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- Stormy day on Rollins Pass
- Shows construction tents, snowshed and debris scattered in blowing snow atop Rollins Pass, Colorado. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Hanging Rock near Tunnel No. 30, Moffat Road
- Shows standard gauge railroad track between narrow rock walls near Tunnel Number Thirty in Colorado; includes rock formation Hanging Rock center left. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Tunnel No. 30 from above, Moffat Road
- View of Tunnel Number Thirty also called Sphinx Head Tunnel of Moffat Road in Colorado; includes push car on standard gauge railroad track and mountainous terrain. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Loop Siding, Moffat Road
- Loop siding with parked freight cars on Moffat Road; includes cut timber and partially denuded slope alongside standard gauge railroad track and view of snow-capped peaks in background; south side of loop flanked with construction materials for...
- Snowsheds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad sidings--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Tunnel 33 from Continental Divide, Moffat Road
- Bird's eye view of above timberline Tunnel Number Thirty-two (named Needle's Eye Tunnel because of its cut in ridge) and surrounding ridges; McClure misidentified tunnel number in title; shows standard gauge railroad track, lake, and forested...
- Railroad passenger cars--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Climbing Rollins Pass on the Moffat Road
- Shows freight climbing Rollins Pass with a borrowed Burlington and Missouri River engine on the point and helper in the rear; includes siding. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, Colorado.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1905.; Railroad sidings--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [ca. 1905?]
- Comming [sic] down Rollins Pass
- Engine Number 300 with passenger cars coming down and around the bend on Rollins Pass; includes standard gauge railroad track with some snow. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, Colorado.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- A moon light scene on the Moffat Road
- Night photograph of Moffat Road from tunnel number thirty-two; includes standard gauge railroad track turning right, and stars and snow illuminating mountains. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, Colorado; McClure used 3 1/2 hour exposure.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- View from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Two track elevations and two trains seen on Moffat Road from Rollins Pass in Colorado; includes snowy Rocky Mountains, center background. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake).
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1905.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [ca. 1905?]
- Bird's eye view of Mammoth Park, Moffat Road
- Standard gauge railroad track around bend; includes distant view of Mammoth Park (later renamed Tolland) Colorado, South Boulder Creek and valley, a man sitting on rock near the track, and spur at Tolland. Moffat Road; Denver, Northwestern and...
- Mammoth Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Glimpse of the Plains from Tunnel No. 8, Moffat Road
- View east from Tunnel Number Eight to the Plains with rocky escarpment foreground. Moffat Road, Colorado; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Plains from Tunnel No. 8, Moffat Road
- Distant view of the Plains from Tunnel Number Eight; shows two elevations of standard gauge railroad track left foreground and background and prominent view of rocky foothills and escarpments. Moffat Road, Colorado; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific...
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rock formations--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Needle's Eye Tunnel, Boulder County, Colo.
- View of Needle's Eye Tunnel located on the Continental Divide in Boulder County, Colo. near Rollins Pass a.k.a. Corona Pass. A part of the Moffat Road, it was built in the early 20th century by Daniel Moffat as part of the Denver, Northwestern...
- Railroad Tunnels--Colorado--Boulder County--1970-1980.; Needle's Eye Tunnel (Boulder County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific Railway--Pictorial works.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1974
- Blacktail Cañon, Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad) standard gauge track in Blacktail Canyon, Colorado (below Gore Canyon) on the Moffat Road. Colorado River in canyon, snow on mountain.
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- Egeria Cañon, Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's (later Denver & Salt Lake Railroad) standard gauge track with guardrails in Egeria Canyon, Colorado on Moffat Road. Snow in the canyon.
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- Fremont Peak from Bolder [sic] Park
- Fremont Peak, Colorado covered in snow; includes collapsed tent or canvas possibly covering construction materials from Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad). Low clouds cover the peaks.
- Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Group on Rollins Pass
- Large group of fashionably attired men, women and children standing on snowbank, Rollins Pass, Moffat Road, Colorado; shows two Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway passenger cars in background.
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Looping the Mtn., Moffat Road
- Two elevations of standard gauge railroad track on Moffat Road; shows snowshed on lower track and trestle on upper track which make a loop connecting out of view, and a freight train exiting tunnel; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway,...
- Snowsheds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- East from Phantom Bridge
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway engine number 100 with two passenger cars heading east from Phantom Bridge, Moffat Road, Colorado; shows one man standing next to engine and additional group of men at rear of train; standard gauge track...
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- On Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway engine number 100 atop Rollins Pass in deep snow on the Moffat Road in Colorado; shows standardgauge track, an excursion train, and passengers on a snowbank.
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Perpetual snow banks on the Moffat Road, summit of Rollins Pass, Arapahoe Peaks
- Snowbank alongside Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's standard gauge track atop Rollins Pass, Colorado; shows woman standing in snowbank holding on to her hat and snow-covered North and South Arapahoe Peaks center background.
- North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Gore Cañon, Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake) passenger train in Gore Canyon, Colorado; Moffat Road; train in narrow snowy canyon, telegraph poles.
- Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1913]
- Snow cuts on Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway rear passenger car atop Rollins Pass, Moffat Road, Colorado; shows standard gauge track through high snowbank and excursion group of fashionably attired men, women and boy standing in car, on track,...
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Picnicers [sic] arriving at Tolland, Boulder Park, Moffat Road
- Bird's eye view of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway depot at Tolland (formerly Mammoth), Colorado, via Moffat Road; shows passenger excursion train arriving at station, picnickers and sightseers departing from train, picnic shelter or...
- South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific...
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Entrance, Byres [sic] Cañon, Grand River, Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's (later became Denver and Salt Lake) standard gauge Moffat Road track at entrance of Byers Canyon, Colorado; shows bridge across Colorado River, track, and siding with switch.
- Byers Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Byers Canyon--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1907?]
- 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]
- Byres [sic] Cañon, Moffat Road
- Probably first Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake) passenger train steaming through Byers Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado River paralleling railroad embankment with steep rocky canyon wall and tree-covered...
- Byers Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Byers Canyon--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Byers Canyon--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1906 or 1907?]
- In Gore Cañon, Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake) engine number 302 pulling hard in Gore Canyon, Colorado; Moffat Road; standard gauge tracks in narrow canyon, snow alongside track, telegraph poles.
- Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1913]
- Tunnel 35, Gore Cañon, Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake) last passenger car entering tunnel number 35 (thirty-five) in Gore Canyon, Colorado; Moffat Road; steep, narrow canyon.
- Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1913]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) and construction camp for winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Box cars used for offices,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Denver,...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of the line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) during winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Construction camp, tents, lodging, store,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Stores &...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Bull Gulck [sic] and Tunnel 3, Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's tunnel number Three on Moffat Road, Colorado, in Bull Gulch; includes trestle and push car on standard gauge track.
- Bull Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Tunnels 2, 3 and 4 from Rainbow Cut, Moffat Road
- View from Rainbow Cut across foothills' range to Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's tunnels number Two, Three and Four, Moffat Road, Colorado; overall view of short tunnels blasted through rock.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Glimpse of the Plains from Tunnel 9, Moffat Road
- Glimpse of the Colorado plains from Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway's tunnel number Nine, Moffat Road, Colorado; shows hogback or ridge and standard gauge track center right.
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Rock Creek Canõn, Moffat Road
- View of several elevations of standard gauge track and tunnels along Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) in Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado.
- Rock Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- Conger Mesa, Moffat Road
- View towards Conger Mesa and valley from Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake), Moffat Road, Colorado showing snow covered ridges.
- Mesas--Colorado--1900-1930.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- An extinct volcano on the Moffat Road
- View into valley with a caldera reached via Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad), Moffat Road, Colorado; road winding up volcano past agricultural plots.
- Calderas--Colorado--1900-1930.; Craters--Colorado--1900-1930.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1930.; Volcanoes--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- Junction of Egeria and Rock Creek, Moffat Road
- Junction of Rock Creek and Egeria Canyons viewed from Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad), Moffat Road, Colorado. Light snow on mountains and Colorado River, distant center.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- Tunnels 47 and 48, Rock Creek Cañon, Moffat Road
- View towards tunnels forty-seven (47) and forty-eight (48) of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake Railroad) in Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado. The Moffat Road with standard gauge track on both sides of canyon.
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1925]
- Middle Park from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- View of Middle Park, Colorado, from Rollins Pass on Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake); snowcapped Rocky Mountains, center background.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1904.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Grand River, entrance to Byres [sic] Cañon, Sulphur Spgs., Colo., Moffat Road
- View of Colorado River at entrance to Byers Canyon near Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, along Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road; shows railroad timbers piled alongside standard gauge track and metal-framed bridge on stone...
- Byers Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- Hot Sulphur Spgs., Colo., Moffat Road
- View of Hot Sulphur Springs' depot and partial view of town, center right; shows Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's standard gauge track, passenger and freight cars parked on siding, and Colorado River meandering through snowy valley;...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900- 1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- View of Suphur [sic] Springs on the Moffat Road
- Partial view of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, taken from Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road; shows standard gauge track on railroad embankment above Colorado River and snow-covered valley and ridges.
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- So. Boulder near Pine Cliff, Moffat Road
- South Boulder Creek and Canyon near Pine Cliff (formerly Gato), Colorado, reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway standard gauge track; includes small bridge and narrow rock walls; Moffat Road.
- Pinecliffe (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Pine Cliff--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- East from Gore Cañon, Moffat Road
- View east from Gore Canyon, Colorado, with Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake) construction tents above bank of Colorado River; shows dirt road and bridge in foreground.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Gore Canyon--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Gore Canyon-- 1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1907?]
- Gore Cano [sic], Moffat Road
- Gore Canyon and Colorado River, Colorado, with grading completed for railroad track laying for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake), Moffat Road; shows steep canyon walls and construction tents.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Gore Canyon--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Gore Canyon-- 1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1906?]
- Byres [sic] Cañon on the Moffat Road
- View of Byers Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado River paralleled by Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's (later became Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) standard gauge Moffat Road track.
- Byers Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Byers Canyon--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1907?]
- Into the depths of Gore Cañon, Moffat Road
- Gore Canyon, Colorado on the Moffat Road with Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake) standard gauge tracks in bottom of canyon paralleled by Colorado River; steep, vertical canyon walls; wooden trestle, center.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1907?]
- Tunnel 35, Gore on the Moffat Road
- Tunnel 35 (Thirty-five) through Gore Canyon on Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake); standard gauge track entering tunnel paralleled by Colorado River; narrow, vertical canyon walls.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1907 and 1913]
- Tunnels 36 and 37, Gore Cañon on the Moffat Road
- Gore Canyon, Colorado with Tunnels number 35 (Thirty-five) and 36 (thirty-six) of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake) on the Moffat Road; Colorado River paralleling standard gauge tracks.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1913]