Its hard to catch one of Coors switchers but today luck was on my side and I caught 2 of them in the same scene.

Coors C987 spots 2 beer concentrate tank cars against one already in the siding next to the loading building. In the background is another Golden landmark in the form of Mt. Zion with the big M at... (more)

Denver and Rio Grande Western 5771, an EMD F9A, sits proudly in the bright Colorado sunshine near its original stomping grounds in Golden, Colorado at the Colorado Railroad Museum. DRGW 5771 was b... (more)

D&RGW #346 makes a circle of the very nice Colorado Railroad Museum during one of their steam-up days.

Denver & Rio Grande 2-8-0 No. 583 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in September, 1890. She was renumbered as D&RGW 683, Class C-28, in 1924 and was sold to the San Luis Valley Southern RR... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande 2-8-0 No. 346 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in July, 1881. As built she was numbered D&RG 406, Class 70, and was named "Cumbres". She was renumbered as D&RGW Class ... (more)

Florence & Cripple Creek 4-6-0 No. 20 was built by Schenectady in 1899. In 1916, F&CC No. 20 was sold to the Rio Grande Southern and it spent the next 35 years on the Silver San Juan Route. After ... (more)

A Coors switcher takes a break between tasks at their Golden brewery.

Denver & Rio Grande Western F9s strike a dramatic pose in afternoon light at Colorado Railroad Museum.

Goose #7 carries passengers around the loop track at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Impressive even in the rain.

To see this run again ...

Lettered for Georgetown, Breckenridge & Leadville.

Some really nifty surprises can be found behind a railroad museum roundhouse. A good example is Rio Grande GP30 #3011, built by EMD in May 1962 and retired from service on the D&RGW in Dec. 1994. ... (more)