Steam & Excursion > Colorado RR Museum Jan 2026

Date: 01/03/26 05:14
Colorado RR Museum Jan 2026
Author: cozephyr

The Colorado Railroad Museum narrow gauge collection is amazing. Jeff Taylor, Curator of Equipment and Rollingstock was working in the roundhouse as things calmed down after the Polar Express trains of late November and December 2025. I visited Golden, CO, on Friday, 2 January 2026.

D&RG 315 Background -

Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Durango Railroad Historical Society
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (leased)

Class

D&RG: Class 72
D&RGW: C-18

Numbers

F&CC 3
D&RG 425
D&RGW 315

Denver and Rio Grande Western 315 is a C-18 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive that was originally built for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1895. It was purchased by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) in 1917 and later became known as No. 315. It was retired in 1949 and had been on display at City of Durango parks until the Durango Railroad Historical Society restored the locomotive from 2001 to August 2007.

Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/26 05:22 by cozephyr.