The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher
to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
View of the town of Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows Bear Creek, a Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad train with a load of lime rock, the railroad depot and turntable, a church, commercial and residential buildings. A sign reads:...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.;...
A train pulls a load of lime rock through the town of Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado as a man stands on the railroad turntable. Shows engine number "110" and Union Pacific freight car number "24562" of the Denver, South Park & Pacific...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.;...
View of a mountainside turntable on the Silverton Northern Railroad with two locomotives, a boxcar, and frame snow shed in San Juan County or La Plata County, Colorado.
View of the Arkansas River from the edge of Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks, the roundhouse and turntable. The Sawatch Mountains are in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Arkansas River--1880-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.
View northwest along North Clear Creek toward downtown Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Colorado Central Railroad turntable, depot, track, and cars. Maryland mountain in the far distance. Presbyterian church and school house sit elevated to the left...
Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
View of mountainside turntable on Silverton Northern railroad with two locomotives, tenders, boxcar and frame snow shed, San Juan County or La Plata County, Colorado.
Railroad workers pose on Denver and Rio Grande locomotive number "404" on the turntable at the roundhouse in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Locomotives are parked in stalls in the roundhouse. Shows locomotives and tenders number: "267," "409"...
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1900.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Railroad...
View of construction workers s they build a railroad turntable for the Colorado and Southern Railway in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wooden concrete forms, construction equipment, trains and shops are at the work site. A bucket of fill...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Railroad construction &...
Colorado and Southern railroad workers pour concrete into forms for a railroad turntable in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A cement mixer and construction materials are scattered around the job site. Railroad freight cars and repair shops...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Railroad construction...
View of the construction of a Colorado and Southern railroad turntable in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Construction workers build wooden concrete forms below grade. A group of workers stand and watch. Repair shops and construction...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Railroad construction...
View of the Union Pacific Railroad roundhouse in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. A railroad locomotive is near the stone building and turntable. Snow is on the ground.
Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Railroad roundhouses--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Stone buildings--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
Men pose on locomotive number "218" on the turntable at the Denver and Rio Grande roundhouse and shops in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows railroad workers, locomotives in stalls, coal, tenders numbered: "62," "267," "409" and "711," and...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1880-1900.; Railroad...
View northwest along North Clear Creek toward downtown Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Colorado Central Railroad turntable, depot, track, and cars. Maryland mountain in the far distance. Presbyterian church and school house sit elevated to the left...
Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
Frame or brick houses and commercial buildings of Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, are ranged along Bear Creek Avenue and tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad. The depot is a one-story structure with a gable roof, and the Methodist...
Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. The two-story stone school with belfry is in the foreground; frame and stone commercial buildings and dwellings line Bear Creek Avenue. Freight cars and an engine of the Morrison Branch of the Colorado and...
View of the Union Pacific Railroad roundhouse in Rawlins (Carbon County), Wyoming; shows locomotives, trains, a turntable, and shops. The town and snow dotted hills are in the distance.
Frame or brick houses and commercial buildings of Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, are ranged along Bear Creek Avenue and tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad. The depot is a one-story structure with a gable roof; the turntable is...
Aerial view of South Platte River flood damage in Denver, Colorado; shows the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad yard, the 23rd (Twenty third) Street viaduct, traffic, warehouses, fuel tanks, railroad tracks, and the South Platte River.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1960-1970.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Railroad shops &...
Steam locomotive #499 and U.S. Army diesel locomotive #4700N of the Rio Grande Raillroad are stopped at the turntable at Durango, Colorado in La Plata County. The steam engine has a snowplow attached to the front of it. Steam locomotive #497 and a...
Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
View of the abandoned Colorado and Southern Railway roundhouse and turntable in Denver, Colorado. Shows the rail yard and tracks near the brick and wood building. Two signs read "derail".
Employees Shop Band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad pose in front of a passenger car on a turntable, Denver, Colorado railroad yards. Each wears a uniform; each holds his instrument (trombones, trumpets, sousaphones, clarinets, and...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
Denver Employees Shop Band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad pose in front of a passenger car on a turntable, Denver, Colorado railroad yards. Each wears a light-colored uniform with a cap and a bow tie; each man holds an instrument. The...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
View of workers installing a new roundhouse for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at the Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado, includes a steam-powered crane on a foundation, and bays for trains inside the crescent-shaped building.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
View of construction of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad roundhouse turntable, Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado; shows cranes lowering a section of steel with letters: "American Bridge Company," workmen, and men in suits.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1904-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
View of locomotives in the roundhouse in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Locomotives are identified left to right as: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad #495, #464 (with a pilot mounted snowplow), #463, Rio Grande Southern #42 (with a...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad...
View of the remains of the Corkscrew Gulch turntable on the abandoned Silverton Railroad near Ironton in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows railroad ties, rails, and remnants of iron and wood. The turntable is near the edge of a steep slope. Trees and...
Silverton Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Corkscrew Gulch (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Ouray County--1950-1960.; Railroad...
View of the remains of the Corkscrew Gulch turntable on the abandoned Silverton Railroad near Ironton in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows railroad ties, rails, and remnants of iron and wood. The turntable is near the edge of a steep slope. Trees and...
Silverton Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Corkscrew Gulch (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Ouray County--1950-1960.; Railroad...
Railroad workers push Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 318 (2-8-0) and a coal tender, on a railroad turntable, near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Children look on.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Ouray (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.
Men push Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 318 (2-8-0 narrow gauge) and a tender, on a railroad turntable, near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Ouray (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.; Snow--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.;...
View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 1400 (2-10-2) on a turntable at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 473 (with coal tender) sits on the turntable by the roundhouse at Durango (La Plata County) Colorado. The locomotive has a pilot headlamp, and diamond smokestack. Locomotive 486 is in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.
View of the abandoned Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company roundhouse and turntable at Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Railroad round houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.
View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western yard and roundhouse at Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the turntable, locomotives 482 (2-8-2), 268 (2-8-0), and 480 (2-8-2), boxcars, utility poles, and a station wagon.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives 487 (2-8-2) vents smoke on the turntable by the roundhouse in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows sheds and a sedan automobile.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Turntables...
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 318 (2-8-0), with a coal tender and gondola cars, leaves Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado; shows a turntable, snow, steam or fog, and mountains.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Ouray (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.; Turntables (Railroads)--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1960.
View of the loading and turn-around area for trains, Marble, Colorado; turntable area below ground with a marble retaining wall; fallen tree and other debris fill the hole; discarded marble pieces, crumbled walls, and a piece of equipment used for...
An electric trolley car in Trinidad, Colorado is parked on a turntable, and a sign near the central pulley reads: #508. Lettering on the side of the car reads: "4 Trinidad Local. Trinidad Electric Railroad." The open entryway shows the interior...
Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.