Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, and Mount Blanca and Western caboose #05, are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Smoke rises from a passing D. & R.G.W. narrow gauge train....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo...
View of steel barrel transfer machinery with a sign that reads: "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio" on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows narrow gauge freight car number "1253," filled...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
View of a barrel transfer machine and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Signs on the steel beams read: "D.& R.G.W.R.R. Royal Gorge Route, Scenic Line," and "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio."...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
View of narrow gauge East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad box cars number 412 and 428 and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company standard gauge box car number 47324 parked in the rail yard at Johnson City (Washington County),...
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Johnson City (Tenn.)--1930-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Tennessee--Johnson City--1930-1940.; Railroad freight...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company caboose 0856 is parked with standard and narrow gauge boxcars and an idler car at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge diesel 38 and narrow gauge car 3693 waits at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The operator is in the cab; another man stands by narrow gauge box cars.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
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.
Royal Gorge, Colorado; shows Hanging Bridge (center background) which originally supported only three-foot gauge track for narrow gauge; an outside third rail was laid to standard gauge in 1890 between Cañon City and Leadville. In 1911, inside...
Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--1890-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.
View of Denver and Rio Grande Western standard gauge diesel 73 and a flatcar, which carries narrow gauge steam locomotive 318 (2-8-0) for delivery to the Narrow Gauge Motel in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Men admire Denver and Rio Grande Western Diesel locomotive 5107 (GP7 standard gauge), which is parked near steam locomotive 318 (2-8-0 narrow gauge), near an engine house and gondola car at Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. One man is on...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
Rio Grande Southern locomotive #20 (4-6-0) and #42 (2-8-0) are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. #42 hauls stock cars and caboose 0404. Shows curved narrow gauge tracks, and a train beside the frame museum...
Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.;...
Boys and a man smile and pose on a narrow gauge motorized section car at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The boys wear t-shirts and blue jeans; one boy holds a cat on his lap. Shows dust in the air, and Rio Grande...
Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (2-8-2) locomotives #498 (with a pilot snowplow) and #499 pass the Narrow Gauge Motel south of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Smoke rises from the mixed standard and narrow gauge doubleheader train. A...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.;...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive #494 (2-8-2) heads a mixed gauge train south of Alamosa in Alamosa County, Colorado. The consist includes standard gauge box cars, an idler car and narrow gauge caboose #0503. The...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa County--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa...
Freight, eastbound; ready to leave for Salida, 14 cars, standard gauge, narrow gauge. Photographed: Alamosa, Colo., November 26, 1950.
Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 14 cars, standard gauge, narrow gauge. Photographed: north, of Mosca, Colo., November 26, 1950.
Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mosca.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
Freight, eastbound; 14 cars, standard gauge, narrow gauge. Photographed: north of Alamosa, Colo., November 26, 1950.
Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
View of the last Denver and Rio Grande Western run of a mixed gauge passenger train to Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado at mile post 263. The standard gauge locomotive no. 1146 pulls three narrow gauge passenger cars.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Conejos Country--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Railroad passenger...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive #1146, with narrow gauge flat cars, sits in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado. Rails are stacked nearby.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad rails--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.;...
Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 1146 (standard gauge 2-8-0) and narrow gauge caboose 0503 at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad Cabooses--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge locomotive 776 (4-6-0) passes narrow gauge locomotives 454 and 360 (2-8-0) 454 on a siding near the engine house in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Montrose (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1940-1950.
A truck with letters that read: "Narrow Gauge Motel, Alamosa, Colorado" is parked in the grass beside a "Narrow Gauge Motel, Alamosa" road sign in the shape of a caboose, along US 285, north of Antonito in probably Conejos County, Colorado. Shows a...
View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad standard gauge gondola car #71572 on railroad tracks beside the passenger depot in Ridgway (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows automobiles and a barrier to mark the end of the standard gauge track. The...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Railroad crossing--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.;...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive 278 (2-8-0) is on display on a spur in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
Aerial view of Roaring Fork River & valley from Red Mountain near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Mount Sopris (elevation 12,823 feet), background; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (Aspen branch through Carbondale) standard...
Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.;...
Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado centered on rows of blocks between Blair Street (left) and Greene Street (right); Sultan Mountain (elevation 13,368 feet), background right; Grand Turk (elevation 13,148 feet), background left; small pond on...
Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Grand Turk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 318 (narrow gauge) passes locomotive 784 (standard gauge) at Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotives 605 (standard gauge) and 340 (narrow gauge), caboose 0577, and coal tenders at Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotives 1403 (standard gauge 2-10-2) and 491 (2-8-2 narrow gauge) near a coaling trestle in the yards at Alamosa (Alamosa County) Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company narrow gauge tank car, UTLX 88155, and standard gauge, VENX 764, sit at the Oriental Oil Company Refinery at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 1202 (2-8-2 standard gauge) and 318 (2-8-0 narrow gauge) vent steam at Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western standard gauge flat cars carry narrow gauge locomotive 481 (2-8-2) and a coal tender at Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows boxcars; letters on the flat car read: "Erie 7312."
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Salida (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western standard gauge locomotive 454 (2-8-2), with The Mountaineer passenger train, and narrow gauge locomotive 784 (4-6-0), with five freight cars, wait at the depot in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Tanks are in the...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Montrose (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1950-1960.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, and caboose 0500, are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows telephone poles and snow on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, repainted with "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mt. Blanca and Western Railroad) and "Cumbres," and caboose 05 are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
Robert W. Richardson and a bus driver pose in front of a Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company tour bus and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Flxible Company--Products--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company--Equipment &...
Robert W. Richardson and Carl Helfin pose on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #346, at the Narrow Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Richardson holds an oil can and Helfin holds a wire handled lamp. Antlers are...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad...
View of a three-way switch at "Mears Junction" in the yard at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows a freight car and motorized section car on a spur. A caboose on blocks beside the tracks has a sign that reads:...
Members of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club pose as they restore Rio Grande Southern locomotive (4-6-0) #20 (restored as Florence & Cripple Creek #20). The men and a boy work beside a caboose and a box car in the Narrow Gauge Motel and Narrow Gauge...
Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain Railroad Club--Meetings--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad standard gauge locomotive #1167 (2-8-0), two standard gauge idler cars, and narrow gauge caboose #0503 are stopped at probably the depot in La Fruto (Alamosa County), Colorado. A sign beside the tracks reads...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; La Fruto (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--La Fruto--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--La Fruto--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--La Fruto--1940-1950.
Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive #492 (2-8-2), with a freight train, across from the Narrow Gauge Motel on highway US 285 in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Motel signs read: "Narrow Gauge Motel,"...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1950-1960.; Motels--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad...