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- Loco #3606 & freight D&RGW 3606, 2-8-8-2 simple articulated, northbound on D&RGW-ATSF (ATSF MP 715)
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3606 approaching Sedalia, Colorado, northbound on the D&RGW / Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe joint line. Hay and chicken wire are piled above the headlamp.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Loco #3606 & freight D & RGW 3606, 2-8-8-2 simple articulated, northbound on D & RGW-ATSF (ATSF MP 715)
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3606, approaching Sedalia, Colorado, northbound, on the D&RGW / Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe joint line. Hay and chicken wire are piled above the headlamp.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Approaching Duffield, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks through mountainous terrain approaching Duffield, Colorado, signpost; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Duffield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Approaching the Summit of Rollins Pass, Atlantic Sloap [sic], Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Engine Number 102 with passenger coaches approaching summit of Rollins Pass, Colorado, on standard gauge Moffat Road; coming up eastern slope of Continental Divide.
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Approaching Sapinero Canon of the Gunnison
- Two men sit on rocks and fish in the Gunnison River, near the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, possibly near the town of Sapinero (Gunnison County), Colorado. Narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande tracks are near the river. A bridge crosses a portion of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fishing--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Approaching Spearfish Canon, B. & M. R.R.
- Panoramic view of a rocky hillside above tracks of probably the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), South Dakota. People stand on tracks in front of an engine. Tree stumps and a mine shaft are on a...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Mining--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Approaching Hell Gate, Col. Midland R.R.
- Men pose on a Colorado Midland Railway train or on the roof of a freight car near Hell Gap (Hell Gate), Pitkin County, Colorado. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight car is on the train. Shows snow in a valley, a railroad grade in...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.
- [1888?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 24, 1914 September 26
- Looking toward Telegraph Hill, from Stanford mansion, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view of North Beach and a part of Telegraph Hill after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California. A man stands in the rubble near the remains of a destroyed mansion on Nob Hill. The damaged St. Francis of Assisi Church (now the...
- Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait)--1900-1910.; North Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Telegraph Hill (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Yerba Buena Island...
- c1906
- The Lake at Green Mountain Falls
- View of the Green Mountain Falls resort in El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado; shows a gazebo in the lake, boats, a boat house, the hotel, and an approaching Colorado Midland Railroad train.
- Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gazebos--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- M. & P.P. Ry. crossing timber line
- View of Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks and a locomotive near timberline on Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. Buildings, a tent, and a footbridge are beside cog railroad tracks. The summit of Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- El Paso Livery Stable before the fire
- Heavy, black smoke and flames approach El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) and "A" Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado, during second fire, April 29, 1896; scene includes wood frame residences, two-story flat-roof commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Smoke--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- El Paso Livery Stable, the explosion, 1896
- View towards El Paso Livery Stable, Bennett Avenue between 1st (First) & "A" Streets, as fire causes stored dynamite to explode during second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; actual blast pictured with roof debris in air, black...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Smoke--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Reproduction of a rendering shows Conestoga wagons approaching Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The town consists of dwellings, churches, and the Antlers Hotel with Pikes Peak in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Dust storm in southern Colo.
- View of a huge cloud of dust approaching Jake & Babes cafe and other businesses in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Dust storm
- People stand in a yard on a farm between a house and out buildings looking at an approaching dust storm, possibly near Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devastating dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- At 26th & West Colorado
- View from Twenty-sixth along West Colorado, in the Colorado City business district, El Paso County, Colorado, shows men at work on the eastbound streetcar tracks; one trowels fresh concrete; tie piles along the sidewalk to be used in rebuilding the...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado City--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado City--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Silver Creek Falls from above Bear Creek Road on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of a Cripple Creek Short Line train on standard gauge tracks approaching the Silver Cascade Falls trestle, Colorado, from Bear Creek Road.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1920.; Silver Cascade Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Million $ Hiwy.
- View of the Million Dollar Highway (State Highway 550), Ouray County, Colorado: shows a car approaching on a switchback.
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- View of Breckenridge from the railway on Nigger Hill, 500 feet above the town
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). The town is below and to the west; mountains and foothills of the Ten Mile Range are in the background. To the north is the grade and railway...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Glenwood Can.
- Placid waters of the Colorado River reflect Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado. Smoke in the distance may be an approaching train on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Tabor grave, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Tabor burial plot at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Denver, Colorado; tombstone inscription reads: "TABOR," "Unknown to fame until approaching the age of fifty, chance suddenly brought him considerable wealth and reputation. A few years later...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.--Tomb.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899.--Tomb.
- 1965
- Stone buildings (farm scene?)
- View of a settlement in Colorado or Utah; shows boys posing, stone houses, and an approaching car.
- Boys--1920-1940.; Cities & towns--1920-1940.; Houses--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- D&RG 782, 4-6-0, and northbound train #4
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Brooks locomotive 782 is northbound with freight cars in El Paso County, Colorado with a rock butte in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--El Paso County--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--El Paso County--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1928?
- D&RGW 1154, 2-8-0, doubleheading westbound train No.3 upgrade at Castle Gate, Utah
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 1154 is westbound at Castle Gate, Utah, approaching the Price River bridge. Sheer rock cliffs are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Castle Gate (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Utah--Castle Gate--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Castle Gate--1920-1930.
- 1929?
- The Continental summit, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) engine number 100 & passenger train approaching Rollins Pass, Colorado; group of people standing beside standard gauge track & train, snowfields; Moffat Road,...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Rollins Pass--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Dixie Lake near Continental Divide, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- View of Dixie Lake (also called Jenny Lake) and Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) passenger train approaching Needle's Eye tunnel (number 32) near Rollins Pass, Colorado; standard gauge track winding along...
- Jenny Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Giant palisade, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) standard gauge track approaching tunnel seven in vertical rocky escarpment along Moffat Road, Colorado; telegraph poles parallel track, man standing beside track;...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- In the San Juan Mtns.
- View of San Juans of the Rocky Mountains possibly near Red Mountain Mining District, Ironton Park, Colorado along Ouray-Silverton stage road; "Toll Road" originally built by Otto Mears in 1883, later became U.S. Highway 550 - "Million Dollar...
- Ironton Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Red Mountain Mining District (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Above the clouds-Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of forested mountain ridges with approaching cloud tops from (probably) Pikes Peak, near the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, above Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Cripple Creek Short Line.
- Forests--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; 2 cars. Photographed: approaching top of Boreas Pass, Colo., August 8, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1929
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 5, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #70, passenger; snowshed, 2 cars. Photographed: approaching Boreas Pass, Colo., August 8, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1929
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 7, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #56, passenger; 3 cars. Photographed: Approaching high bridge of the Georgetown Loop, Colo., May 29, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Georgetown Loop.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1927
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 8, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 4 cars. Photographed: Approaching 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 train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 2 cars. Photographed: Approaching Boreas Pass showshed, photographed from train, February 22, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Boreas Pass (Colo.); Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1934
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Train #71, passenger; 2 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: Approaching Denver, Colo., along South Platte River, February 13, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 9, engine type 2-6-0
- Freight; eastbound; 28 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Approaching Denver, Colo., October 15, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 60, engine type 2-8-0
- Train #70, passenger; 3 cars. Photographed: Approaching bridge near Strontia Springs, Colo., photographed from last train, April 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Strontia Springs.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 15 cars. Photographed: Approaching Golden, Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Golden.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; on last run, 9 cars, engine backing. Photographed: Approaching Idaho Springs, Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Idaho Springs.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 70, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; eastbound; 14 cars, on last run. Photographed: Approaching Forks Creek Colo., May 4, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Forks Creek.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- World renowned [sic] loop, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake) Hill Hell, "Loop", wooden trestle and tunnel number 33, Moffat Road, Colorado; passenger train crossing over trestle and another passenger train approaching tunnel; standard...
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Denver, Northwester [sic] & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- Bird's eye view of Yankee Doodle Lake, James Peak, & Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake) retouched passenger train leaving "Needles Eye" tunnel, tunnel number 32, reached via Moffat Road, Colorado; standard gauge...
- James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 13 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Approaching Leadville, Colo., May 2, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- C&S narrow gauge train, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight; westbound; 15 cars. Photographed: Approaching Birds Eye Colo., June 15, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bird's Eye.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1943
- Cathedral Spires, Ophir Loop
- View of Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge tracks approaching rock formation (Ophir Needles) Cathedral Spires near Ophir Loop, Colorado; wooden trestle - section of Ophir Loop, above track, center right.
- Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1900-1910.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- C&S train, engine number 327, engine type 4-6-0 and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe engine number 3763, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #6, passenger; 16 cars, 35 MPH; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train. Photographed: Approaching Denver, Colo., July 7, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1936
- C&S train, engine number 330, engine type 4-6-0
- Train #32, passenger; 5 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: Approaching Denver, Colo., April 17, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1931
- C&S train, engine number 330, engine type 4-6-0
- Train #8, Colorado Express; 4 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: Approaching Pueblo, Colo., March 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pueblo.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1933
- 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