Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Silverton Fire Department
- Men identified as members of the Silverton Volunteer Fire Department stand in front of a Denver & Rio Grand Railroad passenger car in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Women passengers stand on the rear stairwell of the passenger car. One...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Devil's Gate viaduct, Ry. Georgetown to Silver Plume
- View of two excursion trains, passenger cars and railroad engines, stopped on the Devil's Gate High Bridge on the Georgetown Loop between Georgetown and Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The snow covered banks of Clear Creek and rocks lie...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Group of Pawnee Warr. & Palace Cars of U.P.R.R.
- Native American (Pawnee) men, hired for a staged performance for members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian, wear headdresses and woven blankets, and stand in front of a Union Pacific Railroad passenger car in Nebraska. Men and...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--1860-1870.;...
- 1866 October
- Flood scene, Union Depot, Pueblo, June 6-1921
- View of damage from the Arkansas River flood at the Union Depot rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger cars are near the passenger platform. Damaged cars are turned over and logs and lumber is...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Shay no. 14 on the Colorado Central
- A view of Colorado Central Shay locomotive number 14 and open passenger cars near Central City (Teller County), Colorado. Signs on the side of the passenger cars read "narrow gauge steam railroad."
- Colorado Central Railroad (1974-)--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- 1974
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr, contestants boarding
- Female beauty contestants, fashionably dressed, board the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr in Chicago, Illinois. "Queen Virginia Roper" wears a crown and shakes hands with Ralph Budd the president of the railroad. The other contestants...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940.; Chicago (Ill.)--1930-1940.; Beauty contestants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business...
- 1936 Nov. 13
- D.& R.G. wreck
- A man in a suit and hat poses beside derailed Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger cars at the site of a wreck in probably Colorado. The overturned passenger cars have clerestory vents and arches above the windows. Railroad ties are scattered...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1909 June 27
- Great Northern Oriental Limited
- View of Great Northern Railway Oriental Limited passenger train on tracks near a railroad signal. A steel passenger car reads "Great Northern" and "Compartment Observation Car," "9029," and a sign on the railing displays the Oriental Limited logo.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1920-1930.; Oriental Limited (Express train)--1920-1930.; Railroad observation cars--1920-1930.; Railroads--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1931]
- Station at Salt Lake City, U.
- Cars and buses are in the road in front of the Union Pacific Railroad passenger depot in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The stone building has the Union Pacific logo on a mansard roof, circular and arched windows, and finials. A sign on a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1940-1950.; Logos--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake City--1940-1950.
- 1949 September 4
- North Platte station
- View of the Union Pacific Railroad passenger depot in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. Shows a worker beside luggage carts near the tracks. The brick and stone depot has classical elements that include pediments, arched windows with...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; North Platte (Neb.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Nebraska--North Platte--1930-1940.
- 1938 June
- Grizzly Flats R.R.
- Men and a woman pose in front of a Grizzly Flats Railroad locomotive and a caboose in an engine shed at the home of Ward Kimball in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the "Emma Nevada," a narrow gauge locomotive, and "Coach 5," a...
- Kimball, Ward--Homes & haunts.; Grizzly Flats Railroad--1940-1950.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1940-1950.; People--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroads facilities--California--Los...
- 1941 November
- Hagerman Pass, 11,500 ft. above the sea, Colorado Midland Ry
- View of several Pullman passenger cars of the Colorado Midland Railway at Hagerman Pass (11,500 feet elevation) in Colorado; some passengers peer out windows or doorways of cars; several men stand beside train cars; smoke of locomotive wafts back...
- Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pullman cars--Colorado--1880-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Nathrop station
- A mixed train of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad pulls away from the small stone station in Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado. A stream of smoke puffs from the locomotive. Men are gathered between the freight and passenger cars; a man...
- Nathrop (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Nathrop--1870-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Nathrop--1870-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Nathrop--1870-1900.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- National Railways of Mexico narrow gauge 2-8-0 #262 train #110, San Lazaro station, Mexico City, D. F.
- A Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (National Railways of Mexico) narrow gauge passenger train, with locomotive #262, waits at the San Lazaro station, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. The railroad station and passenger platform are in...
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México--1950-1960.; Mexico City (Mexico)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Mexico City--Mexico--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Mexico City--Mexico--1950-1960.
- 1959 December 20
- P.E. PCC car 5004 on Glendale line, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Pacific Electric Railway Company PCC interurban streetcar 5004 approaches a passenger shelter on the Glendale Line in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. A street lamp and houses are nearby; a woman waits on the passenger platform. The...
- Pacific Electric Railway Company--1940-1950.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Shelters--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.
- 1946 November 18
- Pullman Company car named "Butler" Columbus, Ohio.
- A Pullman Company passenger car is on tracks beside covered passenger platforms at a railroad station in Columbus (Franklin County), Ohio. Lettering on the car reads: "Pullman" and "Butler." Shows a baggage cart and signs that read "Columbus...
- Pullman Company--1940-1950.; Columbus (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad sleeping cars--United States--Ohio--Columbus--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Ohio--Columbus--1940-1950.; Railroads--Ohio--Columbus--1940-1950.
- 1941 April 28
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry., the "Firefly" (train name) 1503 4-8-2 & cars leaving depot, south, Fort Scott, Kans.
- A St. Louis and San Francisco Railway train, the "Firefly," is at the passenger depot in Fort Scott (Bourbon County), Kansas. Shows locomotive #1503 with freight and passenger cars leaving the depot. A railroad worker holds a sign that reads...
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company--1940-1950.; Fort Scott (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroads--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.
- 1949 April 24
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Joplin train leaving local train Fort Scott to Joplin, Mo., Fort Scott, Kans.
- St. Louis and San Francisco Railway locomotive #182, 4-4-0, and a baggage and a passenger car, are at the passenger depot in Fort Scott (Bourbon County), Kansas. Passengers are on the platform. Workers are on or beside the train and a baggage cart....
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company--1940-1950.; Fort Scott (Kan.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.; Railroads--Kansas--Fort Scott--1940-1950.
- 1949 April 24
- Sheffield & Tionesta Ry. 4-4-0 #11, gondola, coach #4508, Sheffield station, Pa.
- Smoke rises from Sheffield & Tionesta Railway locomotive #11, with a gondola and passenger car, at the railroad depot in Sheffield (Warren County), Pennsylvania. A railroad worker is outside the passenger car. Shows a siding and a clapboard sided...
- Sheffield and Tionesta Railway Company--1930-1940.; Sheffield (Pa.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Pennsylvania--Sheffield--1930-1940.
- 1939 September 11
- Manitou Springs, 582
- second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; it is flanked by its freight and passenger...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Manitou Springs, Colorado, 583
- are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; the freight and passenger sheds are also visible. Above left is the Midland Terminal Depot,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Manitou
- Fountain Creek is left of center, bottom. A brick residence with a gabled roof and chimneys sits on Manitou Avenue; across the street is the D. & R. G. Railroad Station, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof, a chimney at each end,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Manitou
- chimneys sits on Manitou Avenue, and across the street is the D. & R. G. Railroad Station, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end. At the east end is a bay window, and the freight and passenger sheds are also...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- Manitou
- veranda. The second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; the freight and passenger sheds flank...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [betweeen 1895 and 1900?]
- Manitou, Colo. 32
- Gardens, a frame structure with gables, dormers and veranda. The second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R.G. (1881) Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Manitou, Colorado
- Depot, passenger and freight sheds, and a parked train. To the left of it is the Manitou Coal Power Plant. In the lower corners are oval vignettes showing the 1885 Soda Spring Pavilion on the left, and in the lower right the Ute Iron Spring...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905?]
- Manitou, Colo.
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. There is a dusting of snow throughout. On the right is the remodelled Manitou House, a three story frame and stone building with dormers, projecting bays and open porches with columns. Above it...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.
- [between 1886 and 1909?]
- Union Pacific display train "City of Salina" Denver
- Spectators gather around the Union Pacific Railroad streamliner: "City of Salina" as people stand in line to enter a passenger car on display at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The combination locomotive and mail car has a bullet shaped nose...
- City of Salina (Streamliner)--1930-1940.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- 1937
- D&RGW
- Men transfer canvas mail bags between the flat bed of an automobile, and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Post Office car #119, in Romeo (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a baggage car and a passenger car behind the United States Mail car,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Romeo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Romeo--1940-1950.; Railroad mail service--Colorado--Romeo--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Romeo--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 August 8
- D&RGW
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight cars #3451, #3187 and #3563, and the passenger depot in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. The frame passenger depot has flared eaves, and hip roof details. Shows a railroad switch and steep...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- 1941 July 6
- D&RGW
- Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #484 (2-8-2), with passenger train 215, the "San Juan," in the yard in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows baggage cars and a passenger car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1950 March 15
- D&RGW
- Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive #484 (2-8-2) on passenger train 216, the "San Juan," in Amargo (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. The train has baggage, mail and passenger cars, and is on a slope in a canyon beside...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Amargo (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Amargo--1940-1950.
- 1949 November 18
- D&RGW
- Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 2-8-2 locomotive 484, with passenger train 216, the "San Juan," in Monero (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. The train has baggage, mail and passenger cars, and is on a slope in probably Monero...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Monero (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Monero--1940-1950.; Railroad mail service--New Mexico--Monero--1940-1950.; Railroads--New Mexico--Monero--1940-1950.
- 1949 November 18
- D&RGW, leaving Durango, Colo.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train, the "San Juan," with narrow gauge locomotive 476 (2-8-2) and passenger cars, leaves Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows smoke above a smelter beside the Animas River. Houses, trees and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1940-1950.; Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.; Rivers--Colorado--Durango--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 September 16
- 1:00 P.M. C & S tr. 1, Texas Zephyr, 1 mile north of Larkspur
- View of the Texas Zephyr, Colorado and Southern passenger train no. 1, led by diesel locomotive 9937A near Larkspur (Douglas County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route." The consist has a baggage car and passenger...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Texas Zephyr (Express train)--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1960.
- 1955 July 29
- C & S tr. 31, eng. 372 N.W. of Westminster, 9:30 A.M.
- View of Colorado and Southern passenger train no. 31 led by steam locomotive 372 (4-6-2) near Westminster (Adams County), Colorado. The train consist has a passenger car.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Adams County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Adams County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Adams County--1940-1950.
- 1949 October 12
- C & S Texas Zephyr, south @ Sedalia, 1:30P.M.
- The Colorado and Southern passenger train the Texas Zephyr is stopped at Sedalia (Douglas County), Colorado. The train has a diesel locomotive, passenger cars, a combination car and a mail car. A Denver and Rio Grande Western freight car and...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Texas Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949 October 12
- Colorado & Southern train 1, Texas Zephyr, at Palmer Lake , Colo. 1:10 P.M.
- View of the Texas Zephyr, Colorado and Southern passenger train no. 1, led by diesel locomotive 9551A near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route." The consist has a baggage car and passenger...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Texas Zephyr (Express train)--1950-1960.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1960.
- 1955 November 20
- D & RGW tr. 1 engine 1802 between Wolhurst & Acequia
- Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train 1, led by steam locomotive 1802 (4-8-4) travels between Wolhurst and Acequia in Arapahoe or Douglas County, Colorado. The trains consist has baggage, mail, combination and passenger cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1950 July 10
- Akron, Canton & Youngstown engine #352 broadside on River Styx trestle
- View of an Akron, Canton and Youngstown passenger train on a steel trestle over the River Styx in Medina County, Ohio. Shows steam locomotive 352 with a passenger coach and a baggage car.
- Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Medina County (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Trestles.
- 1937 October 4
- Akron, Canton & Youngstown engine #401, tr. 95, 401, 15, 11, 6 frt cars on Howard St.-Walnut trestle, Akron, Ohio
- View of an Akron, Canton and Youngstown passenger train on a steel trestle over the River Styx in Medina County, Ohio. Shows steam locomotive 352 with a passenger coach and a baggage car.
- Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Akron (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Trestles.
- 1937 June
- Baltimore & Ohio Eng. # 7618, 5304 & exhibit train leaving Akron Jct.
- Tandem Baltimore & Ohio steam locomotives 7618 (2-8-8-4)and 5304 (4-6-2) lead a passenger car, freight cars and flatcars carrying antique railroad locomotives and passenger coaches in Akron Junction (Summit County), Ohio.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron Junction (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- 1948 July 1
- Boston & Albany R.R., # 605 (4-6-2), North Adams, MA.
- A Boston and Albany Railroad passenger train, led by steam locomotive # 605, is stopped at the depot in North Adams (Berkshire County), Massachusetts. Shows a covered passenger platform, an engine house and a church with a steeple. Snow covers the...
- Boston and Albany Railroad Company--1940-1950.; North Adams (Mass.)--1940-1950.; Churches.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Snow.
- 1947 February 22
- Windy Point near summit of Pike's Peak
- View of Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (also called Pikes Peak Cog Road) engine number six and passenger car on Windy Point (elevation 12,129 feet) near summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado. The engine was built by Baldwin in 1906, converted to coal...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1920.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1915]
- Western History Subject Index
- Smith, J
- Western History Subject Index
- Thompson, H J
- Union Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Unions Station
- Photograph of Unions Station, in Denver, Colorado, looking to the Southwest. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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