On Saturday, April 26, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Nick Walker and Paul Brown started work in damp cloudy conditions to move a stack of 90# rail to a different spot in the shop yard. This work took a bit more time because our large forklift didn’t want to run properly, so the Bobcat came to the rescue again, though it can only lift two sticks of rail at one time. Dannis and Nick jumped on some clean up work clearing some fallen branches and the ever-present blown in tumble weeds. Polly worked to clean the caboose interiors and Engine 104’s cab.

After a quick lunch break, and the sun making its appearance, the crew got busy prepping some areas for a future delivery of crushed asphalt that we will spread in a few areas. We also filled in some low spots on the grounds that always collect water and turn into mud pits. We finished up the day moving some materials around the yard for better storage in the space we have. Overall, a good day with a lot of little projects getting done.

I have included a few pictures to illustrate the work done.

– Paul

Photos by Chris Pollard, Dannis Hudson, Bruce Davis, and Paul Brown

On Saturday, April 19, volunteers Ron Roach, John McDowell, Jackie Anzlovar, Michael Brown, Ben Bevel, Dwight Maxey, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Kendall Crouch, Reid Adams, Colin Mellin, Dannis Hudson, Abel Erber, Nick Walker, Polly Cotton, Nick Valdez and Paul Brown all braved another typical cold and snowy Easter weekend to host our guests who came out to enjoy a short train ride on the Museum tracks. We had a fairly good turnout of guests who didn’t mind the cold, cloudy conditions, and were treated to a wide variety of passing trains on the neighboring BNSF and UP lines. There was even an “airplane train”, a regular movement of 737 fuselages from Kansas to Washington.

The four-hour event went by quickly as folks rolled in steadily through the event. While it wasn’t as nice as last year, we still had a good turnout. And the crew all did great work with safety as a priority. I have included a few pictures of some of the action today.

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Chris Pollard

The Pueblo Railway Museum is excited to kick off our 2025 train ride season with our Easter Bunny Express train rides on Saturday, April 19. 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 the cabooses. Children under 3 ride the train free! Cash or check only, please. Train ride tickets can only be purchased during the events. Purchase your tickets at our Gift Shop, a converted caboose behind the Depot, near our passenger loading area. Trains depart every 20 minutes, so there will be multiple opportunities during the event to ride the train.

Our special circus train will 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, April 12, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Chris Pollard, Bruce Davis, Colin Mellin, Reid Adams, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Abel Erber, Nick Walker and Paul Brown spread out to all corners of the shop yard to get work done. Dannis, Abel, Nick and Paul worked on the track spur at the Trolley stall. Bruce and Chris continued work in the C&W Caboose, while Polly was decorating the cabooses for the upcoming Easter event. Colin kept busy with a number of maintenance items, and Reid jumped in a bit later to help all around. Now this was all before lunch.

After lunch, the whole crew jumped in to switch the cabooses back into our regular train set and then headed out on the Trackmobile to clear flangeways on our crossings. Everyone was working hard to adjust to the 90+ temperatures we had in Pueblo! Watch for the announcements on the website and our Facebook page for our Easter event next Saturday 4/19, and plan to attend or help out.

I have included a few pictures here to show the work done.

– Paul

On Saturday, March 29, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Chris Pollard, Reid Adams, Bryan Tong, Dannis Hudson, Abel Erber, Polly Cotton and Paul Brown stayed busy today doing a variety of work. While the biggest group got busy firing up and checking out Locomotive 104 and the Cabooses, Chris stayed busy cleaning the inside of the Rohr, one of our pieces of high speed equipment, while Colin did some checks on the Bobcat and investigated pricing for badly needed new tires. And Polly cleaned our break room which was needed and very much appreciated! The crew on the train did some work to establish good markers for the end of our running track, check some switch stand operation, and moved and rearranged a few freight cars on one of our storage tracks.

After parking the train set back at the shop, the crew took a quick lunch break before heading out to work on clearing dirt from our running track, and working to fix some horn valve issues on Engine 104. We even had some visitors to the shop area who were able to get some nice tours. The crew finished up and got out of town before the rain moved in.

I have only got a few pictures of the train operation today as it was tough to keep up with all of the action today!

– Paul

On Saturday, March 22, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Chris Pollard, Bruce Davis, Kendall Crouch, Colin Mellin, Dannis Hudson, Nick Walker and Paul Brown cleared out weeds from the collection area and swept the platforms to get the Museum ready for our Spring and Summer events. This is always considered important work to keep the Museum neat looking, and to reduce the fire hazard.

After a quick lunch break, the wind started blowing pretty heavy, so the crew stayed close to the shop and worked on a variety of small work. There is always work to be done at the Museum, and some day we might make a dent in the project list!

I have included some pictures of the morning work.

– Paul

On Saturday, March 15, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Bruce Davis, Kendall Crouch, Chris Pollard, Colin Mellin, Dannis Hudson, Abel Erber, Nick Walker, Dallan Farrar and Paul Brown took advantage of a warm, sunny winter day to build out some more track on our spur track project. The crew prepped the ground, and then laid out cross ties before placing tie plates to set the rail on. Once the rail was spotted, the joint bars were installed and bolts tightened.

The crew had a quick lunch, and then continued work adjusting the ties supporting the rails to get things somewhat level. The afternoon also saw Bruce doing some more work on the C&W Caboose, and Chris and Dwight worked to get the Gang Car back together and fire up the engine to test run. The crew finished up by putting tools away and then participating in a little bull session to finish off the day. Keep watching here as our track project progresses. Some day we will have a couple more shop tracks!

I have included a few photos of the track project today.

– Paul

On Saturday, March 8, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Chris Pollard, Bruce Davis, Kendall Crouch, Dannis Hudson and Paul Brown practiced their steel driving skills by spiking down two lengths of rail that were laid out during last week’s work session. Everybody took a turn or two driving the spikes home, and found out what a good oak tie can do to your arms! There was one in the mix that was like driving into concrete! This worked burned up the morning, and all took a well deserved lunch break!

After lunch, the crew worked to get some material under the ties for a sub roadbed and then cleaned up tools. We then did a bit of searching for parts for a 90# switch, and checking on some other parts for future track laying in our yard. During our search, we found a section of 141 lb/yd rail that we will set up as a display to compare this big mainline iron compared to the older 85# and 90# rail we use at the Museum.

Here are some pictures of today’s action at the Pueblo Railway Museum.

– Paul

On Saturday, March 1, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Ben Pollard, Colin Mellin, Nick Walker, Doug Milsom and Paul Brown jumped on some track construction work to continue the project started last week. The crew pulled out a couple sticks of old rail and some junk ties that had been used temporarily, and prepped the ground for a few additional ties. After setting that up, we attempted to set a couple of sticks of 90# rail, but found that we need to place 85# rail for the first length before changing to 90#. Anyway, it was an exercise in learning how to move and place rail on top of ties.

After a quick break for lunch, the crew split up, and half worked on the rail, while the other half of the crew got busy knocking dead weeds down and raking/cleaning the area around the tracks. By the end of the day, nearly the entire crew worked until sundown cleaning up the weeds to one collection. Now we just need to hope the wind doesn’t blow!!

Please see the attached pictures for some of the work down on the track construction. Even though removing the weeds is the most important job at the Museum, we were so busy that no pictures were taken. The site is sure starting to look good again.

– Paul

On Saturday, February 22, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Chris Pollard, Ben Pollard, Bruce Davis and Paul Brown got some work done at the Museum. Dwight and Chris jumped into the Gang Car engine work to figure out the next move on the rod bearings. It seems that there will need to be a little machining work done which Dwight will chase down during the week. Bruce, Ben and Paul spent some of the morning searching through the parts in our storage boxcars for some items that could be useful in the C&W Caboose upgrade. Colin did some work with our pickup trucks to start them and check out the batteries after the cold snap we just had.

After a lunch break, and with the temperature warming up, Bruce and Ben got busy to find spikes and install them in the timbers used to cap the ends of the new dirt crossings on the shop lead tracks to complete that project. Chris and Dwight attended to some accumulated used oil in the shop and contained that while cleaning up. Towards the end of the day, the gang worked on clearing some dead weeds from around the lead tracks and started prep work for an upcoming project. You might be able to figure out what that is while checking out one of the photos attached.

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Bruce Davis