Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- C&S train, engine number 374, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #27, Troop Train; 6 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., May 9, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1943
- D&SL train, engine number 113, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #2, passenger; 4 cars, photographed from train. Photographed: Approaching tunnel in Egeria Canyon, Colo., March 3, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Egeria Canyon.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&SL train, engine number 113, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #2, passenger, photographed from train; 4 cars. Photographed: In Egeria Canyon, Colo., March 3, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Egeria Canyon.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&SL train, engine number 113, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #2, passenger, taken from train; 4 cars. Photographed: Approaching the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel, March 3, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)
- 1940
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train; Denver & Rio Grande Western 463 helping in train, 21 cars. Photographed: Near Hagen, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hagen.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train; Denver & Rio Grande Western 463 helping in train, 21 cars. Photographed: Leaving Ridgway, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train; Denver & Rio Grande Western 463 helping in train; 21 cars. Photographed: Near Peak, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- WP train, engine number 63, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 333, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #61, westbound freight train. Photographed: At Portola, Cal., July 20, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--California--Portola.; Western Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- WP train, engine number 257, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Train #62, eastbound freight train. Photographed: At Portola, Cal., July 20, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--California--Portola.; Western Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- CRI&P train, engine number 1040, engine type 4-4-2
- Train #285, commuter train; 5 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Oak Forest Ill., August 4, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Illinois--Oak Forest.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.
- 1934
- CB&Q train, engine number 2571, engine type 4-4-2 and engine number 2564, engine type 4-4-2
- Train #303 combined with train #31, passenger; 8 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: leaving Alliance, Nebr., July 5, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Alliance.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1931
- CB&Q train, engine number 2846, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #43, combined with train #15, Colorado Limited; 4 cars, 45 MPH, engine had just hit torpedo. Photographed: approaching McCook, Nebr., April 21, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--McCook.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1935
- CB&Q train, engine number 2911, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #31, Zephyr Connection; 3 cars, 35 MPH, first run of this train. Photographed: near Westminster, Colo., November 8, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Westminster.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1936
- CB&Q train, engine number 5615, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #3, mail train; 13 cars, 45 MPH. Photographed: east of Derby, Colo., May 8, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Derby.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1947
- CB&Q train, engine number 5616, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #3, Mail & Express train; 11 passenger & 18 freight cars, 60 MPH. Photographed: east of Derby, Colo., June 25, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Derby.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1939
- CB&Q train, engine number 7010, engine type 4-8-2
- Train #6, The Aristocrat, as a result of flooding detouring over Union Pacific ast train S#12; 12 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: east of Denver, Colo., June 5, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1935
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound, helper in train; from empty gondola in train. Photographed: near Shirley, Colo., November 24, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Shirley.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- CNW train, engine number 2905, engine type 4-6-2
- Train #5, mail train; 7 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: near Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 29, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Iowa--Council Bluffs.; Chicago and North Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- UP train, engine number 251, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #154, eastbound freight train, 31 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Watkins, Colo., June 25, 1922.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1922.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Watkins.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1922
- UP train, engine number 283, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #386, mixed train, 15 cars. Photographed: near Banks, Ida., June 21, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Idaho--Banks.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- UP train, engine number 417, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #158, eastbound freight train, 24 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: near Solomon, Kans., August 17, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Solomon.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- UP train, engine number 423, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #57, westbound freight train, 28 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: near Bullard, Wyo., June 19, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Bullard.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1936
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #283, mixed train, 5 cars. Photographed: near Dannebrog, Nebr., October 15, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Dannebrog.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #283, mixed train, nice smoke effect, 3 cars. Photographed: Boelus, Nebr., October 15, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Boelus.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #283, mixed train, 3 cars, heavy smoke. Photographed: near Rockville, Nebr., October 15, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Rockville.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #284, mixed train, 2 cars. Photographed: near Loup City, Nebr., October 15, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Loup City.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #83, mixed train on the Ord Branch, 11 cars. Photographed: near Elba, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Elba.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #83, mixed train along the middle Loup River on the Ord Branch; 11 cars. Photographed: Scotia Jct., Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Scotia Junction.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #83, mixed train on the Ord Branch; smoke effect. Photographed: near Ord, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Ord.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #84, mixed train on the Ord Branch; 5 cars. Photographed: probably near Ord, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Ord.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #283, mixed train, 4 cars. Photographed: near St. Paul, Nebr., October 15, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Saint Paul.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #84, mixed train on the Ord Branch; 8 cars. Photographed: probably near Elba, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Elba.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #84, mixed train on the Ord Branch; 10 cars, black smoke. Photographed: near Grand Island, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Grand Island.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #83, mixed train on the Ord Branch; 15 cars. Photographed: probably near St. Libory, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Saint Libory.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 437, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #75, westbound freight train; 40 cars. Photographed: near Chapman, Nebr., July 18, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Chapman.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1953
- UP train, engine number 443, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #182, mixed train; 2 cars, 5 MPH. Photographed: at McPherson, Kans., May 24, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--McPherson.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- UP train, engine number 462, engine type 2-8-0 and engine number 326, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #251, westbound freight train; 53 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: near Denver, Colo., October 1, 1922.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1922.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1922
- UP train, engine number 428, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #84, mixed train, crossing a bridge on the Ord Branch; 8 cars. Photographed: near Scotia, Nebr., 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Scotia.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 489, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #171, mixed train; 6 cars, 12 MPH. Photographed: near Topeka, Kans., August 20, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Topeka.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1932
- UP train, engine number 744, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #385, mixed train; 19 cars. Photographed: near Horseshoe Bend, Ida., June 21, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Idaho--Horseshoe Bend.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- UP train, engine number 803, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #9, Mail train; 4 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: near Council Bluffs, Ia., August 2, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Iowa--Council Bluffs.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1937
- UP train, engine number 803, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #13, Mail train; 12 cars, 55 MPH. Photographed: near Archer, Wyo., June 8, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Archer.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1947
- UP train, engine number 804, engine type 4-8-4
- Eastbound freight train; 96 cars, heavy smoke hides train. Photographed: near Cozad, Nebr., October 16, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Cozad.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1958
- UP train, engine number 811, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #86, passenger train; 4 cars. Photographed: Denver, Colo., January 28, 1956.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1956.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1956
- UP train, engine number 813, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #85, National Parks Special, on last run of this train; 4 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: into Denver, Colo., February 1, 1956.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1956.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1956
- UP train, engine number 814, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #52, passenger train; 2 cars. Photographed: near Ft. Lupton, Colo., January 21, 1956.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1956.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Fort Lupton.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1956
- UP train, engine number 816, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #4, passenger train; 10 cars, 60 MPH. Photographed: north of Denver, Colo., April 14, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- UP train, engine number 818, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #85, National Parks Special; 75 MPH, frosty & foggy, steam hides train. Photographed: near Rolla, Colo., January 17, 1954.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1954.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rolla.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1954
- UP train, engine number 820, engine type 4-8-4 and engine number 802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #43, passenger train; 14 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Borie, Wyo., April 29, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Borie.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1947
- UP train, engine number 833, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #8, Mail train; 13 cars, 70 MPH. Photographed: near Cheyenne, Wyo., September 3, 1955.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1955.; Railroad locomotives--Wyoming--Cheyenne.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1955