Locomotives and railroad cars modeled in the one inch scale by Herb Votaw are also displayed.
The lower level of the museum building contains an exhibition hall which features seasonal and traveling displays on railroading history.
The Robert W. Richardson Library houses over 10,000 rare historic photographs, along with other reference materials such as timetables, maps, employee records and engineering documents about Colorado railroads.
It is the only surviving 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge steam locomotive from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad.
The 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) oval of 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track is used by trains on operating days.
Main museum building
The Denver HO Model Railroad Club is located in the basement of the Colorado Railroad Museum.
RGS #20 Steam Engine
Colorado Railroad Museum Business Car next to Water Tower
Steam locomotive D&RGW #683 at a mock-up train station.
Steam locomotive D&RGW #346 (originally numbered D&RG #406)on the turntable, built in 1881, and restored to its 20th-century appearance (Compare with photo below).
This early photo of a sister engine shows how D&RGW #346 (originally D&RG 406) appeared in the 1800s, with a diamond stack, decorative trim on the sand dome, box headlight and wooden pilot.
D&RG 406 (later D&RG 346) west of Chama, New Mexico, ca. 1910. (Colorado RR Museum collection)
D&RG 406 (later D&RG 346) at Marshall Pass, Colorado in the summer of 1881, when the engine was new.
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Class 70 (C-19) Engines (numbers 400-411) as they were configured in the 1800s. D&RG 346 was originally D&RG 406 (and has been restored to include its 20th-century engineering modifications).
Denver, Leadville & Gunnison RR 191 (which later became Thunder Lake Lumber Co. 7) near the end of its service life in the 20th century (before restoration).
Denver, Leadville & Gunnison RR 191, after restoration. The engine is the oldest steam engine in Colorado. It's restoration included several of its 1800s engineering components such as a diamond stack, box headlight, and wooden pilot (cowcatcher).
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Galloping Goose No. 2.
