Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A.T. & S.F. employee
- A railroad maintenance employee steps off of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight car. He wears overalls and a cap with, goggles attached, and carries a wooden tool box.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1950-1970.; Railroad employees--1950-1970.; Railroad freight cars--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1967?]
- Annual outing for Colorado Tire & Leather, Co. later to become Gates Rubber Co.
- Men, women, and children pose by a railroad passenger coach in Denver, Colorado, at the Colorado Tire and Leather Company annual employee outing. Three African-American men hold musical instruments.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Recreation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917 or 1918
- At Hanging Bridge
- Passengers pose with railroad employee in the rear "Canon" series observation car of eastbound No. 2, The Scenic Limited, of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, above the Arkansas River, near Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Passengers--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Close up of Corona in summer
- Electric poles surround the employee living quarters and heating plant, with smokestacks, at Corona (Grand County), Colorado. A snowshed is behind the buildings and has gables. This Denver & Salt Lake Railroad stop is located on Rollins Pass....
- Corona (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Corona--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1928]
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-2) #807, 15th Street, Denver
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 807 with a consist of freight cars, is stopped near 15th (Fifteenth) Street in the railroad yards in Denver, Colorado. A railroad employee stands near the front of the engine. A flat car with containers is...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Shipping.
- Colorado Midland at Ivanhoe
- View of Colorado Midland Railway locomotive number 1 at Ivanhoe (Pitkin County), Colorado. A railroad employee sits on the cowcatcher and the engineer sits in the cab. A sign on the side of a building reads "Western Union Telegraph Office."
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Ivanhoe (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- D & RGW tr. 16, engine 800 being serviced at La Veta
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad train no. 16, led by steam locomotive 800 (4-6-2), stopped at the railroad depot in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. A railroad employee oils a side rod, two men chat nearby. Shows a baggage car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; La Veta (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--La Veta--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--La Veta--1950-1960.
- 1951 July 3
- D&RGW
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad standard gauge locomotive (2-8-8-2) #3413, and narrow gauge locomotive (2-8-2) #482, with a pilot mounted snowplow, are near the depot in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows passenger and freight cars in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1949 January 8
- D&RGW standard gauge 2-8-0 1195, narrow gauge caboose 0585, Salida, Colo. annual Santa Claus train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive #1195 and narrow gauge caboose #0585 wait in the yard at Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "1195" and "Rio Grande." Lettering on the caboose reads:...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Salida (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tenderfoot Hill (Chaffee County, Colo.); Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.; Railroad shops &...
- 1955 December
- DTC employees
- Group portrait of Denver Tramway Company employees identified left to right: Fare Box Department (manager?), Ray Ross, Mert Kehoe, and George Lang next to a trolley in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Kehoe, Mert.; Lang, George, Denver City Tramway employee.;...
- [1910?]
- E.B. passenger Soldier Summit 766 on point
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 766 pulls a passenger train past the depot through snow at Soldier Summit, Utah. Employee houses are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Forks of the Creek, Clear Creek Cañon
- View west from the Forks Creek eating house and depot, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks leading to iron bridge and water tower seen at distant edge of depot; Forks Creek was junction of North...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Forks Creek (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1927]
- Garden City Western Railway, Kansas
- A railroad employee stands in front of Garden City Western Railway locomotive 25 and a tender near Garden City (Finney County), Kansas. The engineer leans out of the cab. Shows a field, utility poles and an electric transmission tower.
- Garden City Western Railway Company--1940-1950.; Garden City (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Kansas--Garden City--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Garden City--1940-1950.
- 1941 July 9
- General view of Morley and tipple
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Store, camp doctor's office, and company boarding house building is in the distance. Shows company housing, the powerhouse, and the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1930.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Morley--1900-1930.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1907 and 1930?]
- Hagerman Pass in winter, snow plow
- View of a Colorado Midland Railway rotary snowplow in operation on Hagerman Pass (Pitkin County), Colorado. A railway employee, man and a boy stand by a water tower.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Snow...
- [between 1880 and 1896?]
- June 13th on the Denver, Boulder & Western Ry
- Group of men, women and children posed on Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad (formerly Colorado and Northwestern) rear car's platform; train stopped at large snowbank; train employee standing on side, right background; women and girls in...
- Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company.
- 1909
- Locomotive
- A view of a railroad locomotive and passenger car near a water tank probably in Colorado. A railroad employee inspects the wheels. Men stand near the train. A horse drinks from a wooden cask.
- Railroads--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Louisville & Nashville R.R., 2-8-0 #666 Baldwin 1903, Hartsville, Tenn.
- An engineer sits in the cab of Louisville & Nashville railroad locomotive 666 on a moveable trestle in Hartsville (Trousdale County), Tennessee. A a railroad employee with a wooden pole moves the track. Lettering on the tender and locomotive reads:...
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Hartsville (Tenn.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Tennessee--Hartsville--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Tennessee--Hartsville--1940-1950.; Trestles--Tennessee--Hartsville--1940-1950.
- 1942 Oct. 30
- Mt. Audubon from Four Mile Cañon, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway (later became Denver, Boulder & Western) one-car passenger train going up Four Mile Canyon, Colorado; narrow gauge track cut in canyon wall; dirt road paralleling opposite side of Fourmile creek; snowy Mount...
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- R.R. graders dining hall
- Union Pacific Railroad construction workers sit and eat at rustic wooden tables in a wood and canvas lean-to in Rawlins (Carbon County), Wyoming. The men wear hats and work clothes. The table is set with metal eating implements and dishes.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1880-1890.; Rawlins (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Employee eating facilities--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Lean-tos--Wyoming--Rawlins--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1883 and 1887?]
- Rio Grande 1188 @ Utah Junction, 1:15 P.M.
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotive 1188 (2-8-0) stopped at Utah Junction (Adams County), Colorado. The locomotive leads a freight train with a consist of a work car and boxcars. A railroad employee stands near a railroad signal,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Utah Junction--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Utah Junction--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah...
- 1949 February 22
- Rio Grande 1600 h.p. Alco diesel no. 5202 leaving Wolhurst, 1:20 P.M.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Alco diesel 5202 near Wolhurst (Arapaho County), Colorado. A railroad employee works a signal, another walks behind the locomotive. .
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Wolhurst (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.
- 1953 February 15
- Soldier Summit - terminal
- Soldier Summit, Utah, is a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad terminal/switch yard covered in snow. Locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and cabooses are on the tracks, and men work picking ice from the switches. Passengers emerge at the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Passengers--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Soldier Summit - terminal
- Soldier Summit, Utah, is a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad terminal/switch yard covered in snow. Locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and cabooses are on the tracks, and men work picking ice from the switches. Passengers emerge at the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Soldier...
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Soldier Summit, Utah from west side
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight and coal cars wait in snow at Soldier Summit, Utah, between the depot and the engine house. Employee houses are to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Soldier Summit (Utah)--1920-1930.; Houses--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Soldier Summit--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Utah--Soldier...
- 1926?
- This is the round house and the three engines and I think a full crew except the repair gang
- A view of the Gilpin Tramway in Gilpin County, Colorado shows an engine house with the three shays (locomotives). The locomotives are, no. 1 "Gilpin", no. 2 "Russell", and no. 3 "Quartz Hill", lined up along with some of the railroad employees. At...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.;...
- 1890
- Union Pacific RR. 4-8-8-4 #4011, Harriman, Wyo.
- Union Pacific Railroad locomotive #4011 is beneath a coal tower at a coaling station in Harriman (Laramie County), Wyoming. Gondola freight cars loaded with coal are under a shelter beside the tower. Probably employee houses are nearby.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Harriman (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Coal--Wyoming--Harriman--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Wyoming--Harriman--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Harriman--1950-1960.;...
- 1958 August 31
- Walter W. Clark
- Portrait of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employee in the freight depot of Union Station, in Denver, Colorado. He stands by a baggage scale.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--People.--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Clark, Walter W.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Windy Point near summit of Pike's Peak
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called Pikes Peak Cog Road) engine number six and passenger car on Windy Point (elevation 12,129 feet) near summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado. The engine was built by Baldwin in 1906, converted to coal...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1920.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1915]
- Work shed
- A railroad employee stands in the doorway of a work shed near a coal hopper, railroad tracks and a sheet metal railroad water tank on supports.
- Railroad facilities--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--1880-1900.; Sheds--1880-1900.; Water tanks--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]