Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado
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N 39° 46.272 W 105° 11.538
13S E 483530 N 4402380
Quick Description: Lose Track of Time.
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2009 5:35:07 PM
Waymark Code: WM7RXR
Created From: Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado
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From the Colorado Railroad Museum website:
The Colorado Railroad Museum had its beginning in 1950. Co-founder Robert W. Richardson began accumulating railroad artifacts at Alamosa. Richardson believed too little was being done to save the bulk of this material so with the help of Cornelius Hauck opened the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1958. The museum has accumulated a number of locomotives, dining cars, and cabooses, several of which are listed on the State and National Registers.
The Museum is located on 15 acres at a point where Clear Creek flows between North and South Table Mountains. All of the railroad equipment is displayed outdoors, with historic Table Mountain in the background . . . a popular site for railway photographers.
Visitors will find display tracks complete with a rare three-way stub switch, dual gauge track and switches, and century-old switch stands. These tracks hold over 100 historic narrow and standard-gauge locomotives and cars. Our 1/3-mile oval of 3-foot gauge track is used by trains on operating days.
The Cornelius W. Hauck Restoration Facility was dedicated July 15, 2000. The building's brick design was chosen to reflect a fairly prosperous railroad in a small division point during the late nineteenth century. Our visitors' gallery allows our guests to observe restoration work safely and is open during Museum hours.
The roundhouse area also includes a fascinating display of locomotives and cars on the roundhouse ”radial” tracks, as well as a fully functioning 90-foot, “Armstrong” turntable.
Museum Website: [Web Link]
Train ride provided?: yes
Actual railroad cars or locomotives on display?: yes
Admission fee?: 8.00
Street Address: 17155 W. 44th Avenue Golden, CO 80403
Gift shop?: yes