Colorado Railroad Museum

The Colorado Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Golden, Colorado. The museum currently houses a variety of locomotives, rolling stock, and other railroading equipment, most of which are narrow gauge. As of July 2020, the museum has three narrow gauge steam locomotives in operating condition that run excursions on the museum grounds.

Partial List of Exhibits[]

Steam Locomotives:

Number	Builder	Build Date	Wheel Arrangement	Status	Notes
1	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	1920	0-4-0T	Display	Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1962
5629	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1940	4-8-4	Display	Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1963. Largest locomotive in the collection.
318	Baldwin Locomotive Works	January 1896	2-8-0	Display	Built for the F&CC as #8 "Goldfield", sold to the D&RG in 1917 as their No. 428, and later renumbered to 318 in 1921. Operated on the museum grounds from 1978 to 1982.
346	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1881	2-8-0	Under Restoration	Steamed up at the Colorado Railroad Museum on July 29, 1962. Undergoing FRA-mandated 1,472-day boiler inspection and overhaul as of October 2021.
491	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1902	2-8-2	Operational	Placed on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum on loan in 1985. Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in June 2013. Restored to operating condition and made its first public run on August 28, 2014. On display and operational at the same time as of 2023.
683		1890	2-8-0	Display	Only surviving Rio Grande standard gauge steam locomotive.
191	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1880	2-8-0	Display	Purchased by the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1973 and returned to its home state, later receiving a cosmetic restoration for public display. Currently lettered for the Denver Leadville & Gunnison Railroad, No. 191 is the oldest locomotive in the state of Colorado.
44				Display	Bought by the Georgetown Loop Railroad in September 1973 and the 44 followed in February 1977. Both were later on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum where in 2013, 40 was in service and 44 was undergoing restoration.
1	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1890	0-4-2T	Display	Originally named "John Hulbert", No. 1 operated on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway from 1891 into the 1960s. No. 1 was rebuilt as a Vauclain compound and numbered #1 in 3/1893.
20	Schenectady Locomotive Works	April 1899	4-6-0	Operational	Restored to operating condition as of 2021. No. 20 made its first run under its own power for the first time on July 2, 2020 and made its public debut at the Colorado Railroad Museum on August 1, 2020. Leased to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad for the Iron Horse Round-Up event in 2021. No. 20 is currently operational as of May 2022.
74	Brooks Locomotive Works	1898	2-8-0	Display	Renumbered and relettered back to RGS 74 in 2021 and 2022.
4455	Lima Locomotive Works	1920	0-6-0	Display	Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1970.
12	Lima Locomotive Works	1927	3-truck Shay	Stored Out of Service	Leased from the Georgetown Loop Railroad.
14	Lima Locomotive Works	1916	3-truck Shay	Display	Originally planned to move to the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad. However, it never went through.

Diesel Locomotives:

Number	Builder	Build Date	Model	Status	Notes
C988
50	Davenport Locomotive Works	1937
3011	EMD (Electro Motive Division)		EMD GP30
5401	EMD (Electro Motive Division)		EMD SD40T-2	Display	Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2018
5771	EMD (Electro Motive Division)	1955	EMD F9A	Display	Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1996
5762	EMD (Electro Motive Division)	1955	EMD F9B	Display	Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1996
7	General Electric (GE)	August 1975	87-tonner	Operational	Nicknamed "Big Al." Donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2021. Moved there on April 20, 2022.
3	Plymouth Locomotive Works			Operational
4	General Electric (GE)	August 1955	55-tonner	Operational	Acquired from the Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad in 2004.