Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Iron City Mill Black Hawk, Colorado.
- View of the Iron City Mill in Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. The mill is between a tramway and a branch of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Little Jonny Mine Leadville?
- View, from the tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S), of the buildings and head frame of the Little Jonny Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- California Gulch Leadville showing Helen, Sellers, Mover, & Minnie shaft houses
- View of the Helen, Sellers, Mover, and Minnie Mines near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. The tracks of probably the Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; California Gulch (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1885 or 1886]
- Mill
- View of the mill and tramway at the Climax Mine in Lake County, Colorado. The tracks of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) are near the buildings.
- Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.;...
- December, 1940
- Placer mine
- Miners pose on a smokestack and near a hopper at a placer mining operation in Colorado. A Colorado and Southern (C&S) boxcar is nearby.
- Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Central City, Colorado Gilpin County
- View of a miners' residence and outhouse near Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A Colorado and Southern (C&S) locomotive is nearby.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Residential facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Centennial Mill & viaduct Georgetown, Colo.
- A miner poses on the tramway trestle near the Centennial Mill at Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The mill is near a demolished building. A Colorado and Southern (C&S) locomotive is nearby.
- Centennial Mill (Georgetown, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Ore...
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Clear Creek Consolidated
- View of the buildings and tramway of the Clear Creek Consolidated Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sluice is between Clear Creek and the tracks of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway, shows tailings dumps.
- Colorado and Southern Railway.--1910-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1920.; Clear Creek Consolidated Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Famous Newhouse Tunnel and Argo Mill, near Idaho Springs, Colo.
- View of the Newhouse Tunnel and Argo Mill near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Boxcars are on the tracks of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) tracks near Clear Creek.
- Argo Mill (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newhouse Tunnel (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Chain of Mines Central City, Colo.
- View, facing west, of the Chain O'Mines Mill and the abandoned depot of the Colorado and Southern (C&S) submerged in the tailing pond. The Columbia, Fourth of July, Hubert, Ashtabula, and Prize Mines are in the distance. The aerial mine tramway to...
- Tailings dams--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Colorado and Southern...
- [between 1927 and 1940]
- UP locomotive, engine number 7032, engine type 4-8-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, detouring over C&S due to floods. Photographed: Ft. Collins, Colo., May 31, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Fort Collins.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1935
- Rails and Lace House
- View south along two sets of train tracks that parallel North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado. Each of three railroad cars bears the stamp "C&S;" two of the cars have numbers 4915 and 597. To the right of the train and lined up along the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Colorado and Southern shop employees
- A group of Colorado and Southern Railway employees pose near a railroad passenger car in Denver, Colorado. The men wear overalls and hats. An inscription on the car reads "Colorado and Southern". One man holds a sign that reads: "C&S Coach Shop...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 August
- Railroad in Blackhawk
- A trestle near the Running Lode Mine shafthouse in Blackhawk, Colorado, enabled trains from the Colorado and Southern Railroad Company to cross the gulch in the foreground. Smoke puffs from the front engine of the train crossing the trestle. A set...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Railroads, Colo & Southern. Trains (prints)
- A Colorado & Southern Railroad train puffs a large cloud of black smoke from its engine as it travels through Clear Creek Canyon, probably en route to Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. The narrow gauge tracks run parallel to Clear Creek where...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1890- 1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Colorado and Southern Ry. (Burlington Northern), SD9 Diesel 834, Golden Colo.
- View of Burlington Northern (Colorado and Southern) diesel locomotive number 834 in Golden, Colorado. Men stand near and on the locomotive. Freight cars and snow covered hills and mountains are in the distance. Lettering on the locomotive reads:...
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company--1980-1990.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1980-1990.; Golden (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Golden--1980-1990.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Golden--1980-1990.;...
- 1981
- Colorado & Southern Ry., Wreck train [sic], Broomfield, Colo.
- View of a Colorado and Southern wrecking derrick with shows a load of salvage from a train accident in Broomfield (Broomfield County), Colorado. The crane and freight cars are pushed by a locomotive. Lettering on the equipment reads: "C&S" and...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.;...
- 1958 Sept. 22
- Colorado & Southern Ry. wreck train [sic], Broomfield, Colo. #807
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway locomotive number 807, a tender, work car and railroad derrick near Broomfield (Broomfield County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive and tender reads: "Burlington Route,"807 C&S," and " 99502." The derrick...
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company--1950-1960.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1958 Sept. 9
- Coahuila and Zacatecas Railway
- Coahuila and Zacatecas A. G. Railway locomotive #12 displayed at Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Ferrocarril de Coahuila y Zacatecas--1980-1990.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1980-1990.
- 1986?
- C&S narrouw gauge at Waterton, Engine 69, 70
- Colorado & Southern narrow gauge freight train, eastbound, leaving Waterton, Jefferson County, Colorado. Engines 69 and 70 (Baldwin type 2-8-0) and twenty-eight cars curve round bend; smoke raises from Ridgway Spark Arrester (Bear Trap stack) of...
- Waterton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Waterton--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- C&S, U.S. Mail and Express car
- Colorado and Southern U. S. Railway Post Office, American Railway Express car 401 with a self propelled gas engine; Electro-Motive Corporation 302, in the Denver, Colorado, coach yard with team tracks; shows Pride of the Rockies Flour Mill,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad mail service--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1936]
- Old C&S Engine no. 70
- Colorado & Southern Engine 70 (type 2-8-0) in Blackhawk ready to be moved to Central City, Clear Creek County, Colorado, for exhibition, with shiny new paint, Bear Trap stack, and two cars; shows two wood frame houses on slope above train.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Ry. C&S Eng. 70 in Platte Canyon
- Colorado & Southern Engine 70 (type 2-8-0) in Platte Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado; shows eastbound freight train with twenty-five cars, a man sits atop the second freight car, telephone and power or telephone lines along both sides of the...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910- 1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 4, engine type 2-6-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1920s.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920-1930.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- [192-]
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1917.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1917.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1917
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; at roundhouse. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, in depot. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July 27, 1920.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1920
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 5, engine type 5
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., January 15, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1933
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 6, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., August 4, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1931
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 6, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., August 5, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1931
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 7, engine type 2-6-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1915.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1915.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1915
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 7, engine type 2-6-0
- Right side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., May 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1917.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1917.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1917
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., September 25, 1921.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1921.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1921
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., August 30, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1931
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Como, Colo., April 9, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1932
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; stored at Como, Colo. Photographed: Como, Colorado., July 15, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., June 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Como, Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Como, Colo., April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., December 27, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1931
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Sheridan Junction, Colo., October 15, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sheridan Junction.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Left side view of engine; ready to go to New York Fair. Photographed: from Denver, Colo., March 12, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Ready for New York World's Fair; H. H. Whitney beside engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., March 12, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 10, engine type 2-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Como, Colo., February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Como.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 12, engine type 2-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July 12, 1921.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1921.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1921
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 21, engine type 2-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 22, engine type 2-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 37, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., 1917.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1917.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1917