The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum The museum is located on 15 acres (61,000 m2) 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.
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