Forney Museum of Transportation

Forney Museum of Transportation is off I-70 exit 275B (Brighton Blvd.), then 2 blks. s. to 4303 Brighton Blvd., near the Denver Coliseum. The museum features more than 100 antique and classic cars, carriages, bicycles and other vehicles. Rail equipment and hundreds of die-cast models also are on display. Notable exhibits include “Big Boy,” said to be the world’s largest successfully operated steam locomotive at 134 feet long and weighing more than 1 million pounds; Amelia Earhart’s first car; Denver's only surviving cable-operated trolley; and an 1817 Draisienne, one of the first bicycles ever made.

Time: Allow 1 hour minimum.