Colorado Railroad Muesum

It's been awhile since I posted something about my layout. I have some projects that I completed that I will be sharing shortly, along with some projects in the works. In the mean time I'll share some pictures of a trip to the Colorado Railroad Museum. It was nice to be in the land of the Narrow Gauge.

As close as we could get to 346

Looks like another restoration project...or spare parts

Looks like a fire got a hold of this sleeper

Visiting Pile Driver OB

I have a ton more pictures, but these were some of my favorite.

Knott's Berry Farm

Our family recently ventured down to southern California for an end of summer vacation. We visited Knott's Berry Farm, which happens to have a nice collection of ex-Rio Grande equipment. I received a "behinds the scenes" tour and a cab ride from a fellow Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum member. A big thanks to Jeff T. for letting me tag along and making it possible.

Cab Ride!

Not much room in the cab of a C-19

The Durango

Close up of table from above picture. Awesome.

Kitchen on the Durango

Other side of the Kitchen

The Edna (with massive lettering)

Original chair from the 1800's

Only way to travel in the 1800's

Bathroom on the Edna

Specially made D&RG axe & sledgehammer

Close up of D&RG sledgehammer with logo

Box Car 3350

Rio Grande 5371

The last unpatched Rio Grande tunnel motor has a new home....Ogden, UT. It seems as though UP has made a deal with the Ogden Union Station to keep it as part of their railroad collection. Click on the photos to zoom.

Can you see the UP logo in the chair?

Looks like new number boards (I like the reflection of Union Station in this one)

5371's Bell

Train Related Items

I wanted to show a few items that I have that might be of interest.

First is my train pin collection. I recently made a pin board for my collection. I took some cork board and glued some fabric to it and then used a picture frame it without the glass. Some of the pins I have had since I was little and others are brand new.

Pin Collection (Click picture to zoom)

Next is a poster that I really like. As you can see it has all the Durango engines. I have seen this in the Durango gift shop, but it wasn't for sale.

A nice addition to any train room

Next is a purchase I made recently. This is a Ford 'C' Boxvan. Unfortunately this is HO scale, but the 1:50 scale that would work nicely with my layout was discontinued. I though I could use this in the background for some forced perspective.

"Ready to Roll"


Rio Grande...without the rails