Ridgway, Colorado, long known as the birthplace of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, is the home of a museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of railroading in Ouray County and surrounding areas.

The Ridgway Railroad Museum is a non-profit, member supported organization whose mission is to explain and interpret the role and significance of railroads in the history of this region by use of exhibits, a reference library, educational programs, publications and sharing information with historical and modeling groups.

The Museum will preserve railroad equipment, artifacts, historical data, books, artwork, and photographs of Ouray County and the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

The Museum is planning a full schedule of events for 2008. We will be posting the schedule as it develops. For further information, click on the Event Calendar button to the left. For a membership application, or information on other topics, click on the appropriate button to the left.

During the winter months the Museum is on shortened hours. When the Ridgway Chamber is open, so is the Museum. Call 970-626-5181 to confirm their hours. We are open every day during the summer months.

In addition, the summer months find Museum members working outside on restoration projects on our collection of rolling stock. Workdays occur on both weekdays and weekends. Do carpentry and painting while working on your tan.

The Ridgway Railroad Museum is a non-profit 501(C)3 corporation. If you are interested in participating in any of our projects in any way, please click here.

RGS Galloping Goose moved to Ridgway Railroad Museum for Restoration! See Details.

Rides on the Museum's re-creation of Motor #1 are now available.
See Event Calendar for details.

You can now pay your membership dues or make a donation using PayPal. See Membership page for details.

Motor #1 at Railfest 2000

Narrow Gauge Cars at the Ridgway Railroad Museum