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“the galloping goose!”
The Galloping Goose Historical Society of Dolores, Inc. was founded in 1987. The Society’s first big project (in 1991) was to build a replica of the original RGS Dolores depot. The new building is slightly northeast of the original location. It is a Victorian structure and painted in the RGS color scheme of buff yellow with brown trim. It contains the Society’s Rio Grande Southern Railroad Museum and gift shop. In 1997 and 1998, the Society completely restored Galloping Goose No. 5 to operating condition through the efforts of hundreds of hours of volunteer labor and thousands of dollars in donations. Goose No. 5 made its first run in almost 47 years on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in May 1998. Goose No. 5 is now a very popular attraction operating on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in June and on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad during Railfest in August. In 1999 the Society obtained ownership of RGS coach 256 and plans to restore it for static display in front of the Dolores Town Hall as the Chamber of Commerce visitors center and perhaps eventually to restore it to operating condition.
Center of town, plenty of parking, great place for kids with interest in trains and train history Read more
Disappointed. Drove here from Durango but sign in window says closed. Yelp says it's open but apparently no one manages their site. Read more
My wife and I visited this fascinating museum on October 23, 2015. This was the last day of the season. They were closing for the winter. I am a railroad nut. I am a history nut. My wife is not a... Read more
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Museum
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