, our database, and our collections care and maintenance. Last year, compactor shelves were installed in the Library basement, which increased our storage space in the basement by an estimated 40%. This year, we installed hanging screens to house our extensive railroad artwork collection. We also got new, sturdy tables in our Library Reading Room, thanks to volunteers Jim and Lil Ranniger. So far in 2017, we have cataloged 5,971 items in our Library and Collections database, which are 3,262 more records cataloged by this time in 2016, and 4,479 more records cataloged by this time in 2015. We continue to refine our collections and organize them with the ultimate goal of greater public access. We are steadily making progress! None of this would be possible without the dedication of our Library and Collections Volunteers. Thank you for all you do!

ColoradoRail Annual No . 32 San Luis Central - Greeley East - Arkansas Valley RailwayBy John Gruber, John Ryan, Kenton Forrest & Robert W. McLeod.

Library & Collections Update



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Colorado Rail Annual No. 32: San Luis Central ~ Greeley East ~ Arkansas Valley Here are three unusual “Colorado Railroads Without Mountains.” The 15-mile San Luis Central has faithfully served a rich agricultural district in the San Luis Valley for over a century, owning only three locomotives during its lifetime. Having outlived many more famous lines, its full history is presented here for the first time by John Gruber and John Ryan. Union Pacific’s Greeley branch tapped a rich sugar beet growing area, and its fortunes rose and fell along with the once important Colorado sugar industry. Historian Kenton Forrest gives a complete account of the railroad line and the area it served for many years. The Arkansas Valley Railway is famous for being the first Colorado railroad abandonment. Author Robert W. McLeod provides a detailed history of the important role it played at the dawn of the railroad era in the West. Hardbound. 8.5”x11”, 220 pages, $49.95 (#9090)

Order online at www.ColoradoRailroadMuseum.org


The old philosopher, Yogi Berra, once declared, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” When Charles Albi became the Colorado Railroad Museum’s second executive director in 1991, it was definitely time to take a fork in the road. As a recently retired insurance company underwriter, Albi brought a corporate perspective to the operation of what had become an iconic institution in railway preservation.

However, Charles was not a newcomer to the little museum at the foot of Golden’s North Table Mountain. A native Denverite and lifelong rail fan, he was an active member and volunteer, the co-author of three books published by the museum, edited many of the renowned Colorado Rail Annuals, written reviews of railroad and Colorado history books and had served as a trustee. The timing was right, then, when Robert W. Richardson, the inimitable co-founder and first executive director of the museum, decided to retire. Albi, hand on the throttle, helped to power

the institution into the 21st century.

FROM LEFT: PAUL LUNING, MICHAEL B. DAVIS, RICH FAREWELL, RAY KINLEY, LINDSEY ASHBY, RONALD C. HILL, ALEXIS MCKINNEY, CHARLES ALBI, CARRIE ARNOLD, JIM OZMENT & AUGIE MASTROGIUSEPPE.

Charles Albi & the Colorado Railroad MuseumBy Larry Dorsey


IRON HORSE NEWS • FALL 2017 7

1997-2000MUSEUM EXPANSION

Opening on April 12, 1997 the Robert W. Richardson Railroad Library was the first major addition constructed on the Museum grounds.

The Museum's Library is one of the most comprehensive railroad reference libraries in the United States. From timetables to employee records, photographs to engineering documents, maps to books, it offers a wealth of railroad information.

The narrow gauge loop around the perimeter of the museum grounds was completed in 1999. Named after board member Alexis McKinney and his wife Irene, a plaque was placed next to the main boarding area in honor of their many contributions to the Museum.

For many years, the working shop for the Museum was located in (and around) several old boxcars with work taking place outside, exposed to the elements. in 2000, funds were raised to construct a roundhouse, named the Cornelius Hauck Restoration Facility. It has five stalls and the large engine doors came from the D&RGW roundhouse in Alamosa, CO.

And of course, a real roundhouse should have a turntable, and the Museum's 74' armstrong turntable came from the former Chicago,Burlington & Quincy roundhouse in St. Francis, KS.


Charles’ connection to Richardson and the museum goes back to the early 1950’s when he visited its predecessor, the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa, Colorado. The lad had already been bitten by the train bug as he had accompanied his parents on family vacations by train and watched steam locomotives in the Denver yards from his father’s lower downtown office window. On one trip west, he and his parents travelled via the celebrated California Zephyr to San Francisco and toured the city both on its unique cable cars and its almost as old streetcars. This rail vacation also included riding other unforgettable trains, such as the Morning Daylight and the California Limited. By the young age of 7, railroading was in Charles’ blood. He even owned one share of stock in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad as a youngster!

Photos opposite page, left to right: Construction of the Cornelius W. Hauck Restoration Facility. Construction of the Robert W. Richarddson Railroad Library.

Photos, above, top to bottom: The turntable bridge is lowered into the pit in front of the roundhouse building. D&RGW Diesel Engine No. 5771 is craned into position on the Museum's gronds.


With that background, the first question for the new executive director to tackle was . . . “Where do we go from here?” He immediately faced day-to-day issues, such as getting the finances in order. The cash transaction system he inherited was a cash box, a ledger book and a business plan on a yellow legal pad. Other goals included increasing museum membership and . . . “retaining the charm while operating a sound project with efficient use of our limited resources.” Early into his tenure, Albi adopted a computerized point of sale system for transactions and increased membership from 1200 to 2200. But he kept his eye on even more far-reaching goals.

The museum’s trustees aimed at three big targets: building a stand-alone library building, constructing an engine house and laying track to make a complete loop around the grounds. What was the need, you ask? At the time, the library was located in the lower level of the main museum building where space was woefully inadequate and inaccessible. No engine house existed. All maintenance and restoration projects were completed at the west end of the grounds (sometimes referred to as “the gulch”). A retired standard gauge boxcar served as the metal shop, office and donut repository for volunteers and an ancient caboose housed the wood shop. All engine and car work was done outdoors, with obvious weather limitations for work on the collections. Track was laid on only one-half of the loop so train operations amounted to running forward up to the No Agua water tank, stopping, then backing down to the starting point, or vice versa for the sake of variety.

Fortunately, by 1991 the museum trustees and advisory board realized the time had come to act on these needs, which led Charles to the situation he is most proud of: coordinating all the talented people whose efforts resulted in the accomplishment of the project. Charles Paddock brought the financial records up to date. Alexis McKinney used his public relations career to cut through red tape and to make connections with major donors. Paul Luning stepped up to manage the library and roundhouse construction. Jim Ozment oversaw the surveying and building of the grade and track.

Of all the fine people who contributed to what was estimated to be a $1.5 million effort, Rosanne Sterne and Carrie Arnold hold a special place for Charles. Rosanne brought her talents as a non-profit fund raising consultant to the venture. She started by providing 20 hours of free counseling and that led to her being hired to head the campaign. To everyone’s surprise, she recommended going for the entire amount at once, rather than three smaller fund-raising drives -- the entire $1.5 million! She devised a timetable for the mission that included one year to “educate and excite” donors about the need for the money and three years to raise it.

Rosanne’s concept of working from the “inside out” rather than “top down” proved to be quite effective. This idea was to go after big gifts from donors closest to the institution. A major step was a $75,000 challenge (matching) grant from Coors Brewing Company. Other grants and donations came in, and finally a $25,000 grant put the drive over the top. By the way, during the life of the drive, the monetary need had grown to $1.7 million.

Carrie Arnold, an advisory board member who owned the celebrated Fort Restaurant with her husband Sam, had a way of cutting to the chase, providing firm but gentle leadership to the board. Her foresight was reflected when she said “Every hour of planning was worth tens of hours of work down the road.”

The funds raised were utilized on the three projects and Charles, the trustees and all who worked on the drive proudly inaugurated the new Robert W. Richardson Library April 12, 1997 – it arrived on time! Next, Alexis McKinney drove a symbolic golden (Golden, Colorado, after all) spike on July 24, 1999, uniting the rails and completing the loop as part of the museum’s 40th anniversary. Finally, the roundhouse, patterned after the historic D&RGW structure in Alamosa, Colorado, was dedicated July 14-15, 2000.

With the completion of this massive fund raising effort and three significant and complicated construction projects, Charles felt that he had accomplished the goals he had set for himself. He retired (along with the 20th century) on December 31, 2000. Since then, he has continued to volunteer in the library of the museum as well as speaking on railroad history and being a source of information for many railroad questions. He and his wife Joan travel extensively and enjoy their home next to Denver’s Washington Park. During his years as director, Joan volunteered many times and had a major role in organizing the special events for the library, roundhouse and loop openings.

The impact and importance of Charles Albi’s tenure to the Colorado Railroad Museum is immeasurable. What he and his colleagues accomplished in the decade leading to the 21st century provided the foundation for all that is being accomplished at the museum today. And he agrees with something Bob Richardson once said, “Running this museum is like being the manager of an opera company!”

To that we say, “Bravo, Charles! Bravo!”

Charles & Joan Albi.


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Education & Exhibits UpdateWith Education & Exhibits Curator Elizabeth Noseka

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“Thank you so much for the beyond amazing day!” Julia’s Crew

The Museum’s new education programs are getting good reviews from educators! Not only are teachers repeating the programs they experienced last year – Westward to Colorado (3rd to 12th grades) and Trains! (PreK to 2nd grades) but they are excited about the new programs introduced for the 2017/2018 school year – ABC’s of Trains (PreK – 2nd grades) and Machines in the Age of Rail (6th to 12th grades). The Museum has also added two new traveling trunks exploring the themes of Technology and Social Customs. Of course, all the new programs address Colorado Content Standards.

Even better is the fact that the museum volunteers helping to present these new programs cite touring smaller groups among activities on curriculum based tours as a big improvement over past school tours. If you are interested in helping the Museum grow the next generation of railroad fans – call 720-274-5147.

EDUCATION

T IS FOR TRAINS: EVERYTHING TRAINS FROM A TO ZAugust 2017 – July 2018The new exhibit in the Museum’s lower gallery has a little bit of something for everyone. In assembling the exhibit, curators and museum volunteers combed the museum’s collection for items from Colorado’s railroad past; many dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Education and exhibits curator, Elizabeth Nosek explained, “We wanted to show off some of the objects in the collection that don’t often see the light of day and told an interesting story.” The result is a collection of unique items including an inventory of buffalo bones (B), oil cans (O), a group of railroad workers’ uniforms (U), and a velocipede (V). Each of the objects chosen to represent a letter of the alphabet has its own special story to tell providing visitors with great opportunities to discuss Colorado’s railroad story.

EXHIBITS


Frank Wright, engineer of the narrow-gauge steam locomotive No. 451, left the warmth of the Golden depot to ready his engine to fight drifting snow with a rotary snow plow near the Continental Divide west of Denver. He followed Spike, the depot dog of the GC&SJRR. By the time Frank arrived at the roundhouse, Spike was sitting at the side of the tender of No. 451, waiting for a helping hand to lift the pup onto the load of black diamonds so he could make his way to the doghouse. The winter wind was beginning to blow, and it ruffled Spike’s fur, tickling his ear, so he sent a back leg to scratch it. Then, he shook all over to resettle himself. Clarence Russell, the fireman, chuckled as he noted that Spike knew his way to the head-end brakeman’s duty station in the tender. Spike was a real rail hound--that was for sure.

Spike had settled onto the bench seat cushion of the doghouse, which faces the train, not towards the locomotive. The doghouse was designed to give a brakeman a good view of the train so he could spot a problem quickly. It was enclosed, so the head pin was sheltered from the weather, but this one wasn’t heated. The pup was glad he had a spot on the run, but wished he had a warm human to share it with!

Frank, his conductor, and the engineer of the rotary snowplow conferred, standing together on the side of the tracks, now beginning to glisten with the moisture of the first flakes of snow. Off to the west, above the foothills of the Rocky Mountains west of Golden, the dark clouds of winter issued their ominous warning: snow storm! The three men huddled as the conductor went over the train orders, and they all set their railroad pocket watches accordingly. Then, all three resumed their places. The conductor, signaling with his arm from the caboose, indicated that Frank could now move train, consisting only of the rotary snowplow, engine No. 451 and its tender, and the caboose. Frank, using the locomotive whistle, told the rotary he was ready to move. The rotary, using his whistle, replied that he was ready. Frank then signaled they were moving forward, and he opened the throttle of the heavy K-27 narrow gauge locomotive. Her exhaust barked with each cycle of the steam engine, sending explosive puffs of black smoke into the stormy skies. Her side rods clanked in unison, sending the train up the grade, into the snow ahead. And Spike, the rail hound of the Golden City and San Juan Railroad, watched attentively as the consist gathered speed. Frank was battin’ the stack off her, giving the engine as much throttle as he could without slipping the drivers. They were now in a hurry to get the rotary into action!

Spike laid back down the cushion, and took a nap, knowing it would be at least an hour before they reached the deep snow where the rotary would begin turning its huge fan-like blades, almost eight feet in diameter. The rotary blades would scoop up huge amounts of snow, hurtling the drifts almost two hundred feet to the side of the tracks. Spike dreamed about the rotary, and the powerful steam engine that powered the massive blades. His eyelids twitched and his paws pulsed as the dream coursed through his canine brain.

He awoke to the high-pitched whistle of the rotary, telling Frank to stop pushing the plow forward, and to back up a bit. Then, to proceed forward again. Spike could see the discharge chute on the front of the rotary, spewing a large plume of white snow, throwing it over the edge of the roadbed, into canyon on the fireman’s side of the train. He had awakened to a different world, this one draped in swirling drifts of snow. The sides of the track behind the train were gone beneath soft mounds of white, at least on the engineer’s side of the cab. The other side was air! They were on the edge of a mountain, climbing higher with every turn of a wheel. Behind them, the width of the track was clear, but the windy storm was already laying a new coating of snow on their trail. In the doghouse, tiny drifts of snow piled up on the floor, covering the doorsill. This storm was a monster!

A Close CallKIDS' CROSSING

Ahead, the rotary was still in full battle with the beast; throwing snow to one side in a constant

torrent of thrown snow. The rotary bucked and shuddered as the huge blades bit into the snow drifted onto the tracks. The scene

looked eerily familiar to Spike, but he couldn’t place it for a minute. Then

he knew! It was in his dream! Immediately he started barking

at Clarence in the cab. He was standing to the side of the firebox, leaning on his shovel, wiping his brow from the sweat of his work,

feeding the fire with fresh coal. As he looked back at the tender, getting ready to scoop his next shovel full of coal, his eyes caught sight of Spike in the

doghouse, barking furiously. But his mind was on his work, and he went back to shoveling coal.

Spike hated the taste and feel of metal in his mouth, but twisting the doorknob was

the only way out of the doghouse. In an instant, he was at the front of the tender, almost eye-to-eye with the fireman, barking continuously! This startled both Clarence and Frank, who had turned in his seat to see what was going on.

For a moment, the two men looked at each other, and then Frank understood; something was wrong! He closed the throttle on No. 451, the sudden quiet broken by the sound of the rotary…and something else! Frank looked up the mountain on his side of the engine to see an avalanche up ahead, far up in the trees! Quickly, he reversed the Johnson Bar, and signaled with his whistle that he was backing up! Clarence was looking back, and caught sight of the conductor’s puzzled look until he saw the avalanche as well, his eyes as wide as saucers!

After backing up around a curve, Frank determined they were out of danger, and brought the train to a stop. All five men got down on the tracks, and peered at the new ten-foot high, quarter of a mile long hard-packed blockade of snow. If they hadn’t stopped, the snow slide would have pushed them over the edge of the roadbed, and into the canyon below! As the men realized how close they came to death, Frank bent down to Spike, who was looking up at the engineer expectantly, slowly wagging his tail. “Spike,” he said, his voice tight, “you’re the most important brass hat on this whole railroad!”

VOCABULARY FOR THIS EPISODE“Battin’ the stack off her”: Giving the steam engine full throttle.

Black diamonds: A nickname for coal.

Brass hat: An important member of a railroad’s management staff.

Clarence Russell: A fireman for the Denver & Rio Grande. Worked with Frank Wright. Clarence and Frank were actual D&RG employees in the early 1900’s. The fireman’s job was to keep the firebox hot enough to keep the water in the boiler at the proper temperature. He also monitored the level of water in the boiler. Sound easy? It’s not! Shoveling coal, often four or five TONS a day, while the train is rocking back and forth as it travels down the track, is hot, dangerous work.

Doghouse: A small enclosure, not more than three feet square, with a roof, windows, and a bench to sit on. Located in the front third of the tender. Used as a shelter for the duty station of the head-end brakeman.

Frank Wright: A fireman, then an engineer for the D&RG. He worked from 1911 until 1962!! He stated the K-27 was the finest steam locomotive on the D&RG line.

GC&SJRR: In all of our Spike stories, the Golden City and San Juan Railroad is an imaginary rail line. In real life, the GC&SJRR exists only on the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum—the trackage was christened the GC&SJRR by Bob Richardson and Cornelius Hauck, the museum’s founders.

Grade: The rise in altitude, measured in feet, over a length of track 100 feet long. For example, if the rise in one hundred feet of track is one foot, the grade is one percent.

Head pin: A nickname for the head brakeman. In the days before safety couplers, cars were connected with a link and a pin, so the head brakeman was nicknamed after that.

Johnson Bar: A lever on a steam engine, used to let steam into the locomotive's cylinders. By controlling the timing, the amount of power delivered to the wheels is controlled. It also controls the direction that the wheels turn.

K-27: A classification of steam locomotive. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad contracted with Baldwin Steam Locomotive Works to create a narrow gauge locomotive with a wheel arrangement of 2-8-2—two pilot wheels, followed by eight driving wheels, followed by two wheels on the trailing truck to help support the rear of the locomotive. These were capable of 27,000 pounds of tractive effort, hence the “27.” Starting in 1903, Baldwin built fifteen of these little gems. Only two survive today.

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SPRING BREAK ONTHE RAILROAD March 26 – 30, 2018 . 9:00AM to 1:30PM Free with admission

Families are welcomed to join the museum for a week of special hands-on activities focusing on model railroads. Make and takes, stories and more!

RIDE BEHIND THOMAS, MEET SIRTOPHAM HATT & MUCH MORE!

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THE POLAR EXPRESS™ TRAIN RIDENovember – December

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September 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 & 23Members get $2 off per ticket

BUNNY EXPERSS TRAIN - MARCH 31, 2018Let the rock of the rails transport you into spring with an annual tradition at the Museum. Your whole family can hop on the Bunny Express Train, featuring the 1880s vintage passenger coach, and experience what it was like to travel 100 years ago.

STEAMPUNK AT THE STATION - MAY 12, 2018Our steam engines create the perfect backdrop for the popular genre of “science fiction meets the 19th century Industrial Age” found in music, clothing, art & more.

2018 SPECIAL EVENTS Holiday and seasonal trains along with special rail-related events highlight the Museum’s annual Timetable. Select events include a ride behind one of the Museum’s steam or diesel locomotives in passenger cars from different eras in Colorado railroad history.

DINOSAUR EXPRESS TRAIN - JULY DATE TBA, 2018Ride and discover the Dinosaur Express Train on Saturday, July 18. Make fresh tracks through prehistory as children sift through sand for fossils, pan for fool’s gold and more.

TRICK OR TREAT TRAIN - OCTOBER 27, 2018It’s full steam ahead for tricks, treats and trains! Offering a safe place to enjoy Trick or Treating guests are invited to catch a ride behind a historic steam locomotive in vintage passenger cars hosted by conductors and engineers in full costume.

2018 HIGHLIGHTSEnjoy unique opportunities to experience Colorado’s unique railroad heritageApril: Open Car Sundays – Sundays in April volunteers will open and staff a variety of cars for visitors to enter. This is a fun opportunity for visitors to explore a number of cars normally not open to the public!

June: Daily Rides Thursday-Sunday – The Museum will operate rides daily Thursdays thru Sundays in June. Guests can climb aboard from 10:00AM until 4:00PM.

SCFD SPONSORED FREE ADMISSION DAYSIn our of our partnership with the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District the Colorado Railroad Museum is proud to offer free admission on select Wednesdays throughout the year. Optional rides are available for purchase.

- March 7, 2018 - April 11, 2018 - September 26, 2018

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