Grant's Colorado Railroad Museum Pics

Grant's Colorado Railroad Museum Pics and Stories

Recently Grant and Bill attended the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver, Colorado. 

The lads enjoyed a multitude of clinics and a handful of layout tours during their visit.

They even made their way to the Colorado Railroad Museum where these pictures were taken.

The entrance to the museum houses a gift shop, theatre and a detailed HO scale railroad in the basement. 

2-8-0 #74 saw use on a number of local railroads including the Colorado & Southern and the Rio Grande Southern. 

There are also a number of standard gauge pieces of rolling stock. 

 Rio Grande diesels. 

Gramps narrow gauge frameless tank cars.

 D&RGW “bobber”.

 C&S “bobber”.

Standard and Narrow Gauge items.

C&S standard gauge rotary snow plow.

 A collection of rotary and harp switch stands.

 Restored D&RGW Coach 280.

 Diesel switcher is used to pull RGS #20 out of the roundhouse in preparation of steam up. 

 RGS Geese #2 & #6 await their next assignment.

RGS Caboose 0404. 

 A future combine restoration project. 

Conversations had outside the roundhouse. 

Dual gauge turntable. 

D&RGW on the roundhouse tracks. 

 New wheels outside the roundhouse. 

K37 #491 sits quietly in the round house awaiting action later in the week.

The round house includes a viewing gallery for visitors to safely observe activities in the round house. 

Grant...is the gentleman in pink a mannequin acting as a model of a visitor viewing from the gallery?  He looks very familiar!  😎👀😎

Parts collection at the rear of the roundhouse. 

Bell hanger. 

Rio Grande drop bottom gondola. 

Standard gauge rolling stock.

 Uintah Business Car. 

Two West Side Lumber Company shays.

D&RGW stock cars.

Historic Manitou & Pikes Peak cog car.

Manitou & Pikes Peak cog steam locomotive.

Denver, Leadville & Gunnison 191. She is the oldest surviving narrow gauge locomotive.

RGS Bunk Car 01789 

D&RGW Cook Car 04255 

Though the museum has access to the outside world, the track work has been reconfigured to permit circular running of trains and equipment around the property. 

Baggage carts line up outside the main building.

Number 74 again. 

Rebuild of 346 in progress. 

 There is an extensive large scale layout located in this grove of trees. 

Large scale town. 

 Large scale trains in the foreground with the real things behind.

Another view.

Thanks, Grant, for these incredible photos and your captions which offer an account of your visit to the museum.

In our next instalment, Grant will share with you images from a "Steam Up" and we will provide links to the corresponding videos.

I'm really looking forward to that entry as well!

All the best, Grant, Bill and the OVGRS crew

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada