A hot and steamy visit to the Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO w/ DRGW F9A 5771 + more 06/21/17
Visiting my dad for the week, I wasn't going to forget to go to the Colorado Railroad Museum. There is both standard gauge and narrow gauge equipment here focusing on the later more as the railroads through the mountains were mainly narrow gauge. It was quite hot out on this day so I didn't spend to long outside though I saw pretty much everything that was accessible. My favorites include the Denver and Rio Grande Western F9A 5771 and it's F9B partner that once led the ski train and Denver and Rio Grande Western 318 a narrow guage steam engine. Quite amazing as some of the cars and engines are very old and most of them are in good condition. I did walk arounds of many of the outdoor displays including some at the roundhouse plus the insides of some of the cabooses. The model railroad layout in the basement is cool and including a working carnival. I will be heading to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum before I come back home so look for that in the coming days. Enjoy and don't forget to comment and subscribe.0:00 Some large scale models of DRGW 3712 (Baldwin 4-6-6-4), UP 844 (Alco 4-8-4 built 12/1944), and UP 4019 (Alco 4-8-8-4 Big Boy built 12/1941) in the museum building.
0:40 The model railroad layout in the basement of the museum simulating the Rocky Mountains and towns. There is also a working amusement park featured as well.
4:42 Colorado & Northeastern Railway 30 (Class 2-8-0 engine built by Brooks Locomotive works in Dunkirk, NY IN 1898), the engine is owned by the City of Boulder and will be brought back there once land is available. D&RGW 04255 is a kitchen car.
5:39 Rio Grande Southern caboose 0404 (built 1902)
6:12 Rio Grande Southern 7 (Galloping goose built 1936), CB&Q 5629 (4-8-4 type engine built 6/1940), a Rio Grande gondola, Denver Leadville, and Gunnison 191 (2-8-0 engine built 1880)
6:54 Two Union Pacific coaches
7:05 Various Denver and Rio Grande Western cars + rattlesnake warning sign
7:27 DRGW 0578 (built 1879), and a old DRGW water tower plus DRGW 318 (2-8-0 engine built 3/1896) plus old stock cars.
8:01 old assortment of cars plus West Side Lumber Co. 12 and Argentine Central 14 (Shay engine built?)
9:36 repeat of the last clip sorry bout that
11:12 View of the surrounding area plus DRGW 3011 (GP30 built 5/1962 awaiting restoration number plates missing) in the railyard,
11:31 ATSF Navajo passenger car, DRGW car, Union Pacific 4455 (Lima 0-6-0 built 10/1920), DRGW F9A and F9B 5771 (F9A built 9/1955) and 5762 (F9B built 9/1955).
12:56 Another look at UP 4455, Denver and Salt Lake caboose
13:13 A better look at DRGW 5771
13:48 DRGW narrow guage caboose 49 built in 1881
14:26 Standard oil 1 (0-4-0T engine built 1920), Colorado and Southern caboose 10606
14:50 CB&Q caboose 13862
15:06 Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway 1 (0-4-2T built 1899 for the cog railroad of the same name),
15:35 Coors C988 (Rebuilt EMD SW900 built 3/1938), Coors boxcar
16:11 view of the museum building,
16:21 Colorado and Southern mail car
16:42 DRGW 683 (2-8-0 engine built 1890 plus other equipment in the rail yard