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- Freight wagon
- Hispanic American sheepherders pose near sacks of wool and with freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool near the Denver and Rio Grande railroad station in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a freight car near the wood frame station.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons.; Railroad stations.; Shepherds.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
- ca. 1900
- Santa Fe freight station, Colorado Springs
- Men wear suits and derby hats and stand near an arched entrance or pose in second-story windows of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad freight station in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The rusticated stone three-story building...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Pueblo railroad yards and Union Avenue viaduct
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad freight cars are parked in the Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado, freight yard under the Union Avenue Viaduct. Lettering on boxcars reads: "C.R.S. Trust," "4512," "3571," "2453," "4061." Lettering on flatcars reads:...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Hotel Victoria (Pueblo, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad shops & yards.; Truss bridges.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Colo. Midland terminals, Grand Junction
- Bird's eye view east from roof of Union Station over Colorado Midland rail and freight yards, Grand Junction, Colorado (shared by Denver & Rio Grande), including freight, box, passenger, and hopper railroad cars; shows standard and narrow gauge...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad...
- 1907
- Pike's Peak from Papetown [sic]
- View of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Papeton (formerly Curtis), Colorado, northeast of Colorado Springs; original site named Curtis by W.W. Curtis who opened Curtis Coal Mine, relocated & renamed Papeton by striking coal miners in 1903...
- Papeton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Papeton--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Papeton--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- T.E. 5:45 PM car 506 at stall, 320 passing
- Texas Electric Railway interurban streetcar 320 passes interurban freight car 506 and a railroad freight car near the "Texas Electric Freight Depot" in Dallas (Dallas County), Texas. Billboards read: "It's Fun to Play Wurlizter Music," and...
- Texas Electric Railway--1940-1950.; Dallas (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.
- 1946 April 27
- Texas & Pacific Ry. 1000 diesel BB in fore, Union Station beyond, Dallas.
- Texas & Pacific Railway diesel 1000 and a freight car are at Union Station in Dallas (Dallas County), Texas. Lettering on the freight car reads "Union Pacific, Road of the Streamliners." Shows passenger and freight trains in the railroad yard,...
- Texas & Pacific Railway--1940-1950.; Dallas (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Texas--Dallas--1940-1950.
- 1946 December 25
- Freight yard and freight house, Montrose Colo
- Freight cars, many of which are loaded with sugar beets, are lined up along the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks near the freight house and depot in Montrose, Colorado.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- October 21, 1913
- A.T. & S.F R'y crew
- View of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad workers at the end of a shift at the freight depot in Flagstaff, Arizona. Diesel locomotive number 3385 and freight cars are near the depot.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1980-1990.; Flagstaff (Ariz.)--1980-1990.; Railroad employees--Arizona--Flagstaff--1980-1990.; Railroad stations--Arizona--Flagstaff--1980-1990.; Railroads--Arizona--Flagstaff--1980-1990.
- 1982 Oct. 25
- D&RGW
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight house in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The board and batten sided building has a porch that covers part of the platform, a gable roof and gable trim. The D&RGW emblem is painted on...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
- 1953?
- D. & R.G. freight yards looking northwest from viaduct and D. & R.G. round house and Main St. viaduct in the background.
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Walker freight yards in Pueblo, Colorado. The railroad yard, damaged by the Arkansas River flood, has overturned and damaged freight and gondola cars. The Main Street viaduct, the D. & R.G.W....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- D. & R.G. freight yards looking east from viaduct Santa Fe bridge and Nuckoll's Packing Plant in the background.
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Walker freight yards after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows twisted and damaged railroad tracks and overturned railroad freight cars. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe bridge, the...
- Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colorado)--1920-1930.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Meat industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- [1921 June]
- D. & R.G. freight yards northeast from viaduct
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Walker freight yards in Pueblo, Colorado. The railroad yard, damaged by the Arkansas River flood, has overturned and damaged freight, refrigerator and gondola cars. A tank reads "The Eldorado...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- D. &. R.G. freight yards looking west from viaduct
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Walker Freight Yard after an Arkansas River flood in Pueblo Colorado. Shows freight cars, some overturned by the flood waters. A railroad crane, workmen, the Denver and Rio Grande roundhouse, a water tank...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Wreckage in D. & R.G. freight yards
- View of wrecked and overturned Denver & Rio Grande Western freight cars and debris, the result of the Arkansas River flood, in Pueblo, Colorado. Metal scrap is on and near the tracks in the Walker freight yard.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & ...
- [1921 June]
- Fowler, Colo.
- Men pose near a freight train with sugar beets piled in Arkansas Valley Railroad Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company cars in Fowler (Otero County), Colorado. Men wear suits and stand near a man on a horse. A frame building and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Fowler (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Fowler--1900-1910.
- [1900 Dec. 7?]
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo
- Smoke rises from smokestacks and blast furnaces at the Minnequa Plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight cars are on tracks over an irrigation...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.; Irrigation...
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Denver freight yards
- View of the freight yards in Denver, Colorado. Shows locomotives, freight cars, buildings, water towers, tracks, caboose and automobiles. Signs read: "D. & R. G. W.," (Denver and Rio Grande Western) "C. R. I. & P.," (Chicago, Rock Island and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the damage and debris caused by the Arkansas River flood probably near Second and Third Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows an overturned freight car, a corrugated roof, train tracks and multi-story commercial buildings. The...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Vanadium stockpile, Grand Junction
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight car beside a wooden shelter in probably Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a rocky hillside beside the freight car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Vanadium stockpile, Grand Junction
- View of an open topped Denver & Rio Grande Western freight car on tracks probably in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Stenciled lettering on the freight car includes: "D & RGW 40475."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Sloan beet dump
- View of freight cars at the sugar beet loading facilities at the Great Western Sugar Company near Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. A woman stands next to a wood frame building while workers dump sugar beets into C.B.& Q. (Chicago, Burlington and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- Colo. Midland rounding Hell Gate
- Shows a three engine Colorado Midland Railway Company freight train as it rounds Hell Gate in Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Colorado Midland RR excursion
- A large group affiliated with the National Association of Local Freight Agents pose in front of Colorado Midland Railroad trains numbers 12 and 26 in Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; National Association of Local Freight Agents--People--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- New York Central Lines freight & passenger office
- View of the New York Central Lines freight and passenger office at 1071 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on a window and door reads: "New York Central Michigan Central Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Big Four Route Boston &...
- New York Central Railroad Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- New York Central Line freight & passenger office
- View of the New York Central Lines freight and passenger office at 1071 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on a window and door reads: "New York Central Michigan Central Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Big Four Route Boston &...
- New York Central Railroad Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Freight train on viaduct
- Two Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company locomotives pull freight cars across a viaduct in California. Shows "Atchison" and "A&T" on car door.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--California--1900-1910.; Railroads--California--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Alpine Station
- View of the Alpine railroad station, Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, a combination frame depot, freight room and living quarters with a large group of men on the wooden plank depot platform with piles of bundled canvas sacks; shows Denver South...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- 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?]
- Colo. Midland Terminals, Grand Junction
- Bird's eye view west over Colorado Midland Railway rail and freight yards taken from roof of Union Station, Grand Junction, Colorado; including freight, box, hopper, and passenger railroad cars; shows standard and narrow gauge tracks, two railyard...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad dining cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.; Railroad shops &...
- 1907
- Freight house Denver, Colo.
- View of the Denver Pacific / Kansas Pacific freight house (later Union Pacific Railroad Company) in the Union Station railroad yard, in Denver, Colorado. The 20th (Twentieth) Street viaduct passes over the stone building.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1924 January 29
- Showing destruction along A.T. & S.F., from Union Ave. N.W.
- Men work to clear debris from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks at the A.T. & S.F. Freight House after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows standing water, overturned freight cars, axles, and washed out...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- West bound pipe train near Bighorn
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train rounds the Bighorn Loop in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Freight cars carry metal pipe.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1960.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1940-1960.; Pipes (Conduits)--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1940-1960.; Railroad freight cars--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1940-1960.; Railroads--New...
- [between 1948 and 1952?]
- Wreck on D. & R.G.W. near Aspen
- People stand on tracks beside an overturned Central Vermont Railway freight car near Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The wrecked freight car is wedged in an embankment near a Denver and Rio Grande Western wooden trestle. Shows snow on mountains...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.; Trestles--Colorado--Pitkin...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Freight office, Denver
- View of the two-story Union Pacific Railroad freight house office building at the Union Station rail yard in Denver, Colorado. The brick building has ornamental quoins, pillars at the entrance, lintels, awnings, and a stone course below a flat...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939 August
- Midland Terminal, Victor
- View of three Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe box cars at Midland Terminal railroad yards, Victor, Colorado; shows man in horse-drawn freight wagon unloading ore from center railroad car, town of Victor in valley below, a short spur extending to...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- [between 1895 and 1902]
- Missouri Pacific shops and freight yard now on an island
- View of the Missouri Pacific shops and freight yard surrounded by the flood waters of the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado. Wrecked and overturned freight cars are jumbled together near the shops and in the middle of the flood. Bluffs are on...
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the remains of Denver and Rio Grande railroad freight and passenger cars, houses, and debris in the Walker railroad yard after a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. The C Street viaduct is in the distance. Lettering on a freight car reads: "D. &....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- 1921
- D&RGW
- View of a railroad switch, and the rail yard in Chama (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Western freight trains, stacked railroad ties beside the tracks, and probably a corral with cattle ramps. A freight train and hills...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Chama (N.M.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--New Mexico--Chama--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--New Mexico--Chama--1940-1950.; Railroads--New Mexico--Chama--1940-1950.
- 1945 October
- D & RGW extra 119, Louviers Plug or Ping Pong at Sedalia
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train the "Louviers Plug" or the "Louviers Ping Pong" stopped at Sedalia (Douglas County), Colorado. The train is led by diesel locomotive 119, and has a consist of a freight car, caboose, and tanker...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.
- 1950 November 25
- Bellefonte Central # 18 and combine 7 on rear of train at lime plant # 1 near State College, PA.
- View of Bellefonte Central Railroad locomotive # 18, with a freight car and combination car #7, near State College (Centre County), Pennsylvania. A logo on the freight cars reads:" P R R" (Pennsylvania Railroad).
- Bellefonte Central Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Pennsylvania Railroad--1930-1940.; State College (Pa.)--1930-1940.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad locomotives.
- 1939 September 16
- C.B. & Q. 6165 (2-10-2) passing wreck scene near Walsenburg
- View of a Chicago, Burlington Quincy freight train near Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Steam locomotive 6165 leads the train. Freight cars have letters that read: "Chicago & North Western The Streamliners" and "Pennsylvania."
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- 1946 September 8
- Western History Subject Index
- Freight and freighting
- Western History Subject Index
- Freight and freighting
- Western History Subject Index
- Freight and freighting
- Western History Subject Index
- Freight and freighting, Colorado
- 1881 Corbett & Ballenger's 9th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Colorado & Southern Freight Depot, Fort Collins, Colo.
- View of the Colorado & Southern Freight Depot located at 136 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colo. Built in 1906, the simple, one-story brick depot has been restored as the Fort Collins Transit Center.
- Transportation buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Railroads--Freight--Colorado--Fort Collins--Buildings--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado and Southern...
- 2002
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- Gladstone, Col., Gold King Mill
- View of the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level processing facilities with dormer windows, smokestacks, cribbing, a Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad freight engine, gable-roofed housing units and...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]