On Saturday, October 26, volunteers Ron Roach, John McDowell, Jackie Anslovar, Jessica Kay, Michael Brown, Ben Bevel, Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Bruce Davis, Ben Pollard, Reid Adams, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Chris Trafacante, Doug Milsom, and Paul Brown gave over 200 guests a frightful and fun evening of Halloween entertainment. The Haunted Railcar seemed to be a hit again this year, as many people were seen running out of the end of the car screaming! John McDowell did a great job decorating and providing the scares, and I heard that he had a couple of little ghouls helping him out. We even had some good treats for folks who wanted a sugar high!

This Halloween event may prove to be our best yet. It sure seemed like our guests were having fun and the crew was busy the whole night. I have included a few photos of the event. Keep an eye here for our next event!

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Ron Roach

On Saturday, October 19, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Bruce Davis, Ben Pollard, and Paul Brown braved some morning rain showers to get some work done. With rain falling, the crew decided to do a quick repair to one of our locomotive seats that was getting a bit wobbly. After a little disassembly, it was found that a large washer would fix the issue. That and a little grease to lubricate the swivel, and we were back in business. Then we jumped into the job of spiking the rails down on the track we have been working on in the yard. This work took the crew a couple of hours and since Polly doesn’t like to drive spikes, she worked on decorating the cabooses for our Halloween event next week. The crew then took a late lunch.

After lunch, we installed the locomotive seat back into the cab, and cleaned up all the tools used to spike the track in the morning. Then the entire crew jumped into the MOST IMPORTANT WORK AT THE MUSEUM…PULLING WEEDS! It took about an hour, but we were able to clean up the area where we keep equipment parked on the shop tracks, and stuff our 4 yard trash dumpster full! The work made a noticeable difference, and we even found some equipment that we thought we had lost!

I have included a few pictures of today’s work.

– Paul

Come to the Pueblo Railway Museum on Saturday, October 26, for a ride on the Cemetery Express! Our special Haunted Railcar is ready for you to enter if you dare! This event will take place 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 the cabooses. Children under 3 ride the train free! Cash or check only, please. Train ride tickets can only be purchased during the event. Purchase your tickets at our Gift Shop, a converted caboose behind the Depot, near where the trains depart. Trains depart every 20 minutes, so there will be multiple opportunities during the event to ride the train.

There is no admission fee to attend the event itself. The charge is only for the train ride. Refreshments will be available, including hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, hot cocoa and more!

Our 2024 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 12, the Museum hosted around 30 visitors who were attending the Joint Denver & Rio Grande Western/Missouri Pacific Historical Societies National Convention being held in Pueblo. Volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Reid Adams, Bruce Davis, Russ Covington, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Henry Falko, Chris Traficante, Ron Roach, John McDowell and Paul Brown all made sure that the group had a good time and were able to check out all areas of our Museum. Of course we had locomotive and caboose rides available, and tours of the shop area at a nice leisurely pace over the afternoon hours. Reid and Paul, who were attending the convention, heard from some of the visitors Saturday evening that we have a knowledgeable group of volunteers and a real hidden gem of a railroad museum!

I have included a few pictures I was able to take while the tour was going on. The other railroads in town even cooperated by sending a couple of trains by, one of which had a very clean locomotive.

– Paul

On Saturday, October 5, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Reid Adams, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Chris Traficante, Russ Lippincott, Dannis Hudson, Abel Erber, Doug Milsom and Paul Brown did a variety of work.

First on the list was to wash Engine 104. She had lots of dirt and cobwebs that needed to be removed. At the same time, a small crew were doing some work on the interior of C&W Caboose #3. Then we did a bit of work on the track to the streetcar stall. A pair of flag brackets were installed on the cab of engine 104, and then we moved the Haunted Rail Car from the shop yard to the depot tracks so it can be prepped for the event coming at the end of October. It’s always good when we can get a bunch of little projects done at the Museum!

I have included some photos of the action today.

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Bruce Davis

On Saturday, September 28, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Dannis Hudson and Paul Brown spent the morning working to install an entire set of new cranking batteries in Engine 104. After a quick removal of the old batteries, the crew worked to bolt on connecting cables and set the eight new batteries into the locomotive. Dannis did some work cleaning the cab of Engine 104. Meanwhile, Dwight worked on connecting rails to the streetcar stall.

After a quick lunch break, it was time to start Engine 104 to make sure there were no issues. It sure was nice cranking an engine with new batteries and not having to spend time setting up jumper cables! We left the engine to run for a couple of hours to give the batteries a good charge and let fluids circulate in the engine. We did some other work to fix a loose seat in the cab of the engine, and work on adjusting a few things to get ready for the remainder of this years events.

Before ending work for the day, we reconnected some rails in our middle shop stall and completed the connection work on the streetcar stall rails. Overall, a great day at the Museum. I have included a few pictures of the work completed.

– Paul

On Saturday, September 14, volunteers Ron Roach, Jackie Anzlovar, John McDowell, Michael Brown, Dwight Maxey, Reid Adams, Colin Mellin, Chris Pollard, Russ Lippincott, Doug Milsom, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Henry Falko, and Paul Brown entertained a large group of guests to celebrate the return to school with the chance to take a short train ride. We saw many people smiling and enjoying the great weather, while experiencing our unique rides and the opportunity to learn some history regarding Pueblo’s railroads. We have also added some new members that got their first exposure to what we do at our events, preparing them for our busiest events at Halloween and Christmas.

After finishing with our train ride event, the crew had some extra work to do by switching around some equipment at the Museum shop to get ready for our fall season. We decided to do a couple of moves that tested our skills and the capability of our older equipment. The Trackmobile and operator Dwight Maxey showed once again that they are up to the task, even if it does take longer than expected!

I was able to catch a few pictures of our event and the work done at the end of our day.

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Petar Sredojevic

On Saturday, September 7, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Chris Pollard, Russ Lippencott and Paul Brown did some overdue housekeeping at the Museum Shop. Like any good railroad museum, items are brought to us and we always think we will find a use for those items. Then you start working on projects, and the items just end up sitting around gathering multiple inches of dust!! Well, today we did some work to decide what needed to be thrown out and what needed to stay. When an item is going to stay, it must find a place to hang out different from where it has been for the last year or two! We managed to throw out enough stuff to fill a 4 yard trash dumpster, and rearrange the junk that is staying until the next clean up!

Today’s work took care of some display cabinets, stored some light bulbs, moved a table and desk, and cleaned up some actual trash. We also managed to check out the batteries that are waiting for installation in the U.S. Army Crane, and we replaced one of the security lights on the outside of the shop building. Overall, a great day that saw a lot of little work get accomplished.

I have included a few photos to give you an idea of the work done. Be sure to come out for our next train ride event next Saturday, September 14!

– Paul

All aboard our Back to School Train at the Pueblo Railway Museum on Saturday, September 14! 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 only, please. 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.

There is no admission fee to attend the event itself. The charge is only for the train ride. Free refreshments will be available!

Our 2024 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, August 24, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Kendall Crouch, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Dannis Hudson, Russ Lippincott and Paul Brown broke a sweat working at the Museum! The group continued work building the track that will lead out of the stall where our streetcar is stored. We finished some dirt work required, and then picked out some ties which were then positioned to support the rails. Before a break for lunch, a couple of rails were located in our stock and brought over to the project area.

The crew took lunch in the shade of a couple of large trees out front of the shop before heading back to place the rails on the ties laid down earlier. The rails were placed but not secured, as we will have to go back to make adjustments to the grade under the track, and get some things ready to make connection to the rails already under the streetcar. Stay tuned for more work on this project as there is still a lot to do, and we will be spreading the work out into the fall.

The crew then gathered in our break room to discuss projects we will be working on for the rest of the year, and set some priorities for which will get done the soonest.

Included are a few photos of the track construction.

– Paul

Photos by Paul Brown and Bruce Davis