A crewmember throws the switch which will enable BNSF 1920 (SD40-2) to lead a freight into the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado.

Coors switcher C998 (SW1001) shuffles some cars in the yard adjacent to the large brewing facility in Golden, Colorado.

A BNSF local operated out of Golden called the Golden switch slowly makes its way east through downtown Arvada, Colorado, on August 19, 2005. The train is passing the local landmark water tower an... (more)

A heavy snow coats a pair of Denver & Rio Grande Western engines sitting in the yard of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. D&RGW 683 (2-8-0) was built in 1890 by the Baldwin Locomo... (more)

Coors switcher C998 (SW1001) makes a rare appearance as it shuffles some grain cars in the Coors Brewing facility yard.

The day after a blizzard coated everything with a thick layer of snow, BNSF 9709 (Executive SD70MAC) sits waiting for orders in the small yard which serves the Coors Brewery facility in Golden, Co... (more)

BNSF 1652 (SD40-2) emerges from the shadows as it works to sort a train in the small yard in Golden, Colorado.

Two unique engines catch the morning sunrise at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Denver Leadville & Gunnison No. 191 with the Congdon stack and RGS 7 'Galloping Goose', which frequently is used to r... (more)

Rio Grande F9A No. 5771 and F9B No. 5762 glisten on the night of March 25, 1999, not long after being lovingly restored by the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden in as-delivered Aspen gold over si... (more)

Under cold and snowy skies the Colorado Railroad Museum's Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 (2-8-2) enters the turntable. Notice the pair of 'Galloping Geese' in front of the roundhouse. If you lov... (more)

It's a snowy December, 1940 as Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 makes its way into Salida, Colorado. Actually it is October 2019 and DRGW 491 is making the rounds giving passengers rides at the Co... (more)

The falling snow accentuates the curved lines of the boiler and the straight lines of the front pilot (cow-catcher). Denver Leadville & Gunnison #191 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in ... (more)

In light snow the Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW 491 (2-8-2) makes a run to the water tower. It will spend the day giving rides to those lucky enough to venture out in the snow to see this incre... (more)

It's a bitter cold and snowy morning as Denver & Rio Grande Western #491 leaves the warm confines of the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum and creeps onto the turntable.

If one did not know better you would think this is a pic of winter operations in the early 1900's. With bitter cold temperatures and falling snow, the Colorado Ralroad Museum staff muscle the tur... (more)