Facilities
The museum building is a replica of a 1880s-style depot. It houses thousands of rare old photographs, artifacts and documents illustrating the histories of the railroads which have served the state for over 125 years. Exhibits feature original photographs by pioneer photographers such as William Henry Jackson and Louis Charles McClure, as well as paintings by Howard L Fogg, Otto Kuhler, Ted Rose and other artists. One inch = 1 foot locomotive and car models by Herb Votaw are also displayed. A bay window contains a reconstructed depot telegrapher's office, complete with a working "sounder".
The lower level of the museum depot is home to the exhibition hall, which features seasonal and traveling displays on railroading history.
South of the exhibition hall, the Denver HO Society's “Denver and Western” large operating model train layout; it features HO, HOn3 and electrics that represent Colorado rail history in miniature.
The Robert W. Richardson Library houses over 10,000 railroad specific books.
The Cornelius W. Hauck restoration facility was dedicated July 15, 2000, and allows guests to observe restoration work safely. The building's brick design was chosen to reflect a fairly prosperous railroad in a small division point during the late nineteenth century.
The roundhouse area includes a display of locomotives and cars on the roundhouse ”radial” tracks, as well as a fully functioning 90-foot (27 m), “Armstrong” turntable.
The Denver Garden Railway Society has its G-scale, garden railway exhibit on the grounds of the Museum. They operate the model railway on Saturday mornings throughout the year. Additionally, the railway is active on “steam-up” days when the Museum operates its 3 feet (910 mm) gauge equipment.
The museum publishes books and maps about North Americain railroads and the Rocky Mountain Region.
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