View of a hydraulic mining operation in Virginia City, Montana; shows wooden sluices, a hose on a reel, rock tailings, a hoist and a section of the sluice or flume, and abandoned headgates.
Sluices--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Virginia City (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Flumes--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.
Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; stored, with 495's tender. Photographed: Chadron, Nebr., January 22, 1933.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Chadron.; Chicago and North Western Railway Company.
Freight, eastbound; 53 cars. Photographed: north of Villa Grove, Colo., February 21, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 53 cars. Photographed: near Round Hill, Colo., February 21, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Pass.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound, taking on water; 53 cars. Photographed: at Round Hill, Colo., February 21, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 53 cars. Photographed: leaving Round Hill, Colo., February 21, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 48 cars, good smoke effect. Photographed: north of Villa Grove, Colo., October 27, 1940.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound. Photographed: north of Round Hill, Colo., May 8, 1938.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 43 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: north of Alamosa, Colo., April 14, 1935.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound, doubling the hill; 22 cars. Photographed: north of Round Hill, Colo., June 21, 1942.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 51 cars. Photographed: near poncha Junction, Colo., February 21, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound, down Poncha Pass; 51 cars. Photographed: approaching Mears Junction, Colo., February 21, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 27 cars. Photographed: north of Villa Grove, Colo., May 8, 1938.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound; 18 cars. Photographed: near Moffat, Colo., October 1, 1939.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Moffat.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound; 53 cars. Photographed: near Alamosa, Colo., September 30, 1939.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 48 cars. Photographed: near Villa Grove, Colo., October 27, 1940.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 30 cars. Photographed: near Poncha Pass, Colo., June 21, 1942; clouds top the Collegiate Range of mountains in the distance.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Poncha Pass (Colo.); Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 48 cars. Photographed: Round Hill, Colo., October 27, 1940.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 48 cars. Photographed: north of Villa Grove, Colo., October 27, 1940.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 30 cars. Photographed: above Round Hill, Colo., June 21, 1942.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 23 cars, snowy scene. Photographed: near Monarch, Colo., February 22, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Monarch.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound; 18 cars. Photographed: south of Villa Grove, Colo., September 30, 1939.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 27 cars, 8 MPH. Photographed: north of Villa Grove, Colo., May 8, 1938.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 43 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: north of Alamosa, Colo., April 14, 1935.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 52 cars. Photographed: north of Villa Grove, Colo., June 21, 1942.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Villa Grove.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound, down Poncha Pass; 28 cars. Photographed: above Mears Junction, May 8, 1938.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound; 53 cars. Photographed: near McGinty, Colo., September 30, 1939.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--McGinty.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound; 73 cars. Photographed: near Gunnison, Colo., May 10, 1939.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 48 cars. Photographed: south of Round Hill, Colo., October 27, 1940.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound. Photographed: leaving Mears Junction, Colo., for Gunnison, Colo., June 21, 1942.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, westbound; 51 cars, 27 MPH. Photographed: east of Gunnison, Colo., October 16, 1941.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 52 cars. Photographed: near Round Hill, Colo., June 21, 1942.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Round Hill.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound. Photographed: above Shawano, Colo., September 19, 1943.
Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Shawano.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Chama, N.M., January 20, 1951.
Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Salida, Colo., May 8, 1938.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Alamosa, Colo., October 1, 1939.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Salida, Colo., April 29, 1938.
Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Chama, N.M., September 30, 1953.
Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 496 vents steam on the Poncha Pass road in Chaffee County, Colorado; snow flanks the train and covers distant mountains.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.
Aerial view of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 496 (2-8-2) on the wye at Monarch (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows dirt roads and a car.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.
View of caboose number 0500 near Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A freight train pulled by locomotives 496 and 491 (2-8-2's) and a billboard are in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives 497, 496, 473 (2-8-2's) sit in the yard in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows hills and buildings.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.
Studio portrait of a woman, possibly Miss. Lillie Vallin. She wears a black silk dress fastened with small, close set buttons and a black short jacket. The neckline is fastened together with a bar pin. Her hair is short and curly in front.
A view of the manager's apartment, dining halls and dormitory on the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The farm served Denver's indigent from the late 1800's until it was sold in 1960.