page_title: Colorado Railroad Museum
section_title: Collection
hierarchical_section_title: Colorado Railroad Museum / Collection
caption_attribution_description: English: Steam locomotive D&amp;RGW #346 on the turntable in Golden on October 18, 2012
context_page_description: The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum. The museum is located on 15 acres at a point where Clear Creek flows between North and South Table Mountains in Golden, Colorado.
  The museum was established in 1959 to preserve a record of Colorado's flamboyant railroad era, particularly the state's pioneering narrow-gauge mountain railroads.
context_section_description: The museum has a large collection of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge rolling stock and provides narrow-gauge train rides on special event days known as "Steam Up days".
  The museum also has ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 683, a coal burning 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890, builders number 11207. 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.
  All of the railroad equipment is displayed outdoors. Display tracks are complete with a rare three-way stub switch, dual gauge track and switches, and century-old switch stands. These tracks hold over 100 historic narrow and standard gauge locomotives and cars. The ¹⁄₃ mile (0.54 km) oval of 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track is used by trains on operating days.
  The museum's roster contains the following notable pieces of rolling stock:
caption: Steam locomotive D&RGW #346 on the turntable.
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