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Denver, Colorado: Forney Transportation Museum: Amelia Earhart's Car

A vast collection of automobiles that also has the world's largest steam locomotive and an exhibit on Alferd Packer, Colorado's favorite cannibal.

Address:
4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver, CO
Directions:
Just south of I-70 exit 275-B.
Phone:
303-297-1113
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Forney Transportation Museum.

Forney Transportation Museum: Amelia Earhart's Car

The new location is easy to miss because it's back off the road a bit. Really nice collection that switches out monthly, according to the nice lady behind the desk. Well worth a visit for the cars alone, not to mention the trains and the room full of classic motorcycles.

[Steve, 08/28/2023]
Forney Transportation Museum: Amelia Earhart's Car

Lots of original cars, bikes, and an early flying car! The locomotive on display is overwhelming.

[Cvarland, 04/04/2017]
Forney Transportation Museum: Amelia Earhart's Car

Sadly, Alferd Packer and his victims are in storage because they scared children away. However, Amelia Earhart's car has something called "orphan seats" that are well worth seeing.

[Jeffwagg, 12/13/2012]

Big Boy.

Forney Transportation Museum

The Forney Museum is open in its new digs just off of Brighton Blvd, south of I-70. The new building is a vast improvement. The museum's Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam locomotive [4005] is now indoors, protected from vandals and the elements. Moving it was no small feat, involving many hundreds of yards of "temporary" track, which had to be strong enough to support one of the largest engines ever made. The hundreds of early 20th-century automobiles from all over the world are now better-displayed and protected. For Jack Forney and his many friends/volunteers, this has been a labor of love.

[Rick Staples, 06/26/2001]

Nov. 2010 - photo added.

Amelia's car.

Forney Transportation Museum

The Forney Transportation Museum is not gone here in Denver -- it has simply moved. Yes, the old two story brick building near the Platte River that the museum was in from the 60s on is now gutted and being remodeled for REI...but the museum has moved to a nicer building that is newer and easier to maintain (the maintenance costs on afactory building built near the turn of the century were kind of high, believe it or not!). Just head west on Interstate 70 until you see the signs for the Denver Coliseum (home of the National Western Stock Show), get off at the next exit and you should see some signs to guide you to the new location.

[From a Denver native, 07/02/1999]

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