Our Community Events at Moffat Road Railroad Museum
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This fall we have our 4th Annual Haunted Train for Halloween Night and are busy planning our Holiday Season events (yep, Santa will be visiting us December 20-22!)
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Calling All Spooks & Goblins!
Join us for our 4th Annual Haunted Train, where we “spook up” our train museum for Halloween Night! The Haunted Train is the ol’ 1905 passenger coach and it surely won’t disappoint our visitors! The O scale models trains will be running in the dark (it looks completely different!), and we’ll have candy for trick-or-treaters. Costumes encouraged. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Entry is $4 (cash please) per person. Kids, be sure to bring your trick-or-treat bag or bucket.
Volunteers Greatly Appreciated!
10/26 & 27, 10 am-4 pm
And/or 10/28 4:30-6:30 pm –
Haunted Train set up (decorate inside coach, set up animatronics, etc.) – We need a lot of help!
Day of event, Oct 31
Arrive by 3:30 pm and event runs til 7:30 pm –
Halloween event haunting crew inside the coach, passing out candy and directing visitors – We need 14 volunteers and we have 5 so far. Please wear costumes.
You’ll Find Us at These Upcoming Model Train Shows
Past Events Held:
July 4th Weekend
CO Railroad Heritage Week
Dad’s Day Deal!
3rd Annual Granby Easter Egg Hunt
Annual Meeting & Membership Drive
Hosted 3 Holiday Events this December
Haunted Halloween Train
David’s B’day Bash
Granby’s Easter Egg Hunt
Santa & Reindeer Visited Us!
Haunted Halloween Train
Fourth of July Celebration
The Grand Eggstravaganza
Hippity hoppity Easter’s on its way! Make plans to bring your family to the Moffat museum on Saturday, April 16 for the egg hunt that will start at 10 am. Come see the Easter Bunny and admire the model trains for FREE! Then head over to River Run Resort for a lunch ($6/person) and live music. Great day for the whole family. And a special thanks to all the partners – we couldn’t do this event without all of you!
Open for Spring Break
Although we are typically closed for the winter to work on restoration projects, we are OPEN for Spring Break: March 11-20 (except closed March 14 & 15) from 10 am-5 pm.
Open Presidents Day Weekend
Good news! We will be open for special hours over Presidents Weekend (Feb 18-21, 2022 from 10 am-6 pm daily).
Santa & His Reindeer Coming to Visit
Kids, mark your parents’ calendars for December 18 & 19!
Saturday, December 18, 10 am-4 pm
Sunday, December 19, 1-5 pm
Cost: $5 per child to see Santa
We’ll also have Holiday Train Storytime (read both in English & Spanish), Christmas Cookies & Milk, and Free, DIY Gift Wrapping Station for Gift Shop purchases!
Haunted Train for Halloween
We had a blast-and-a-half spooking kids of all ages. We were surprised how many young ones got on board the train, and we quickly figured out how to downplay the scariness level when needed. Click the button below to view event photos and a short video and/or check out our Facebook page @MoffatRoadRailroadMuseum.
1922 Steam Locomotive Arrived October 8th!
The 1922 WestSide Lumber #8 3-truck Shay was relocated from the Royal Gorge Route Railroad in Canon City, CO to the museum’s Interpretive Center! It was transported by truck to Granby and then a crane service assisted with positioning the locomotive onto the display track.
September 4th Crawfish Boil
Thanks to those who joined us for our Louisiana-style Crawfish Boil on Saturday, September 4th, 2021. We hope everyone enjoyed the food, activities and music!
We couldn’t have done it without the hard work and hustle of our staff, board and friends! We are very grateful to them and would like to thank everyone who helped.
And a special thanks to Fontenot’s for providing the delicious food and Diane Ehlert with Elev8 Your Cause for being our event planner and marketer.
We hope to see everyone again this holiday season with your visiting family
and friends!
Check out the event photos below.
Event Photos – September 4th Crawfish Boil
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 summer 2024! 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!