Museum Operations
2024/2025 Holiday Season
We are temporarily closed until our Holiday Season, which opens the day after Thanksgiving.
Season: November 29 – January 5
Days of the Week: Wednesdays through Sundays with some additional bonus days in December
Hours: 10 am – 4 pm
See detailed calendar
Although the museum is closed to the public in the fall/early winter, if you’d be interested in volunteering on a project, please call Dave Naples directly at 970-281-9094. All skill levels are welcome!
Find the Moffat Road Railroad Museum
The Moffat Road Railroad Museum is located just off Hwy 40, west of Kaibab Park ball field & playground. Turn off Hwy 40 onto Park Lane between Granby Fire Department and the bridge, across from Edgewater. Click here to get directions>>>
It's Colorado Gives Time!
Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 10 but you can give early online starting on November 1.
We would appreciate your support of Moffat Road Railroad Museum to help us with the next project for our 1902 Dumont Depot with either a one-time donation or a recurring monthly gift. You can easily give a gift with a credit card or information on a bank account.
Thank you!
Admission
$10 Adults 17+ years
$4 Kids 3-16 years
FREE under 3 years
$7 Seniors/Military (with ID)
(includes model railroad displays)
* Prices subject to change for special events (including, but not limited to, Santa Visit weekend)
Holiday Season
(Excluding Santa Visit weekend)
Santa Visit
December 20-22, 2024
What Discoveries Await at Our Museum
The Moffat Road Railroad Museum, located in Granby, Colorado, is as much fun as it is educational for the whole family!
- Currently featuring Colorado’s largest permanent Christmas train display, the 1,100 sq. ft. O scale model railroad layout includes 6 running trains at once, tunnels, water, bridges, auto roadway, and a huge ski mountain with 2 chairlifts.
- The Interpretive Center includes 8 different pieces of railroad equipment in various stages of restoration.
- The Visitor Center has artifacts to take you back to the old Moffat Road railroad times, plus the gift shop has handcrafted local artisan items and kids’ toys available.
- Come see the progress of the HO scale Moffat railroad model train layout being built in the Exhibit Hall! It will be a replica starting from the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel all the way to Craig, CO.
- Great entertainment for families as well as railroad enthusiasts!
Are you worried about the cold weather?
The Railroad Interpretive Center is outdoors; it’s fun to explore the historical equipment inside and out, and read the informational signs. Even if it’s cold outside, you’ll be plenty warm inside the Visitor Center & Gift Shop and the two model train rooms, where you can also take part in the Scavenger Hunt. You may go from outside to inside as you please!
Upcoming Events & News
Thanks to all who visited us on Halloween Night!
We had so much fun hosting our Museum’s Haunted Train for Halloween Night! The ol’ 1905 passenger coach truly was spooky and it surely didn’t disappoint our visiting guests! The O scale models trains running in the dark had a very creepy feel too.
The 1902 Depot has been successfully moved to our museum in Granby!!
We had a bit of a delay, but we are pleased to report hat the Dumont Depot was transported to our museum on Oct. 17.
Our Depot Fundraiser has kicked off! Help us move and restore the 120-year-old train depot that will become our Family Train Ride Ticket Window and Community Event Center at our Museum.
For questions, please call Executive Director, Dave Naples, at 970-281-9094.
Museum Announced as 2024 Best Museum!
We are very proud to again be the recipient of the Sky-Hi News’ 2024 Best of Grand Museum Winner and Family Entertainment Finalist!
We were pleased to pick up the same awards as last year. But we couldn’t have done it without some help. Thank you to everyone who voted for our museum – your support means a lot to us!
And we’d also like to congratulate all the other award recipients. We think the businesses and nonprofits in Grand are amazing, and like to see folks supporting “shop local”.
9 News Denver:
Colorado train museum expanding after record business
Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed to work on the new Moffat Railroad layout! Interested in working on this exciting project?
We are building the HO scale Moffat railroad model train layout, which will be a replica starting from the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel all the way to Craig. We are looking for some volunteers to help us out. There are multiple skill sets needed – electrician, carpenters, artists, model builders, etc. Whether you have any specific skills or not, we’d welcome anyone who would like to join us.
If interested, call Dave Naples at 970-281-9094.
Our Mission
To provide visitors significant opportunities to learn about and
experience the history of the Moffat Road Railroad
in Grand County, Colorado.
Plan Your Visit
Visitor Center & Gift Shop
There are countless artifacts from the railroad days on display, an interactive locomotive so that you and your kids can see how the train runs, and a delightful gift shop with BRIO & Lionel train sets too.
Model Railroad Display
Experience the magic of Christmas and model trains! Our snow-covered Christmas model railroad layout is on display and you can explore countless fun features. It’s over 1,100 square feet!
Interpretive Center
We wouldn’t be an official museum without these amazing railroad exhibits that are at various stages of restoration! Tour our fully-renovated 1923 UP Caboose completed this spring, plus more.
Family Train Ride
Coming Soon! Our train, that can accommodate both children and adults, is currently being custom built. We hope to have it up and running late fall 2025! Tickets will be available for purchase inside the Visitor Center for $4 per person.
Stay tuned for more info about the new family train ride!