The museum also has the Railroad Book Store with over 1,000 titles as well as an assortment of railroad gifts, tapes, magazines and memorabilia. The trolley follows a scenic route along the South Platte River, beginning at the Forney Transportation Museum, and passing Confluence Park, the Children's Museum, Mile High Stadium, and other attractions. The trolley has five stops, the most convenient at Forney Transportation Museum and at the Children's Museum. The trolley runs 11a.m. to 5p.m. daily in the summer. Spring, fall and winter hours vary.
Charters are also available.
The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a reconstruction of one of Colorado's most famous railroads. The original railroad reached Georgetown in 1877 and builders intended to continue it to the rich mining town of Leadville. That line was never completed, but it was decided to push the railroad up the valley another two miles to the neighboring mining camp of Silver Plume. The problem was that Silver Plume was 600 feet higher in elevation. With the collapse of the mining industry and the coming of the automobile, the railroad was closed and in 1939 the bridge and rails were torn up for scrap metal.