Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Yuma, Colorado!
- Reproduction of a broadside advertising Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado; descriptive text surrounds printed lithographs of the Yuma School House and Weld Avenue.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Advertisements--Colorado--Yuma--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- D&RGW, Leadville, Colo. 634 (2-8-0) broadside.
- Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 634, (standard gauge) with its coal tender, at Leadville (Lake County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1951 April
- D&RGW tank car, UTLX 88155, "Gramps" broadside, cars 2-4
- Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company narrow gauge tank car UTLX 88155 at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Lettering on the tank car reads: "Gramps."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1952 April 20
- AT&SF train, engine number 27 + additional diesel unit, engine type EMD F3
- Train #20, The Chief; distant broadside view. Photographed: near Trinidad, Colo., March 26, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Trinidad.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1950
- Near Villa Grove
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge train pulled by locomotive 480 heads northwest and vents smoke near Villa Grove (Saguache County), Colorado. Clouds and snow top the Sangre De Cristo range.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1950-1960.; Villa Grove (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Villa Grove.
- 1950 November 26
- Non revenue car
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western non revenue box car, letters read: "D&RGW, "04982," and "Rio Grande Office."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Railroad cars--1950-1960.
- 1955 February 17
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Left side view of engine; distant broadside of train. Photographed: Vance Junction, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Vance Junction--1950-1960.; Vance Junction (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Vance Junction--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Left side view of engine; distant broadside of train. Photographed: Vance Junction, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Vance Junction--1950-1960.; Vance Junction (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Vance Junction--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- Central City, Colorado
- academy in the right background.; The St. Aloysius Academy, a Catholic boarding school, stands in the right background on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. A large mine shafthouse of the School Hill Mining Company stands on the same hill in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Church schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- RGS narrow gauge Bridge & Building coach number O-21
- Broadside, close view; former business car "Rico." Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge Bridge & Building coach number O-21
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: unknown location, possibly Colorado, October 1952.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge Bridge & Building coach number 0260
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge Bridge & Building coach number 0260
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: unknown location, possibly Colorado, August 9, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge business car number B-20
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, October 14, 1945.
- Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1940-1950.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ridgway--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge caboose number 0401
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, June 18, 1950.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1950
- RGS narrow gauge caboose number 0401
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, May 24, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge caboose number 0404
- Almost broadside, close view. Photographed: Durango, Colorado, November 19, 1949.
- Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1949
- RGS narrow gauge caboose number 0404
- Almost broadside, close view. Photographed: Durango, Colorado, August 6, 1950.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1950
- RGS narrow gauge caboose number 0404
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Grady, Colorado, February 1953.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Grady--1950-1960.; Grady (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Grady--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1953
- RGS narrow gauge flatcar number 7455
- Broadside, close view; converted stock car. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, November 20, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge box cars numbers 8714 and 8605
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, November 20, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge stock car number 7465
- Broadside, close view. Photographed: Chama, New Mexico, September 9, 1946.
- Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--New Mexico--Chama--1940-1950.; Chama (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--New Mexico--Chama--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Almost broadside view of trestles. Photographed: Ophir, Colorado, October 11, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Ophir (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- East Broad Top R.R. & Coal Co., Robertsdale, PA, backing three coaches
- Men and boys sit on, and stand near, East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company narrow gauge railroad coaches in Robertsdale (Huntingdon County), Pennsylvania. Shows a man with a camera and tripod. Rusticated stone railroad buildings and a depot are...
- East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company--1940-1950.; Railfans--Pennsylvania--Robertsdale--1940-1950.; Robertsdale (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Pennsylvania--Robertsdale--1940-1950.; Passengers--Pennsylvania--Robertsdale--1940-1950.;...
- 1940 May 19
- Capitol District Transportation Co.
- View of Capitol District Transportation Company streetcar #300 at the loop in Little Rock (Pulaski County), Arkansas. People, automobiles, and storefronts are nearby.
- Capitol District Transportation Company (Little Rock, Ark.)--1940-1950.; Little Rock (Ark.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Arkansas--Little Rock--1940-1950.
- 1945 December 19
- D&RGW, Alamosa, Colo. R.G. mixed gauge, standard gauge (2-8-0) 1146, narrow gauge caboose 0503 broad.
- Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 1146 (standard gauge 2-8-0) and narrow gauge caboose 0503 at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad Cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1950 January
- D&RGW, Montrose, Colo. standard gauge (2-8-0) 605, narrow gauge (2-8-0) 340, caboose 0577.
- Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotives 605 (standard gauge) and 340 (narrow gauge), caboose 0577, and coal tenders at Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
- 1951 May 24
- Royal Gorge dedication and opening of Royal Gorge Bridge (broadside view)
- View of the Royal Gorge Bridge, a suspension bridge spanning the gorge of the Arkansas River near Canyon City, Fremont County, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks at the bottom of thousand foot cliffs, and mountains in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)-- 1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--Fremont...
- December, 1929
- Royal Gorge broadside view of bridge looking west, track and Hanging Bridge at bottom of gorge.
- View of Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado; shows the Arkansas River, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, Hanging Bridge, the suspension bridge, South Webster Park and the DeWeese Plateau.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [1929 or 1930?]
- Royal Gorge broadside view of bridge.
- View of Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado; shows the suspension bridge and a gazebo atop granite cliffs.
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Gazebos--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.
- [1929 or 1930?]
- 345 broadside
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 345, with a tender, vents smoke in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.
- 1950 August 7
- Cimarron, broadside from wye trestle
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 360, with a tender, in Cimarron (Montrose County), Colorado; houses are by Cedar Creek.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Cedar Creek (Montrose County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cimarron--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Cimarron--1940-1950.
- 1949 July 7
- Ex - tourist outfit, broadside, body is ex pay car F
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western non-revenue galley car waits in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado; letters read: "0452," and "Kitchen & Sleeper." Houses are to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1953 January 1
- East Broad Top R.R & Coal Co., best of "15" engine, #15 2-8-2 almost broadside narrow gauge, Orbisonia, PA.
- View of East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company narrow gauge locomotive number "15" in Orbisonia (Huntingdon County), Pennsylvania. The engineer is in the cab of the locomotive. Letters on the tender read: "E.B.T." Flags are on the cowcatcher.
- East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company--1940-1950.; Orbisonia (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Pennsylvania--Orbisonia--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Pennsylvania--Orbisonia--1940-1950.
- 1948 July 4
- Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Ry. 2-6-2 #5 broadside, light, Roscoe, Texas.
- Smoke rises from a Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway locomotive #5 on tracks in Roscoe (Nolan County), Texas. The tender reads "R-S Pacific." Shows snow on the ground and on nearby tracks.
- Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway Company--1940-1950.; Roscoe (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Texas--Roscoe--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 6
- St. Louis Southwestern Ry. clouds, 2333 waycar caboose almost broadside Big Sandy, Texas.
- View of a St. Louis Southwestern Railway caboose #2333 in Big Sandy (Upshur County), Texas. Boxes are stacked inside the door. The caboose reads: "Cotton Belt Route, S.S.W." and "2333."
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company--1940-1950.; Big Sandy (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cabooses--Texas--Big Sandy--1940-1950.
- 1946 March 10
- SL & U combine 603 and observation car 752 broadside, Orem, Utah
- Salt Lake & Utah Railroad combine interurban streetcar 603 and observation car 752 pass a depot at Orem (Utah County), Utah; lettering reads: "Fast Freight Red Arrow." Wasatch Range mountains are in the distance.
- Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Corp.--1940-1950.; Orem (Utah)--1940-1950.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Utah--Orem--1940-1950.
- 1945 October 17
- D&RGW (2-8-0) 318 broadside as being turned on turntable, Ouray, Colo.
- 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.
- 1951 August 20
- Akron, Canton & Youngstown engine #352 broadside on River Styx trestle
- View of an Akron, Canton and Youngstown passenger train on a steel trestle over the River Styx in Medina County, Ohio. Shows steam locomotive 352 with a passenger coach and a baggage car.
- Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Medina County (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Trestles.
- 1937 October 4
- Western History Subject Index
- Holidays. Memorial day
- Western History Subject Index
- Steamboats. Senator
- Western History Subject Index
- V Senator (boat
- Residents of Park Hill Warning: Great Danger Ahead
- Index to Colorado Mining Directory: First Edition 1883
- Index to mines within Colorado. Information is arranged alphabetically by Mine name, with the county it is located in.
- Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
- 1883