Model railroad resources, Colorado rail museums and train rides

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Links to Railroading Resources

Manufacturers of operating model railroad signals
- Custom Signal Systems, Z, N and HO scale signals made to order
- Details West, HO scale
- Oregon Rail Supply, HO signal kits
- Showcase Miniatures, HO signal kits, very detailed
- Tomar Industries
- Walthers
Software for model railroads
- Model Railroad System The Model Railroad System is a software package that can help you run your railroad.
Model railroad and toy train associations
Model railroad clubs of Colorado and nearby
- Boulder Model Railroaders -- Boulder
- Colorado & Great Western Modular Railroad club -- Lakewood
- Colorado Live Steamers -- Byers
- Denver Garden Railway Society -- Denver
- Denver N-Trak -- Denver
- Denver & Western Railroad club -- Golden
- Estes Valley Model Railroaders -- Estes Park
- Grand Valley Model Railroader club -- Grand Junction
- Northern Colorado Garden Railroaders -- Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland
- Northern Colorado Model Railroad club -- Fort Collins
- Pike's Peak 'N'Gineers -- Colorado Springs
- Rocky Mountain Division Train Collectors Association -- Denver
- Sherman Hill Model Railroad club -- just across the state line in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Youth in Model Railroading -- Denver, Colorado Springs and Lowell, Mass.
Railroad museums of Colorado
- Forney Museum of Transportation -- Denver
- Colorado Railroad Museum -- Golden
- Colorado Model Railroad Museum -- Greeley, a phenomenal HO scale layout!
- Hugo Roundhouse -- Hugo, preserving an original roundhouse on Colorado's eastern plain
- Moffat Road Railroad Museum -- Granby
- Pikes Peak Trolley Museum and Restoration Shop -- Colorado Springs
- Pueblo Railway Museum -- Pueblo
- Ridgway Railroad Museum -- Ridgway
Train rides in Colorado -- Operating passenger and tourist railroads
- Amtrak a beautiful day trip through the Rockies between Denver and Grand Junction
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad narrow gauge from Antonito, CO to Chama, NM
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum southwestern Colo.
- Fort Collins Municipal Railway operating trolley cars in Fort Collins
- Georgetown Loop Railroad narrow gauge between Georgetown and Silver Plume
- Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad high altitude Rocky Mountain train ride
- Pikes Peak Cog Railway takes you to 14,110 ft. above sea level
- Platte Valley Trolley trolley rides just west of downtown Denver
- Royal Gorge Route Railroad Canon City, west of Pueblo
Colorado Railroad News
- Cowcatcher Magazine Bi-monthly publication featuring model railroading and news from the real railroads, primarily from the midwest and southwest USA.
More railroading resources
- Building-Your-Model-Railroad.com Loads of information for beginners and masters alike
- Crain's Large Scale Model Railway Basics getting started in large scale ('G' scale and others).
- J&C Studios O Scale Archive O scale trains, layouts, product discussions, polls and more.
- RailFan magazine's list of upcoming train shows
- Railway & Locomotive Historical Society authoritative source for railroad history research
- Train Expo Colorado Colorado Springs model train news and shows