Colorado Railroad Museum
Railyard museum in Golden with more than 100 historic locomotives and cars, a working restoration roundhouse and a depot with a model railroad.
Ways to visit
Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum) Open
- What you see
- Exhibits, Groundscoloradorailroadmuseum.org, 2026-11-05
- How
- Walk incoloradorailroadmuseum.org, 2026-11-05
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunTuesday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. General admission is not available during Day Out With Thomas dates or The Polar Express evening performances. The Friday walking tours start at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.Closed: Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's DayCalendar ↗coloradorailroadmuseum.org, 2026-11-05 · coloradorailroadmuseum.org, 2026-11-05
- Booking
- Not stated · onlineAdmission can be bought online. Groups call 1-800-365-6263; field trips need a reservation two weeks ahead.coloradorailroadmuseum.org, 2026-11-05
- Cost
- PaidAdult: $12 · Senior (60+): $10 · Child (2 to 17): $5Train ride, adult or senior: $5 · Train ride, child: $2Children under 2 need no ticket; members are free. Special event days sell a combined admission and train ride ticket: online adult $17, senior $15, child $7; in person on the day $22, $20, $12.coloradorailroadmuseum.org, 2026-11-05
- Requirements
- None stated.
About
The Colorado Railroad Museum has a 15-acre railyard with over 100 locomotives, passenger cars and cabooses. Visitors can watch restoration work in the Roundhouse and visit a replica 1880s depot with rotating exhibits and an HO model railroad. It is open Tuesday to Sunday. Train rides cost extra, and general admission is not available on some event dates.
Getting there
17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO, 80403
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (39.77190, -105.19300). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Colorado Railroad Museum: (800) 365-6263
Last checked 2026-11-05. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- coloradorailroadmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/ · official page · read 2026-11-05For: name; street address; phone and email; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): open or closed; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): what you see; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): kind of visit; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): days and hours; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): booking; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): cost; Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): requirements
- wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q1111… · Wikidata · read 2026-11-05For: location
- coloradorailroadmuseum.org · official page · read 2026-11-05For: Museum admission (railyard, Roundhouse and Depot Museum): days and hours
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