Pikes Peak Trolley Museum and Restoration Shop

Had to do something rail-related today... Afterall, it's National Train Day. So, having not been to this place yet since moving to Colorado Springs, it was off to the Pikes Peak Trolley Museum and Restoration Shop. The big surprise was finding a Southern Pacific Daylight car in their yard. It's currently marked MCRX 10400 and we were told it was originally a dining car that was later converted to a Maintenance-of-Way car. Another bit of a surprise was they had several Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority trolleys that would have been running in Philadelphia, PA about the time my Dad (Papa Bill) was growing up there or shortly thereafter. He may well have seen or even ridden one of these!  The tour ends with a little ride on a trolley up and down a short display track.

But first, as it was raining, we had breakfast at La Baguette.
Then off to the Museum in sunshine!

That bright orange small HO trolley is a dead-ringer for
the one I ran as a boy on my Dad's layout in Kansas City.

Very cool Polar Express layout

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Last ran on the Manitou Cog Railway in 2017.

Same cog railway car as noted above.

The Southern Pacific Daylight car

There were several model layouts and tons
of displayed model trains and artifacts in their
Rock Island railcar.