Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rico, Colo.
- View of Rico, Ouray County, Colorado; shows frame buildings, a lumberyard, and boxcars of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1870-1880.; Rico (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Rico--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Ouray branch?
- View of mountains and a valley, in (probably) Ouray or San Juan County, Colorado; shows ranch houses, dirt road, and tracks of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Mystic Falls
- View of a high waterfall identified as Mystic Falls in a gorge probably in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a forest, rock formations, boulders in the creek, and fallen trees. In the distance is a high wooden railroad trestle of the Rio Grande...
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad Depot, Telluride
- View west towards Rio Grande Southern Railroad Depot and two sets of narrow gauge tracks, Telluride, Colorado. Rectangular wood frame building with distinctive overhanging eaves and brackets has clapboard siding, trimboard and wood wainscot wood...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1920.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Bellow [sic] Telluride, Colo.
- Rio Grande Southern railroad tracks cut across a valley outside of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The snow covered San Juan mountain range with Ajax Peak are in background.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Ophir Loop, Colo.
- The small town of Ophir and the Ophir Loop of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad shown from a distance. A line of burros is being loaded onto a train in the background.
- Ophir (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Sept 1st 1906
- View east towards Rio Grande Southern Railroad Yards and snowcovered Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks, Telluride, Colorado; shows station yard with two long passing narrow gauge tracks, two thirty-car spurs, single-story wooden frame depot, a...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1905-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [1906]
- Ophir Loop and Cathedral Spires
- View of Rio Grande Southern Railroad three elevations of narrow gauge track & railroad grade at Ophir Loop, Colorado near rock formation Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires); wooden trestle - section of Ophir Loop.
- Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: At Ridgway, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Ridgway, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Peak, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: At Peak, Colorado, May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Sams, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sams.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Above Brown, Colo., on Bridge, May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Leonard, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leonard.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Brown, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: At Placerville, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Placerville, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS train, engine number 20 , engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: below Rico, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 4 cars. Photographed: near Gallagher, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gallagher.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; on low bridge, 4 cars. Photographed: near Rico, Colo., May 30, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: below Peak, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: on trestle, near Leonard, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leonard.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: Ridgway, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: near Peak, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: on trestle, near Brown, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: near Placerville, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: leaving Brown, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: on trestle near Sams, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sams.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: below Pandora, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pandora.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: at Telluride, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Telluride.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: near Peak, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: near Placerville, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: near Brown, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; distant view, 6 cars. Photographed: near Telluride, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Telluride.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: near Pandora, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pandora.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: near Placerville, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: Ridgway, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 5 cars. Photographed: approaching Telluride, Colo., May 28, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Telluride.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1949
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: leaving Ridgway, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; smoke effect, 6 cars. Photographed: near Hagen's Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hagen.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: below Peak, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: below Sams, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sams.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: on trestle, near Leonard, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leonard.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: leaving Brown, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: at Placerville, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; distant view, 6 cars. Photographed: on Keystone Hill, near Telluride, Colo., September 1, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Telluride.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: near Telluride, Colo., September 2, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Telluride.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: at Ilium, Colo., September 2, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ilium.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 6 cars. Photographed: on trestle, at Ophir, Colo., September 2, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ophir.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951