Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 68, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0; engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; (13+4) 17 cars, 8 MPH. Photographed: Leaving tank at Waterton, Colo., April 1, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Waterton.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 68, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0; engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; (13+4) 17 cars, 15 MPH; fine smoke effect. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., April 1, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 483, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 480, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 482, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 32 cars, 4 engines, one at front, two in middle of train, and one pushing. Photographed: near top of Marshall Pass, Colo., October 9, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Marshall Pass (Colo.); Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1953
- D&RGW locomotive (Narrow Gauge), engine number 490, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 482, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 498, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 481, engine type 2-8-2
- Storage line. Photographed: at Alamosa, Colo., May, 1967.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1967.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1967
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 71, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; standing. Photographed: at Dickey, Colorado., July 2, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dickey.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 73, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 75, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; snowing. Photographed: Leadville, Colorado., February 22. 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 75, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 76, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; stored. Photographed: Denver, Colo., March 18, 1945.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1945.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1945
- D&RGW locomotive (Narrow Gauge), engine number 498, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 496, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 491, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Chama, N.M., January 20, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- D&RGW locomotive (Narrow Gauge), engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 488, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 473, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Chama, N.M., March 24, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0; engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 58, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; helpers in train. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., May 2, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1935
- D&RGW locomotive, engine number 1146, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 802, engine type 4-6-2 and engine
- Engines decorated for the opeing of the dotsero cutoff. Photographed: Denver, Colo., June 16, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1934
- BN train, engine number 6445, engine type EMD SD 45 and engine number 6451, engine type EMD SD 45 and engine number 431, engine type EMD F 45
- Freight, westbound. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July, 1970.
- Locomotives--1970-1980.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1970.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Burlington Northern, Inc.
- 1970
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 474, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 492, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 23 cars, fine smoke effects, 493 pushing. Photographed: leaving Sargent, Colo., October 16, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sargent.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- UP locomotive, engine number 1346, engine type 4-6-0 and engine number 1333, engine type 4-6-0 and engine number 1321, engine type 4-6-0
- Stored, distant view. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1916.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1916.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1916
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 360, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; 11 cars, smoke effects; 361 in rear pushing. Photographed: above Cimarron, Colo., February 22, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 360, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; with freight and flanger, 11 cars, 361 in rear pushing. Photographed: leaving Cimarron, Colo., February 22, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 360, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; 11 cars, rear view, with smoke effects; 361 in rear pushing. Photographed: above Cimarron, Colo., February 22, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound, climbing west side of Cerro Summit; 20 cars; 456 in rear pushing . Photographed: above Cedar Creek, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cedar Creek.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound, distant view; 20 cars, 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: near top of Cerro Summit, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cerro Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound, climbing Cerro Summit; 28 cars, smoke effects; 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: West of Cimarron, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 20 cars; 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: east of Cedar Creek, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cedar Creek.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 28 cars, 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: leaving Cimarron, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 455, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 28 cars; 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: below the top of Cerro Summit, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cerro Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound, climbing east side of Cerro Summit; 28 cars, 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: west of Cimarron, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 361, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 456, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 28 cars, 456 in rear pushing. Photographed: near the top of Cerro Summit, Colo., May 8, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cerro Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 407, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 424, engine type 2-8-0- and engine number 403, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; 11 cars, 403 in rear pushing. Photographed: near Cimarron, Colo., May 28, 1923.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1923.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1923
- AT&SF train, engine number 934, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number 1703, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number 5010, engine type 2-10-4
- Westbound, Freight; 52 cars, 1705, 2-10-2 on rear. Photographed: down westside of Raton Pass, June 30, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Raton.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1948
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 1651, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number 926, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number 13, engine type EMC E6
- Train #21, El Capitan. Photographed: near Wootton, Colo., January 16, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Wootton.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1944
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 1797, engine type 2-8-8-2 and engine number 3719, engine type 4-8-2 and engine number 3713, engine type 4-8-2
- Train #4, California Limited; 1701, 2-10-2 pushing. Photographed: near Lynn, N.M., January 16, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lynn.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1944
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3814, engine type 2-10-2, and engine number 3822, engine type 2-10-2, and engine number 3768, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #19, The Chief; all 3 engines producing smoke and steam. Photographed: Wootton, Colo., December 29, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Wootton.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1940
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 69, engine type 2-8-0, engine type
- Freight, last train from Alma to Como, Colo.; 6 cars. Photographed: Near Alma Colo., April 11, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alma.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- D&RGW train, engine number 6001, engine type ALCO PA1 and engine number 6002, engine type ALCO PB1 and engine
- Train #17, California Zephyr; 12 cars. Photographed: Plain, Colo., 1950s.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Plain.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
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- D&RGW train, engine number 6011, engine type ALCO PA1 and engine number 6012, engine type ALCO PB1 and engine
- Train #17, California Zephyr; 11 cars, engines painted silver. Photographed: Plain, Colo., July 18, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Plain.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&RGW train, engine number 6011, engine type ALCO PA1 and engine number 6012, engine type ALCO PB1 and engine
- Train #17, California Zephyr. Photographed: leaving the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel, Colo., February 1, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Moffat Tunnel.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1953
- D&RGW train, engine number 6001, engine type ALCO PA1 and engine number 6002, engine type ALCO PB1 and engine
- Train #17, California Zephyr; Union Station, engines painted silver. Photographed: Denver, Colo., May 30, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&RGW train, engine number 6003, engine type ALCO PA1 and engine number 6002, engine type ALCO PB1 and engine
- Train #18, California Zephyr; 12 cars. Photographed: east of Tolland, Colo., June 14, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1953
- AT&SF train, engine number 926, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number 1651, engine type 2-10-2 and engine number
- Train #17, The Super Chief. Photographed: eastside of Raton Pass, west of Morley, Colo., April 9, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Morley.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1944
- CB&Q train, engine number 5082, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 5629, engine type 4-8-4
- Freight, westbound; steam obscures second engine. Photographed: east of Derby, Colo., March 11, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Derby.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1951
- D&RGW train, engine number 779, engine type 4-6-0 and engine number 1209, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #5, Panoramic; 8 cars, first engine smoking. Photographed: near Arvada, Colo., September 18, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Arvada.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 473, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 478, engine type 2-8-2
- Deadhead passenger; 14 cars, rear view of engine. Photographed: leaving Antonito, Colo., June 1, 1964.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1964.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Antonito.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1964
- MT locomotive, engine number 64, engine type 2-6-0 and engine number 66, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, rear view, from above. Photographed: Colorado City, Colo., February 16, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado City.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- 1949
- D&RGW train, engine number 1707, engine type 4-8-4 and Union Pacific engine number 3959, engine type 4-6-6-4
- Freight, eastbound; 100 cars, leased Unioon Pacific engine. Photographed: near Monument, Colo., February 21, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Monument.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1949
- D&RGW train, engine number 1707, engine type 4-8-4 and Union Pacific engine number 3959, engine type 4-6-6-4
- Freight, eastbound; 100 cars, leased Union Pacific engine. Photographed: near Palmer Lake, Colo., February 21, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1949
- D&RGW locomotive (Narrow Gauge), engine number 498, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Alamosa, Colo., 1960s.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960-1970.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
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- AT&SF train, engine number 4053, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 1052, engine type 2-6-2
- Freight; westbound; steam obscures second engine and train. Photographed: at Shattuck, Okla., April 18, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Oklahoma--Shattuck.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1937
- CB&Q locomotive (narrow gauge), engine number 537, engine type 2-8-O and Colorado & Southern engine number 72, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Bailey, Colo., April 11, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bailey.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&O diesel-electric locomotive, engine number 7086, engine type EMD F7 and engine number 7543, engine type EMD F7 and
- Photographed: Handley, W. Va., July 9, 1953.
- Diesel locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--West Virginia--Handley.; Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
- 1953
- D&RGW train, engine number 4003, engine type K-M Diesel and engine number 4002, engine type Hydraulic and engine
- Freight, eastbound; 96 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: Tolland, Colo., June 26, 1962.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1962.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1962
- D&RGW train, engine number 4003, engine type K-M Diesel and engine number 4002, engine type Hydraulic and engine number 4001
- Freight, westbound; 68 cars, 30 MPH, sunset. Photographed: near Castle Rock, Colo., August 7, 1962.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1962.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Castle Rock.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1962
- D&RGW train, engine number 4003, engine type K-M Diesel and engine number 4002, engine type Hydraulic and engine and number 4001
- Freight, eastbound; 96 cars. Photographed: Rollinsville, Colo., June 26, 1962.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1962.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rollinsville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1962