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Museum Name Forney Museum of Transportation
Location Denver, CO
Museum Type History Museum
Operation Static Display
# of Collection  
Website www.forneymuseum.com

Transit Museums, North America
Forney Museum of Transportation

This museum has a very diverse transportation collection. They have a huge UP Big Boy steam locomotive, a couple of smaller steam locomotives, a rotary plow and a few passenger cars. They also have a Denver Cable car and streetcar on display. The museum also features a huge assortment of automobiles.

Of course the museum also has a Forney steam locomotive. They locomotives were very popular with mining and elevated railways.

The photos below are a mere sampling of the cars in their collection. All photos were taken during a brief visit to the site on 7/11/01. Please enjoy!  

forney-07.jpg (156774 bytes)The museum's namesake, the Forney Locomotive. A very versatile locomotive. forney-08.jpg (160655 bytes)This museum was founded by a decedent of the inventor of this special engine.
forney-03.jpg (181588 bytes)UP Big Boy, the largest Steam Locomotive ever built. It is very impressive. forney-02.jpg (212265 bytes)This is looking down the side of the Big Boy, it dominates a good portion of the museum.
forney-13.jpg (215592 bytes)Immaculately restored Denver Cable car. forney-09.jpg (143056 bytes)Denver Tramways streetcar (body only)

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