Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Littleton RTD light rail station
- View of the Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot (now the RTD Littleton downtown light rail station), Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one story rhyolite depot has overhanging eves supported by elbow brackets with acorn finials, a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--History--2000-2010.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Littleton (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
- 2001
- Industries construction equipment steam shovel near rail yards
- Workmen pose near a McCabe and Steen steam shovel by railroad tracks near Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A nearby rail car reads: "Burlington Route".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Steam shovels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Rail - C. I. Co. 6.8
- View of a section of railroad rail; embossed letters read: "C. I. Co. 6.8"
- Railroads--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Rail C. I. Co. 6.8 (3/4 view w/ bldgs. in back)
- View of a section of railroad rail; embossed letters read: "C. I. Co. 6.8"
- Railroads--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- CRI&P equipment number 564
- Ford V-8 rail inspection sedan. Photographed: Colorado Springs, Colo., May 9, 1938.
- Railroads--Equipment and supplies--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.
- 1938
- Junction at forks of Clear Creek on the rail roads to Idaho and Black Hawk
- Forks Creek, in Jefferson County, Colorado, was but a small cluster of buildings, situated at the confluence of the north and south forks of Clear Creek. Built to serve the rail traffic that went to either Georgetown/Idaho Springs, or Black...
- Forks Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Forks Creek--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- Laying the rails of U.P.R.R. - two miles a-day
- Construction workers lay rail over railroad ties on the Union Pacific Railroad in probably Lincoln County, Nebraska. Shows a supply wagon, men in work clothes and felt hats, and members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian, in...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad construction workers--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad construction--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--Lincoln...
- 1866 October
- Burnetizing works of the U.P.R.R. at Omaha (1)
- Workers are beside flat cars stacked with railroad ties at the Union Pacific Railroad Burnetizing works in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows wooden buildings, tunnels and men in a rail yard where wooden ties are treated with zinc chloride to...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad ties--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1866 October
- Burnetizing works of the U.P.R.R. at Omaha (2)
- Workers are beside flat cars stacked with railroad ties at the Union Pacific Railroad Burnetizing works in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows wooden buildings, tunnels and men in a rail yard where wooden ties are treated in zinc chloride to...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad switching--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad...
- 1866 October
- U.P.R.R. works and depot, Omaha
- A man sits on a grassy hill near railroad tracks and Union Pacific Railroad works buildings and depot at Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. An engine is in front of the depot and a freight car is near a horse drawn wagon. Shows frame and brick...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- DATE
- Scenes on the line of the Colorado Central Rail Road
- Early view north from South Table Mountain over Clear Creek and the Colorado Central railroad, in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows railroad boxcars and scattered wood frame buildings. Information printed on back of mat board mount:...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Monarch Br. diesel & rail train.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge diesel #111 stops with idler cars filled with rails, and a caboose, during the conversion of the Monarch Branch from narrow to standard gauge, near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Salida (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.
- 1956 September 29
- "Stinker" rail bus used to transport miners from Silverton, three-foot narrow gauge, Silverton, Colo.
- View of the Silverton Northern Railroad "Stinker", a motor car used to transport miners in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The rail bus is displayed on a short length of three foot narrow gauge track. Shows a freight train, and frame...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad motor cars--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- 1950 July 27
- Tionesta Valley Ry. S.C.Co. from track north (?) of Beaver Dam, PA., men ripping rails on trestle, train beyond, rail being removed after railroad abandoned.
- Railroad workers remove track from a trestle on the abandoned Tionesta Valley Railroad near Beaver Dam (Erie County), Pennsylvania. Shows a Tionesta Valley Railway locomotive, caboose and racks for loading rail, the railway was owned by Susquehanna...
- Susquehanna Chemical Corporation--1940-1950.; Tionesta Valley Railway Company--1940-1950.; Erie County (Penn.)--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenace--Pennsylvania--Erie County--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Pennsylvania--Erie...
- 1948 October 23
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. SERVICES. LIGHT RAIL
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
- Western History Subject Index
- Regional transportation district. Transit plans
- Western History Subject Index
- Regional transportation district Transit plans
- Western History Subject Index
- Regional transportation district. Transit plans
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. TRANSIT PLANS
- Western History Subject Index
- Regional transportation district. Transit plans
- Collage of pictures of Southwest Light Rail opening, Netti Moore was a VIP guest
- St Ignatius Loyola Church altar rail
- Photograph of the altar rail behind in St. Ignatius Loyola Church located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Denver architects Frank Frewen and Frederick Mountjoy, the 1924 Catholic church represents their only known use of the Gothic Tudor style. ...
- St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1994 September
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- Union Station from River Front Park
- View of Union Station (1894 : Van Brunt and Howe , remodeled 1912 : Gove and Walsh) from the cable-stayed suspension pedestrian bridge the Denver Millennium Bridge in River Front Park in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Denver...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver Millennium Bridge (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Pedestrian bridges.; Cityscapes.; Union Station (Denver,...
- 2002
- Gutted Alamosa Milling & Elevator Company, Alamosa
- View of the burned out Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. building on the south side of the Alamosa Rail Yard in Alamosa, Colorado. The exterior is brick and covered in soot.
- Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.--Buildings--1990-2000.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Ruins.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa...
- 1993
- Wagon Wheel Gap, D&RG Foundation track restoration
- View of railroad tracks under restoration by the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Historical Foundation near Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. A man in a orange reflective work-vest is working on tracks. A white truck and railroad work cars...
- Denver & Rio Grande Railway Historical Foundation--People--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--2000-2010.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad tracks.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Denver & Rio Grande Railway...
- 2009
- Abandoned Argentine Central Railway tracks
- View of abandoned railroad tracks on the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The ruined tracks lead to possibly the remains of a wooden railroad bridge.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Railroad tracks.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Railroads--Abandonment--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Pictorial works.; Clear...
- 2010
- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the remains of a wooden ore chute on the abandoned Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a large metal pipe in the distance.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel interior
- Interior view of the non-denominational Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel located on the Air Force Academy campus in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The aluminum, glass, and steel structure has marble floors, a curved marble wall, a metal...
- United States Air Force Academy. Cadet Chapel--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Interiors.; United States Air Force Academy. Cadet Chapel--Pictorial works.; Chapels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.;...
- 1995
- Glenwood Canyon
- View of Glenwood Canyon showing the Colorado River and rail tracks. Located in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--Pictorial works.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Pictorial works.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1972
- Putting America to Work sign, Redstone, Colo.
- View of a "Putting America to Work" sign located near the coke oven restoration project at Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado. The sign states: "Project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Governor Bill Ritter, Jr." In the...
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--2010-2020.; Redstone (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--Pictorial works.; Redstone (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- Old Spaghetti Factory
- View of the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant on the corner of Lawrence and Eighteenth (18th) Street. The building, constructed as the Denver City Cable Rail Way Co. Building (1889), sits at 1215 Eighteenth (18th) Street in the Central Business...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Old Spaghetti Factory (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Denver City...
- 1977
- Jurassic leaves
- View of the public art installation, "Jurassic Leaves" at the Louisiana / Pearl Light rail station (2007) in the Platte Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The metal sculpture, constructed of patina painted copper and stainless steel, was...
- Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sculpture.; Street railroad stations.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2007
- Jurassic leaves
- View of the steel and glass, gabled elevator and public art installation, "Jurassic Leaves" at the Louisiana / Pearl Light rail station (2007) in the Platte Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The metal sculpture, constructed of patina painted...
- Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elevators.; Sculpture.; Street railroad stations.; Regional Transportation District (Denver,...
- 2007
- Abandoned Boulder Union Pacific railroad depot
- View of the old Union Pacific Boulder Depot at 30th (Thirtieth) and Pearl Street as it is prepared to be moved to a new location in Boulder, Colorado. The exterior of the one story modified Richardsonian Romanesque depot has orange plastic netting...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--History--2000-2010.; Boulder Depot (Boulder, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Boulder (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Union Pacific Railway Company--Buildings--History--Pictorial works.; Boulder Depot...
- 2009
- Group of men riding on a flatbed car being pulled by a streetcar [sic]
- A group of men pose on a flat-bed rail car that is pulled by a Denver City Tramway Company trolley car in Denver, Colorado. Some men carry lunch pails.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flatcars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Stonewall
- View of cabins at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company's camp Whispering Pines near the town of Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows log cabins and split rail fences.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1910-1930.; Stonewall (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Camps--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.; Log Cabins--Colorado--Stonewall--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Trinidad, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Trees are near the Purgatoire River. Shows the one-story adobe square enclosure of the Felipe Baca residence. The flat summit of Fishers...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Industries - construction - scene at Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, houses, and rail tracks.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Carlton Tunnel - Xmas party - Shoup & Beber at portal
- Men pose by the mouth of the Carlton Tunnel in Teller County, Colorado. Mine drainage pipes are by rail tracks; letters read: "1939-1941 Safety First - Carlton Tunnel." Pine boughs and a painted cross adorn the concrete entrance.
- Carlton Tunnel (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Night--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Carlton Tunnel - Xmas party - miners at portal
- Men laugh and smile by the mouth of the Carlton Tunnel in Teller County, Colorado. Mine drainage pipes, rail tracks, and stairs flank the crowd; outfits include suits, ties, sweaters, and fedora hats. Letters read: "1939-1941 Safety First - Carlton...
- Carlton Tunnel (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Night--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Carlton Tunnel - Xmas party - supts at portal
- Construction superintendents laugh and smile by the mouth of the Carlton Tunnel in Teller County, Colorado. Mine drainage pipes and rail tracks flank the men; one man is unusually tall, and another wears jodhpurs. Letters read: "1939-1941 Safety...
- Carlton Tunnel (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Clear Creek / taking powder into tunnels - Pioneer
- A man carries a dynamite crate into a a highway tunnel on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado; drainage pipes and rail tracks line the bore.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Carlton Tunnel / 8 at portal
- Men pose in a maintenance car by the mouth of the Carlton Tunnel in Teller County, Colorado. Mine drainage pipes are by rail tracks; letters read: "1939-1941 Safety First - Carlton Tunnel." Hard hats read: "J. G. Farmer," "D. P. Tanner," "M....
- Carlton Tunnel (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Los Pinos Valley, looking east
- A man sits on a rock above the valley of the Rio de los Pinos (Los Pinos River) and Denver and Rio Grande tracks in Conejos County, Colorado, or Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Shows a man in the door of a caboose on a rail spur, trees, rocks, the...
- Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; Railroad cabooses--1880-1890.; Valleys--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway train on the Highline, Silverton Branch, in the Canyon of the Animas River (Animas Gorge) La Plata County, Colorado. A narrow gauge engine pulls a sidecar and excursion car on a narrow rock ledge. Passengers...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Pueblo depot
- View of the Union Depot building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The sandstone depot has a hipped and gable roof, dormers, arched windows and a clock tower with rounded buttresses. Shows people in the rail yard near railroad tracks.
- Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- 1899 June