Laramie Historic Railroad Depot

09/03/2026

ATTENTION: The Museum has acquired a device that can digitally record any VHS tape. Anyone who can provide the depot with home railroad vhs tapes (not mass produced) around Laramie and the Medicine Bow Mountains will receive a free photo print of their choice from the Depot photo library. Please reply to this post if you have any railroad home vhs tapes that you know of.
Photo by Jim JP Pallow.

09/02/2026

Autumn on the Wyoming/Colorado shot by Jim JP Pallow at Albany. To see more photos like this consider donating to us at https://laramiedepot.org/donate

09/01/2026

James R. “Jim” Jones Documents the scrapping at WYCO’s end of track in June 1996. It wouldn’t be until 1999 that scrapping reached back to Laramie. To see more video like this, consider donating to us at https://laramiedepot.org/donate

09/01/2026

A Wyoming Scenic Railroad (WSR) Historic Memorabilia Design by Benjamin Moore. To see more designs, consider donating to us at https://laramiedepot.org/donate

09/01/2026

The Wyoming Scenic Railroad (WSR) Excursion Train shot on Sony 8mm by James R. "Jim" Jones on June 25th, 1995. This was his first video tape, and also the last time he shot the WSR Excursion Train before its' last run on November 10th, 1995. Even though the entire chase is on YouTube, it is uploaded on here for our many viewers who don't use that platform.

The locations shot on this tape are as follows:

Runby by the Overland Trail Marker on Highway 130.

Runby at Windmill Hollow by Highway 130.

Pacing on Highway 130 from the V-Bar Guest Ranch to Centennial.

Runby over the bridge at Centennial.

Runby at the first crossing at Albany.

Lake Owen (Entering the Siding)

Switching the Locomotives at Lake Owen

Leaving Lake Owen near the water tower foundations after backing up.

Runby at the Albany Snowmobile Parking Lot

Runby over the bridge at the first crossing at Albany.

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08/31/2026

The longest pacing shot on the Wyoming Scenic Railroad (WSR) by James R. “Jim” Jones on June 25th, 1995. Please consider donating to us at https://laramiedepot.org/donate to see more film like this.

08/30/2026

Benjamin Moore HO Scale WYCO FP7s will be prominently featured in this year’s Open House held November 7th and 8th! To help support depot projects, consider donating to us at https://laramiedepot.org/donate

08/30/2026

Lewis’ new HO Lincoln Heritage unit on a Nikon D3100. To see more photos like these, consider donating to us at https://laramiedepot.org/donate

08/28/2026

Union Pacific 535’s younger sister 616 has apparently just undergone asbestos removal to prepare for a full restoration. If they succeed they will have the only functional UP C-57 2-8-0 locomotive. It’d be great to see how they restore their locomotive to compare to what may need to be done if 535 was ever considered for restoration. Unfortunately 535’s frame is cracked, so it would be extremely taxing.

Restoration work has begun on the historic Union Pacific locomotive...