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- Railroads. Electric
- Manitou & Pikes Peak RR on Pikes Peak
- Passengers disembark from the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad on Pikes Peaks in El Paso County, Colorado. Men walk along the railroads tracks, other passengers walk up a stairway that leads to the brick train depot.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Manitou & Pikes Peak RR top of Pikes Peak
- Passengers disembark from a Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad train on Pikes Peaks in El Paso County, Colorado. Men walk along the railroads tracks, other passengers walk up a stairway that leads to the brick train depot.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Manitou & Pikes Peak RR top of Pikes Peak
- Passengers disembark from the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad on Pikes Peaks in El Paso County, Colorado. Men walk along the railroads tracks, other passengers walk up a stairway that leads to the brick train depot.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1909 February 27
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 3 and 4, 1923 March-April
- Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf exterior of "The Colorado" car
- An exterior view of "The Colorado" car No. 99 of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad company on railroad tracks, Colorado.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Union Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Union Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Unions Station
- Photograph of Unions Station, in Denver, Colorado, looking to the Southwest. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Unions Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Unions Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station
- Exterior Photograph of Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the consolidation of...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1989 March
- Union Station at night
- Exterior night photograph Union Station, its train track with the main building's neon sign located in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 45, 1911 November 4
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific RR rear of passenger train
- Shows the rear of a passenger train of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad company, in a canyon in Colorado. A crew worker stands next to the railroad car.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads employees--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific RR shot from one tunnel to another
- Shows the rear of a passenger train of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad company as it passes through a tunnel at Moffat road (Moffat tunnel) in Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- View of Central City area, 1899
- Several houses stand at the upper end of Eureka Street at the base of a snow-covered hill in Central City, Colorado. Workers shovel snow from the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway in the distance, possibly after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Digging--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage...
- [1913?]
- Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, Pueblo
- The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in Pueblo, Colorado, was created in 1892 to produce iron and steel for use in continuing the narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway from Pueblo to Canon City. Two buildings with large smokestacks are in the left...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Steel...
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Western states
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- RAILROADS Pacific railroads
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads Pacific railroads
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads Pacific railroads. Surveying
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads Railroads. Pacific states
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Taxation
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Taxation
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 13, 1911 March 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 47, 1911 November 18
- Locomotive engine and car
- Railroad employees and women, and children pose near a Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly locomotive and passenger car, possibly near the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. The engine reads: "33" and "S. G. & N."
- Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company--1890-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colo. Midland Presidential special no. 15
- Shows the Colorado Midland engine no. 15, the Presidential Special locomotive and train, on the tracks in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. This train carried President Theodore Roosevelt through Colorado to New Castle. The front of the...
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Journeys.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland R. R. Eng. No. 7 excursion
- A group of tourists dressed in fine clothing, pose for a group photo in front of engine no. 7 and a train of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company in Colorado. Some of the passengers stand on engine car; others stand on the railroad tracks.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 September 11
- Colo. Midland R. R. Eng. No. 5 excursion
- A group of tourists (men, women and children) pose for a group photo in front of engine no. 5 of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company in Colorado. Some of the passengers stand on the engine car; others stand in front of the train on the tracks.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 July 31
- Colo. Midland R. R. Eng. excursion train No. 202
- A group of tourists (men, women and children) pose for a photo in front of excursion train no. 202 of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company in Colorado. Some of the passengers stand on engine car; others stand in front of the train on the tracks.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 July 24
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific RR. No. 300 in tunnel
- Engine No. 300 and cars of the Denver Northwestern & Pacific Railroad passes through a tunnel on the Moffat Road in Colorado. The engineer leans out of a window and a man stands in the tunnel behind the train. Shows rocky slopes, electric utility...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific RR. No. 300 in tunnel
- Smoke rises from Engine No. 300 of a Denver Northwestern & Pacific Railroad train as it passes through a tunnel in Colorado. Railroad trestle tracks are in the canyon below the tunnel. Tree, boulders and small rocks dot the hilly landscape.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Railroad tracks near Clear Creek Junction
- A view of railroad tracks of the Denver & Interurban Railroad, an electric railroad, near Clear Creek Junction, Jefferson County, Colorado. Electic lines are along the tracks and trees are in the background.
- Denver & Interurban Railroad--1890-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Silverton R.R. Chatanoogo Loop
- Hills rise above the railroad tracks that follow the route of the Silverton Northern Railroad, Chatanoogo Loop. A four car train, below the hill to the left, heads up Red Mountain in the San Juan Mountains north of Silverton, Colorado.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Pikes Peak & Manitou Eng. No. 3 summit of Pikes Peak
- Shows Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Engine No. 3 at the top of Pikes Peak, July 26, 1897, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men and women sit and stand on nearby boulders and the engineer leans out of the locomotive. A single story rock ashlar building...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897 July 26
- Pikes Peak & Manitou Eng. No. 3
- Shows the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Engine No. 3 as it moves along railroad tracks in Manitou Springs, Colorado. A crew member is seated in the back of the train, another person leans out of a window on the side.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Big snow ball on Pikes Peak Cog Railway
- A crew worker stands on top of a large snow drift on the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway in El Paso County, Colorado. The plow train had just backed out of the cut snow to make another attempt to remove the snow from the tracks.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Colorado Midland Railroad Cryptic Excursion Hell Gate
- A group of tourists on the Cryptic Excursion trip of the Colorado Midland Railroad, pose for a photo at Hell Gate in Pitkin County, Colorado. They stand on the tracks in front of the rear car and on the rocks on either side of the train.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado Midland excursion Engines No. 1 & 49
- A group of men, women and children pose in front of Engine No. 49 of a Colorado Midland Railroad Company excursion train in Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--1890-1910.; Railroads--1890-1910.; Sightseers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado Midland Hell Gate
- A group of men, women and children on an excursion trip pose in front of Engine No. 49 of a Colorado Midland Railroad Company train, Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado Midland R.R. Engine No. 1
- Performer Anna Held, a singer and actress, and others pose for a photo at Hell Gate on the Colorado Midland Railroad route in Colorado. Some sit on or lean out of railroad Engine car No. 1; others stand on or near the tracks. One man leans against...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Actresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 May 10
- DNW & P R. R.
- Shows a Denver, Northwestern & Pacific railroad train as it passes through a landscape of high plains in Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1890-1910.; Plains--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific Engine 200
- Shows the rear car of a train pulled by Engine no. 200 of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific railroad as it passes through shallow rock canyon walls in Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]