Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327 letter box slot
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the several unidentified men in front of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1935
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337 interior
- Photograph of the interior of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1938
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform maintenance-of-way...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform maintenance-of-way...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform maintenance-of-way...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform maintenance-of-way...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform maintenance-of-way...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the interior of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337 with its cable and hooking system. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Boom Car RGX-3337. The car functioned with D&RGW Derrick No. 27 from circa 1957 until 1997. The D&RGW's Salt Lake City car shops refitted the elegant business car to perform maintenance-of-way...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1994
- Steam clam & gondola rip-rapping
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of a crane-shovel loading a gondola or dummy car; lettering reads: "D&RGW 0131," and "D&RGW 010984." Men walk in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad cars--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.; Steam shovels--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997 March
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1994 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 kitchen
- Photograph of the gutted kitchen in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 dining guests
- Photograph of guest dining in the the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1935
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 sleeper
- Photograph of the interior sleeper in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 3006
- Locomotive No. 3006 is a rare surviving example of a second-generation diesel road switcher that remains in near original operating condition. General Motors Corporation constructed the locomotive in 1962 as part of its GP-30 series. The D&RGW used...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1997
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 3006
- Locomotive No. 3006 is a rare surviving example of a second-generation diesel road switcher that remains in near original operating condition. General Motors Corporation constructed the locomotive in 1962 as part of its GP-30 series. The D&RGW used...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 September 29
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 3006
- Locomotive No. 3006 is a rare surviving example of a second-generation diesel road switcher that remains in near original operating condition. General Motors Corporation constructed the locomotive in 1962 as part of its GP-30 series. The D&RGW used...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 2000 August
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 3006
- Locomotive No. 3006 is a rare surviving example of a second-generation diesel road switcher that remains in near original operating condition. General Motors Corporation constructed the locomotive in 1962 as part of its GP-30 series. The D&RGW used...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 2000 August
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 3006
- Locomotive No. 3006 is a rare surviving example of a second-generation diesel road switcher that remains in near original operating condition. General Motors Corporation constructed the locomotive in 1962 as part of its GP-30 series. The D&RGW used...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 2000 August
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 3006
- Locomotive No. 3006 is a rare surviving example of a second-generation diesel road switcher that remains in near original operating condition. General Motors Corporation constructed the locomotive in 1962 as part of its GP-30 series. The D&RGW used...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 2000 August
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Covered Hopper No. 18387
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) Covered Hopper No. 18387 is a representative example of a type of railroad rolling stock designed specifically to transport dry powdered materials, such as grain and cement. The 1949 car dates to a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 2001 March
- D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 74
- View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1880-1890.; Scofield (Utah)--1880-1890.; Girls--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Loco #3606 & freight D&RGW 3606, 2-8-8-2 simple articulated, northbound on D&RGW-ATSF (ATSF MP 715)
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3606 approaching Sedalia, Colorado, northbound on the D&RGW / Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe joint line. Hay and chicken wire are piled above the headlamp.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.
- 1930
- D&RGW open platform lounge observation 'Eagle Canon' at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Men and women pose on a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad train observation platform; sign reads "Denver & Rio Grande Western Scenic Limited."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- June, 1926
- D&RGW business car A-1 at Salt Lake City Union Depot, Utah
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger coach; people posed on the observation deck and the ground are identified as (l to r): Frank A. Wadleigh, Pass Traffic Mgr; A. R. Stevens Secy; Mrs Gertrude Wild; Fred Wild, Vice Pres...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Utah--Salt Lake City--1920-1930.; Women--Utah--Salt Lake City--1920-1930.; Stevens, A. R., Secretary.; Wadleigh, Frank A.;...
- 1924?
- Interior views of EX-WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, and oil paintings.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX-WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, leaded glass, and the opening into the kitchen.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters) tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, leaded glass, and the opening into the kitchen.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters) tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, leaded glass, and the opening into the kitchen.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters), men and women passengers, tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, and leaded glass.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Passengers--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- D&RGW 202, NG 2-8-0, switching on three-rail trackage in front of station at Durango, Colorado
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad depot at Durango, Colorado; shows D&RGW locomotive 202 (Elk Creek), a Rio Grande Southern passenger train, a Farmington Branch boxcar, and men and women by baggage carts. Sign reads: "Western Union...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1920-1930.; Durango (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- Spring, 1923
- Curecanti Needle, along the narrow gauge line of the D&RGW through the Black Canon of the Gunnison River. View west.
- View of the Curecanti Needle, a rock formation beside the Gunnison River, in Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Curecanti Needle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.
- 1926?
- D&RGW 1023, 2-8-0, and ditcher #086 in work train service, seven + miles south of Castle Rock, Colorado, north bound main line
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction train, Douglas County, Colorado; shows men posing with a flatbed-mounted scoop shovel ditching machine.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--Douglas County--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Douglas County--1920-1930.; Railroad construction...
- 1926 August
- D&RGW narrow gauge lines Lake Fork Junction, Colorado
- View of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a man fishing and a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge trestle bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Fishing--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- D&RGW narrow gauge lines Lake Fork Junction, Colorado
- View of Lake Fork junction, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows the Gunnison River, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (narrow gauge) and U.S. Highway 50 bridges, and a United States flag atop a rock pinnacle.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Tomahawk & Western R.R. (fictional name) boxcar 32 (D&RGW 3745), combine 107 (D&RGW 212), D&RGW caboose 04343, Hermosa, Colo., on D&RGW Silverton branch, used in Hollywood film "Ticket to Tomahawk."
- A "Tomahawk & Western Railroad" train (fictional railroad company), used in the movie "A Ticket to Tomahawk," travels near Hermosa (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows boxcar #32 (Denver and Rio Grande Western #3745), combine car #107 (Denver and Rio...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Railroads in motion pictures--Colorado--Hermosa--1940-1950.; Tomahawk & Western Railroad (Fictional railroad)--1940-1950.; Motion picture...
- 1949 October 4