Skip to content
South Park Rail Como Project (Como Roundhouse), Como, CO

Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sightseeing

South Park Rail Como Project (Como Roundhouse)

A stone railway roundhouse in Como, Colorado, built in 1881, being restored by the South Park Rail Society into a railway history museum.

Como, CO

About South Park Rail Como Project (Como Roundhouse)

The Como Roundhouse was built in 1881 by Italian stonemasons as the maintenance center for locomotives working out of Como. Its stalls were later expanded, and after the railway left town in 1939 the building served several uses, including a sawmill in the 1950s. The South Park Rail Society leased the roundhouse in 2016 and is working to preserve and restore it as part of the broader Como Project, which also covers the nearby depot and hotel. Current work includes developing two stalls into a locomotive serving area, replicating the original wooden floor, and building a public museum focused on South Park railway history. The society says it does not plan to run a tourist railroad from Como; instead it intends to run a steam locomotive on a rebuilt railyard for special events.

  • #railway
  • #roundhouse
  • #restoration
  • #museum-in-progress
  • #Como

What's around here?

The closest stops to South Park Rail Como Project (Como Roundhouse), ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    South Park City

    Under $25

    Outdoor museum recreating a Colorado mining town from roughly 1860 to 1900, with dozens of relocated historic buildings in Fairplay.

    8.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Performance Tours Rafting

    $50+

    Family-owned whitewater rafting outfitter running guided trips on the Arkansas and Blue Rivers.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    14 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Iconic

    Breckenridge Ski Resort

    $50+

    Ski five peaks above the town of Breckenridge, including a chairlift that tops out at 12,840 feet.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    14 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sightseeing

    Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway

    Check prices

    A 49-mile mountain drive in Clear Creek and Jefferson counties that climbs to near 14,000 feet, ending above timberline with views across the Front Range.

    23 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Argo Gold Mine and Mill

    $25–$50

    A preserved 1900s gold mill and mine tunnel in Idaho Springs, with guided tours and gold panning.

    36 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Family Favorite

    Dinosaur Ridge

    No admission fee

    Walk a paved ridge road past more than 250 dinosaur tracks and Jurassic bones still set in the rock.

    45 mi awayMore like this

Near South Park Rail Como Project (Como Roundhouse)

More of the same kind

Keep exploring