On Saturday, October 25, volunteers Ron, John, Jackie, Teia, Demitris, Michael, Ben, Dwight, Colin, Bruce, Kendall, Reid, Dannis, Henry, Nick, Polly and Paul all had a frighteningly fun experience hosting our guests who came out to ride the Cemetery Express. Following some early morning work by some volunteers at the Museum shop, we fired up the locomotive and rolled the train over to Union Depot where we found a large group of visitors ready to be scared! The crew stayed very busy during the entire 4 hour event selling tickets, and directing guests to the cabooses, locomotive and the Haunted Railcar, for what many folks were saying was a great time. We even captured a ghoul scaring a couple of our passengers on the locomotive right around sunset!

This Halloween event was our largest event yet this year, with well over 200 riders on our trains. And it was obvious as we never had a slow time during the event, with a constant stream of visitors boarding the train for every round trip. The locomotive cab rides were very well attended and it sure seemed like the cabooses were almost to capacity on each trip! Reports from people who dared walk thru the Haunted Railcar were that it was great, and they were scared nearly to death by the spirit occupying the car!

I have included a few pictures that I was able to capture. If you are not able to see the pictures, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul

Join the Pueblo Railway Museum for our “Cemetery Express” public train ride event on Saturday, October 25. Train rides will be available from 4PM to 8PM behind the Pueblo Union Depot. Train ride tickets are $15 for a ride in the engine, and $10 for a ride in one of our three cabooses. Children under 3 ride the train free! Cash or check preferred, but credit cards accepted. Train ride tickets can only be purchased during the event. Purchase your tickets at our Gift Shop, a converted caboose behind the Depot, near the passenger boarding area. Trains depart every 20 minutes, so there will be multiple opportunities during the event to ride the train.

Our mini train will once again be on display, in cooperation with the Pueblo Downtown Association. There is no admission fee to attend the event itself. The charge is only for the train ride.

Our 2025 train ride event schedule can be found on our Events Page. To receive updates about our upcoming events, follow our blog. Enter your email address on the bottom of this web page and click the “follow” button.

On Saturday, October 18, volunteers Dwight, Ron, John, Reid, Bruce, Polly, Colin, Dannis, Henry, Nick and Paul spent the morning hosting a private train ride and Museum tour for the Colorado Springs Vintage Car Club. The car club does touring events while visiting various sites, and chose the Museum for this weekend. The Museum volunteers showed everyone a good time and answered many questions about rail equipment.

After the tour was wrapped up, the crew took lunch, and then worked on a variety of small projects during the pleasant afternoon. The cabooses were decorated for next week’s Halloween event. Some folks cleaned up and prepared an old three-light signal for display, and we did a little work to Engine 104.

I have included some pictures of the days activities. If you are not able to see the pictures, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul

On Saturday, October 11, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Bruce, Dannis, Henry, Nick, Scott and Paul continued the weed clearing work on our main running track, and then moved on to the installation of a switch stand for our under-construction shop lead tracks.

The crew took a quick lunch break, and then split up to get a couple more projects done. Dannis, Henry and Nick worked to set up a small display in the shop. Bruce, Scott and Paul finished installing the switch stand, while Dwight and Colin were checking out our generator and other equipment that needed some attention. Paul, Dannis, Henry and Nick finished up the day cleaning up some items stored in the shop yard.

I have included a few pictures of the work done. If you are not able to see the pictures, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul

On Saturday, October 4, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Kendall, Dannis, Nick, Henry and Paul gathered to get the most important job at the Museum done…pulling out and cleaning up the weeds that grow all over the place! The crew cleared weeds from along the tracks in the shop yard, and also got to some along our main running track. With that work done, it was time to take a lunch break.

After lunch, the crew spread out over several small projects including working on our Massey Ferguson forklift, arranging tools in the shop, and a bit of work to the air horn on Engine 104. We then fired up Engine 103 so that we could move our Haunted Railcar to the Depot area to get things ready for the Halloween event coming on October 25th. After completing that work we tied up for the day.

I have included a few pictures of the work done. If you are not able to see the pictures, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Kendall Crouch

On Saturday, September 20, volunteers Kendall, Chris, Dwight, John, Ron, Bryan, Reid, Bruce, Jackie, Mike, and Colin enjoyed great weather entertaining our clients to our annual Back To School train ride event. Paul, our usual train engineer, was not available for this event, but Bryan, one of our other regular volunteers, did a great job filling in. Things started out a little slow, but the pace picked up quickly and we had a steady stream of riders throughout the day. In fact, this was by far our most well-attended September train ride event ever, with nearly 150 riders on our trains. Based on the reactions of the participants, everyone appeared to be having a great time!

Thanks to Chris for the photos below! If you are not able to view the photos, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Dave

Join the Pueblo Railway Museum for our “Back To School” public train ride event on Saturday, September 20. Train rides will be available from 11AM to 3PM behind the Pueblo Union Depot. Train ride tickets are $15 for a ride in the engine, and $10 for a ride in one of our three cabooses. Children under 3 ride the train free! Cash or check preferred, but credit cards accepted. Train ride tickets can only be purchased during the event. Purchase your tickets at our Gift Shop, a converted caboose behind the Depot, near the passenger boarding area. Trains depart every 20 minutes, so there will be multiple opportunities during the event to ride the train.

Our mini train will once again be on display, in cooperation with the Pueblo Downtown Association. There is no admission fee to attend the event itself. The charge is only for the train ride.

Our 2025 train ride event schedule can be found on our Events Page. To receive updates about our upcoming events, follow our blog. Enter your email address on the bottom of this web page and click the “follow” button.

On Saturday, September 6, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Ben, Bruce, Reid, Nick, Dannis, Henry, Drew, Bryan, Kendall and Paul all participated in a highly anticipated day of projects. The main project of the day was to raise our C&S Caboose to roll one of it’s trucks out to be turned around and placed back under the caboose with the brake rigging properly configured. In order to do that project, several other things had to happen. Engine 102 was started and moved out of the shop to make way for the caboose truck to be brought outdoors. Engine 102 pushed our caboose train out of the way, and while it was outside later in the day, it got some spot cleaning done and a repair to one of its air horns done. The Caboose truck was rolled out to our first grade crossing where the rotation work would be done, due to the stable ground and relatively flat surface. We used the Hi-Rail boom truck and the Bobcat skid steer to lift the truck and rotate it around. The truck was then rolled back to the shop area, cleaned up a bit and then reinstalled under the C&S Caboose.

After lunch, the crew cleaned up some of the equipment used for the morning’s lift, did a bit of clean-up inside the caboose, and moved a draft gear lift over to another shop track. Engines 103 & 104 were started, taken out of Multiple Unit configuration, and then some switching was done to rearrange the two locomotives and set up the caboose train behind Engine 104 for our next event. To finish out the work day, speeders and the gang car that were moved earlier in the day were returned to their regular storage spot. The crew was hustling all day with multiple small tasks, and we were in many places all at once. Everyone stayed safe and had fun, and some even learned a bit more about freight train brakes!

I have included a few pictures of the main truck work done today to show what was accomplished. If you don’t see the pictures, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul

On Saturday, August 30, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Ben and Paul spent a short day working on things to prepare for the next work day Sept 6th. The group worked to place a Draft Gear lift back onto the rails that has been hiding for years under the C&S Caboose, before working to get air jacks and other materials to help raise the C&S Caboose next week for the truck work. The springs on the trucks are in the way of the jacking pad, so another method was devised to lift on the main framework under the car. The group also located some parts for a future track work project.

After a quick lunch break, the crew enjoyed the afternoon while test running the Gang Car after some repairs were made. As usual, the Gang Car had a stubborn moment with some fuel issues, but after that was figured out, the crew burned up the rails test running the car.

I have included a few pictures of today’s major work and the Gang Car running. If you are not able to see the photos, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul

On Saturday, August 23, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Ben, Dannis and Paul spent the day in the shop cleaning some areas and organizing some tools. The first task was cleaning off the workbench near the front of the shop. As most work benches do, it had become a catch-all, so trash was removed and clutter was cleared. Next we cleared the radio charging/storage shelves in the shop office, again too much clutter. Next we set up a dedicated area for the battery chargers for the battery tools we use. After a lunch break to cool off, it was time to organize a big tool box that we use to store the powered tools and some other bigger items. A desk was moved, some old batteries went outdoors, and some general clean up was finished. The last task was to do some planning for work on the C&S Caboose that is in the shop.

The shop always needs some work, and today was the day it got some things done. I captured a few pictures of the work and the crew. If you are not able to see the pictures, click here to go to our Blog Page.

– Paul