The next day of our Colorado trip had arrived. My wife and oldest daughter wanted to stay at our cabin for a low-key relaxing day. However my youngest is a bit more like me and was anxious to get out on the road and explore. I had quite a few places on my to-do list for the day. I wasn’t sure if we would get to all of them, but we would certainly try. Our first stop this day was located in Golden Colorado called the Colorado Railroad Museum.

The main museum building that included the gift shop was modeled after 1880s style railroad depot. Inside there were quite a few exhibits, historical photographs and a model railroad that we will take a look at in a little bit.

After purchasing our tickets we headed outside to the sprawling 15 acre property with amazing collection of trains, trains cars and so much more.

Most of them were available for guests to get right up close and personal, with a few even allowing us access inside. A couple trains we were able to walk down the narrow hallways and explore the kitchen, dining car, standard seating and even a first class car.

Unfortunately the Coors train car was not accessible which seemed surprising since the Brewery was not too far away.

It was incredible to be able to just wonder around and walk up onto the railroad tracks and just see all the details and incredible engineering it took to make these iron beasts move along those tracks.

They even had a railroad turntable that apparently was in working order. During our visit they weren’t running it which I would have loved to see in person, but never the less it was still very impressive to see up close.

Another interesting place we were able to explore a little bit was the building where they restore, rebuilt and give general maintenance to the trains. During our visit the front large doors were open so we could see their current projects, and there was also an area around back that you could enter inside to see the actual work being done.

After we had finished exploring the outside grounds we headed back inside the main museum building and downstairs is where there was an incredible model railroad. Ever since I was young I’ve been fascinated with model railroads and this one was great. The scenery, buildings, and landscapes were so fun and of course the trains running their routes was mesmerizing. I could have stayed there for hours watching it.

Eventually we headed back upstairs and found the pressed penny machine. It had a nice simple wood cabinet, and worked very well. The penny designs in this set included the Museum logo, a couple train images and their mascot Spike the Dog.

This was an incredible place to visit and I’m so happy we were able to visit. There were still quite a few other places I wanted to check out this day so we couldn’t linger too long. Stay tuned for future articles about where we headed next. Keep on Pressing!

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