Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cheyenne, Wyoming, Frontier Days Parade
- A miniature Union Pacific train passes by a crowd of men, women and children at a Frontier Days parade in Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming. Neon business signs include: "Kaufman Hardware," "Woodrick and Allen Florsheim Shoes," "The Irene Shoppe,...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1950-1960.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.; Miniature railroads--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- View of a train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River; a group of bystanders stands near the train surrounded by wreckage. The...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Sign for the Pioneer Train, Denver Zoo, Denver
- View of a sign for the Pioneer Train located in the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street, in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The wooden sign has a painted image of the miniature train and reads: "Pioneer Train Ride," "Train Tickets 75 cents, Children Under...
- Denver Zoo--1970-1980.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Miniature railroads.; Parks.; Signs (Notices); Zoos.; Denver Zoo--Pictorial works.; Railroads, Miniature--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 1977
- Colorado & Southern train stopped under high bridge Georgetown loop.
- Passengers and crew pose on and near Colorado & Southern Railway passenger train number 7 stopped beneath the high bridge (Devil's Gate Viaduct) on the Georgetown loop near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Well dressed men, women,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Passengers.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad employees.; Streams.; Tourists.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado & Southern
- View of train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River with a pile of rough timber nearby. People stand by the train to inspect...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- View of train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River with a pile of rough timber nearby. People stand by the train to inspect...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 01
- Colorado & Southern Train at Central City, Colorado Train Depot
- Image of Central City, Colorado, from the Central City Train Depot. In the foreground is the end of a Colorado & Southern Railroad locomotive with two visible cars attached to it. A man and a boy stand inside the train's cab. Two men wearing...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Central City--1940-1960.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70. passenger; 2 cars, last train, photographed from train. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- UP train, engine number 2202, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #354, mixed train; 3 cars, smoke and steam hides the train. Photographed: near Archer, Wyo., December 5, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Archer.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1948
- UP train, engine number 5088, engine type 2-10-2
- Train #369, mixed train; steam obscures train. Photographed: leaving Watkins, Colo., August 21, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Watkins.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- DB&W Train at Sugar Loaf Station 1916
- A train of the Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad winds around a snow-covered hillside in the background, at Sugarloaf in Boulder County, Colorado. Large clouds of dark smoke puff from the two engines on the train, one in the front and one in the...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sugarloaf (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company.
- [1916?]
- Miniature train @ City Park, Denver, 5:45 P.M.
- View of the miniature train at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The train travels over a bridge with concrete pilings. The engineer sit in the front of the train and men, women and children sit in the open passenger cars. The logo on the front of the...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949 May 22
- Early days in Creede
- Passengers wait on a crowded train platform of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Bearded men sit or stand atop train cars in front of a platform at the tracks. One of the three tracks is...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Trains
- Two men walk in the right background near a set of train tracks that runs parallel to another set of tracks where a passenger train is stopped, probably in Colorado. The train is pulled by engine number "701." A bicycle is leaning against a...
- Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Arrow, Colo. on the Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) passenger train at Arrow, Colorado train station; dining room, Elk Saloon and rooms, Cottage Bar, hotel, and New England Kitchen are identifiable businesses; wooden frame...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Billboards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Black Hawk, Mills
- View northwest up the gulley formed by North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Bates Hill, Bobtail Mill, and the Colorado Shoe store on Gregory Street. Mills, processors, and samplers are in the distance; a narrow-gauge train is on...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Central City
- Image of the Colorado Central Railroad train upon its arrival in Central City, Colorado. In the foreground is the train. Several men dressed in suits and hats stand in front of the locomotive. The train's engineer sits in the cab. In the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- 1878
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Ski Train
- View of the Colorado Denver & Rio Grande Ski Train, Locomotive 3109, near Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado. Beginning in 1940 until its closure in 2009, the Ski Train carried passengers from Denver to Winter Park during the winter ski season.
- Ski Train (Excursion train)--1980-1990.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Grand County--1980-1990.; Grand County (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad locomotives.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Ski Train (Excursion...
- 1983
- The first D&RG train arriving in Creede
- Men and boys sit or stand on a train, or in a crowd on the timber platform beside a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad passenger train, the first to arrive in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse teams and wagons near the train, timber...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 February
- Colorado Midland passenger train
- Passengers and crew pose by and on a Colorado Midland passenger train. The train is led by steam locomotive 28, (Schenectady Locomotive Works, 1887).
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Passengers.; Railroads.
- [between 1897 and 1900?]
- Gilpin Tramway work train
- View of a Gilpin Tramway Company work train led by locomotive no. 4. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "G. 4 T." and "4." The engineer and fireman stand in the door and window of the locomotive. A well dressed man in a suit, tie and hat, sits on...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars.; Railroad employees.; Railroad locomotives.
- 1908
- Denver and Rio Grande passenger train at Denver Union Station
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Passenger train stopped at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The train's steam locomotive is examined by railroad employees and well dressed men. Shows one end of the Railroad Gothic Style building constructed of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad baggage cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad passenger cars.; Railroad stations.
- [between 1891and 1894?]
- Colorado Midland RR excursion train
- Shows a group of tourists from a Colorado Midland Railway Company excursion train as they explore the hill above the train in Colorado. They climb, sit and stand on a grassy slope along a stop on their route. The women wear long dresses and hats...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 August 14
- Passenger train at Union Station in Denver
- A group of passengers stop to talk on the platform at the rear of a train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Four train conductors stand next to the doorways that lead into the railroad passenger cars.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Engineers sit in the locomotive and two men stand on the tracks near a passenger car. Labels on the train read: "C.R.I. & P.," "1112," "Chicago, Rock...
- Railroad employees--Colorado--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Two men stand on the tracks near a passenger car. Labels on the train read: "Pullman," "1098," "Rocky Mountain Limited," "Westlake," and "Manila."
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Two men stand near a chair car. Labels painted on the train read: "Chair Car," "Dining Car," "711," "648," "608."
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway train
- A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway train sits on tracks probably in Colorado. Shows the dining car, chair cars, and other passenger cars. Labels painted on the train cars read: "Westlake," "Manila," "Dining Car," and "Chair Car."
- Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Miniture [sic] train, Elitch Garden, Denver
- Miniature steam-powered train, Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado; Fred Root built steam engines for Elitch's (viewed as engineer); men, women and small children riding train; benches, tables and refreshment stand, background; directional signs "To...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bridge washed out with train wrecked
- The wreckage of probably a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train after a bridge collapse near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows a train derailment on the bridge. Crushed and overturned railroad cars lie in the river, some cars...
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 4, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, Denver to Grant, Colo. train, Sunday only; 3 cars, 8 MPH. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., August 9, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1931
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; photographed from train; 2 cars. Photographed: climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; photographed from train; 2 cars. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 2 cars. Photographed: Approaching Boreas Pass showshed, photographed from train, February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; flanger and 2 cars, last train to Leadville. Photographed: Como, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, last train, roundhouse in background. Photographed: April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; photographed from last train, 2 cars. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, photographed from last train. Photographed: Climbing Boreas Pass, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, photographed from last train. Photographed: Near top of Boreas Pass Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, last eastbound train. Photographed: Near Waterton, Colo., April 10, 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 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 2 cars, last train. Photographed: East of Waterton, Colo., April 10, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 2 cars, last train. Photographed: Near Chatfield, Colo., April 10, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Chatfield.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, with last South Park passenger train. Photographed: Ready to leave Denver for Como, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars, with last South Park passenger train . Photographed: Ready to leave Denver for Como, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #70, passenger; 3 cars, from last train. Photographed: In South Platte Canyon near Mill Gulch, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mill Gulch.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #70, passenger; 3 cars. Photographed: Approaching bridge near Strontia Springs, Colo., photographed from last train, April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Strontia Springs.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #70, passenger; 3 cars, on last westbound train. Photographed: Baileys, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bailey.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- MP train, engine number 7508, engine type 4-6-0
- Train #610, passenger train; smoke and steam effect. Photographed: leaving Lincoln, Nebr., February 21, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Lincoln.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1932
- C&S train, engine number 327, engine type 4-6-0 and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe engine number 3763, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #6, passenger; 16 cars, 35 MPH; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train. Photographed: Approaching Denver, Colo., July 7, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1936