Trinidad Railroad Museum

04/10/2026

🚂 A big announcement from the Trinidad Railroad Museum.

This Saturday and Sunday, April 11–12, noon to 4pm, will be our final open weekend in the historic Colorado & Southern Railway depot. We’d love to see you one last time at 516 E. Elm Street.

We’re not closing, we’re evolving. TRRM is transitioning to a “Museum Without Walls” model, taking Trinidad’s railroad story into the community, online, and beyond. Big things are ahead, including our Purgatoire Valley Railroad & Mining Genealogy Database and our exhibit for C&S Locomotive #638.

Come say goodbye to our space at the depot and hello to what’s next.

03/15/2026

Congratulations to our book raffle winners: Ryan Delaware, Kathleen Dull, and Michael Garrett! Thanks to everyone who visited this weekend during our first anniversary. We have great plans for this year and are excited to bring more railroad history into Trinidad!

03/13/2026

Come visit tomorrow between 6-9pm during our special anniversary evening hours and see what we’ve been up to! Admission is free and all visitors get a free historic postcard and entry into a raffle for history books about Trinidad railroading. 🚂

02/28/2026

02/28/2026

https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/02/27/railroad-arrival-in-pueblo/

In January 1876, Puebloans were beside themselves with anticipation as they awaited their first direct railroad connection to the east.

01/22/2026

The Trinidad Railroad Museum will be closed this weekend due to the predicted bitterly cold weather. Please consider helping the emergency winter warming center in Trinidad at Ft. Wootton with a donation or by volunteering.

The warming center is *on* this weekend!

Friday 9pm - 9am ****delayed opening!
Saturday 6pm - 9am
Sunday 6pm - 9am

And specifically for the PIT Count:
Tuesday 6pm - 9am
Dinner will be Chicken and Grits, catered by AlMack's Kitchen!

Please spread the word by sharing this post!

Other *easy* ways to get involved:

Show up for dinner and meet some folks!
Have a cup of delicious Mutiny coffee with us
Drop off a pot of soup
Bring a friend and hang out in the basement to monitor bathroom traffic - fun, right?
Be an introvert and bring a book to read and monitor bathroom traffic
Donate cash to support our volunteers- see the link in the comments!

Items to donate:
Hats, socks, gloves
Boxes of cereal for breakfast
Blankets

Thank you for making a difference and making your community a little safer and a little warmer!

As always, reach out to volunteer!

01/10/2026

The museum will be closed today due to winter road conditions and an icy parking lot. We hope everyone has a safe and warm weekend!

01/04/2026

12/18/2025

Trinidad Railroad Museum Holiday Hours and Gift Sale! -

We will be open Saturday, December 20th and Sunday, December 21st, 12pm - 4pm. We will be closed the following weekend, December 27th and 28th, so that we may spend time with our families during the holidays. We we resume our regular hours on Saturday, January 3rd, 2026.

12/15/2025

The makeover of the old caboose in downtown Walsenburg is symbolic of a work ethic commonly found in southern Coloradoans. Read "Little Caboose, Big Heart" in this month's Colorado Country Life magazine or online at siea.com/coloradocountrylife.

12/09/2025

Check out this article from BNSF about the town of La Junta and its importance to railroad history in this area. You can also sign up for the BNSF newsletter to get updates on railroad news in this area.

With the name La Junta – Spanish for “junction” – this southeastern Colorado city is most definitely a railroad town. La Junta (pronounced La Hoon-tah) originally referred to the intersection of the Santa Fe Trail and the Trappers Trail. When the railroad arrived in 1875, one branch went to ...