Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Coudersport & Port Allegany R.R. snooping the 15 and rail cars in front of the round house in Coudersport, Penn. Rail fan excursion.
- Rail fans investigate the Coudersport and Allegany Railroad rail yard at Coudersport (Potter County), Pennsylvania. Two railroad motor cars are near a railroad shed, one is a converted bus. Steam locomotive number 15 is near a roundhouse. Lettering...
- Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad--1940-1950.; Railfans--Pennsyvania--Coudersport--1940-1950.; Coudersport (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Pennsyvania--Coudersport--1940-1950.; Railroad motor...
- 1941 June 15
- Rail Transit Report, Southeast
- Colfax at Auraria RTD light rail station W. Colfax, looking northeast.
- A light rail train approaches the Auraria West Campus RTD light rail station (1995) and the Auraria Higher Education Center campus off of West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. The destination sign on the train reads: "Union Station." A decorative steel...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Skyscrapers.; Street railroad stations.; Street railroads.; Auraria Higher Education...
- ca. 1998
- Uintah motor rail car #50 at Lake McAndrews, on the north side of Baxter Pass
- View of Watson and Lake McAndrews, Uintah County, Utah; shows the icehouse, tracks of the Uintah Railway, a Mack rail car, and rail grades climbing to Baxter Pass.
- Uintah Railway--1910-1920.; Railroad motor-cars--Utah--Uintah County--1910-1920.; Watson (Utah)--1910-1920.; Icehouses--Utah--Watson--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--Watson--1910-1920.; Narrow gauge railroads--Utah--Uintah County--1910-1920.;...
- August, 1912
- CB&Q rail car number 9050
- Rail detector cars. Photographed: west of Hudson, Colo., October 9, 1958.
- Railroads--Cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Hudson.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Railroad construction & maintenance.
- 1958
- CB&Q rail car number 9013
- Ford, rail inspection car. Photographed: Sterling, Colo., June 29, 1930.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Sterling.; Railroad construction & maintenance.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Railroad construction & maintenance.
- 1930
- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing....
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and...
- 2010
- Pike Peaks Cog Railway
- View of the track and two cars on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway near the summit of Pikes Peak. The original rails were laid in 1889 and have since been upgraded. New switches were added in the 1980s to adjust for larger Swiss made rail cars. The...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--2000-2010.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Rack-railroads--Colorado--Pikes Peak--Pictorial works.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000
- Old Spaghetti Factory
- View of the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant, constructed as the Denver City Cable Rail Way Co. Building (1889), at 1215 Eighteenth (18th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the main entrance to a two-story red brick...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Old Spaghetti Factory (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Denver City...
- 1977
- R. R. war in front of Strong mine
- View of the district yards for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows rail cars toppled on the tracks probably during a price war between the F. & C. C. R. and the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek...
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--Riots & demonstrations--1900-1910.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--Riots & demonstrations--1900-1910.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Suspension Bridge, Royal Gorge
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Suspension Bridge and standard gauge track with third rail for narrow gauge in Royal Gorge, Colorado; third rail abandoned in 1911; copy glass plate attributed to L.C.McClure.
- Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1911]
- Colorado coal mining
- View shows rail cars on tracks at an unidentified coal loading station belonging to the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado. Companies represented on the rail line include the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, the Colorado and Southern Railway,...
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Tipples--Colorado--1920-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Colorado coal mining
- View shows rail cars on tracks at an unidentified coal loading station belonging to the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Colorado. Companies represented on the rail line include the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway and the Denver and Rio Grande.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Tipples--Colorado--1920-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Georgetown from Democrat Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast; shows the west fork of South Clear Creek covered by several bridges and many wood construction buildings including the brick school house, built in 1874. The Cushman Block, on Alpine...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Manitou Spring, Manitou, Colo.
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. The conical, faceted roofed rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and branch benches around the perimeter is in the center; unstripped rail fence extends to the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Manitou and vicinity, no. 83, view in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southeast down Canon Avenue. The Cliff House (a three story frame building with open wrap around porch and balcony, hipped gable roof, and a widows's walk) is in the center beside two frame residences,...
- Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Breckenridge ranch house
- A one story gable roofed house sits in a field in Breckenridge, Colorado. The house is built in an 'ell' shape, with a covered porch in the inside corner and gablets over the sash windows. A log outbuilding is to the left, and rail fences surround...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Residence of John Owen, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Interior view through a doorway in the John Owen house in Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows a hexagonal, turned newell post, and round newell cap; ring turned banisters and rounded hand rail at the bottom of the stairs; ornamentally carved side chair...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chairs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Newels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Stairways--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Owen, John--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Georgetown Trestle
- View of a Colorado Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad freight train on the narrow gauge High Bridge trestle near "The Loop," a route over Clear Creek near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado, men stand on top of the freight cars. A...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Illium [sic] Curve from toll road
- Panoramic view of a valley near Ilium Curve, a loop of narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande Railroad track near Ilium, (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows an abandoned mine with a rail and plank sluice and log and wood frame buildings, dirt roads...
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sunshine Mountain (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Fort Logan, Colorado
- A two horse team pulls a rail car along the Ft. Logan rail line near Fort Logan, Colorado. Passengers sit in the car and a conductor is leaning out one of the windows.
- Fort Logan (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Conductors--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Fort Logan, Colorado
- A rail car, drawn by a two horse team, is carrying men, women, and children on the Fort Logan rail line near Fort Logan, Colorado.
- Fort Logan (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Airplane view of flooded area from 3rd St.
- Aerial view of a flooded Arkansas River, damaged buildings and rail yards in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Pueblo Smelter, the Nuckolls Packing Company building, standing water identified as "Death Lake", a flooded Missouri Pacific...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- 1921 June
- 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
- Ox cart
- View of an ox-drawn wooden cart (carreta) near an unpaved rail yard possibly in Ciudad Juárez (Durango), Mexico. Shows adobe buildings, rail cars and commercial wood-frame buildings. Inscriptions on the box cars read [Mexic]an Central [Railroad].
- Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Ox teams--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pacific Electric Ry. car 4644 and one other white bus 2062, Santa Ana, Calif.
- Pacific Electric Railway Company interurban streetcar 4644 (Bellflower) and White Bus Lines bus number 2062 wait in the rail yard in Santa Ana (Orange County), California. Shows an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe boxcar and automobiles. Signs read:...
- Pacific Electric Railway Company--1940-1950.; White Bus Lines--1940-1950.; Santa Ana (Calif.)--1940-1950.; Buses--California--Santa Ana--1940-1950.; Business districts--California--Santa Ana--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--California--Santa...
- 1946 November 17
- Royal Gorge
- 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.
- [between 1890 and 1911]
- D&RGW
- View of the two door repair shop in the rail yard at Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows flanger plow #05 and Denver and Rio Grande Western box car #3642. Axles, and freight cars are in the rail yard.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.; Snowplows--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.
- 1949 May 30
- Safeway Distribution Center Historic District Eligibility Form
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997 March
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1994 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- 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...
- Undated
- 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...
- Undated
- 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...
- Undated
- 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...
- Undated
- Unions Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station 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...
- 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...
- Undated
- 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...
- Undated
- Unions 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...
- Undated
- Come to Five Points brochure
- Flooded rail yards Zuni power plant
- View of flooded rail yards near the South Platte River and Cherry Creek after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break in Denver, Colorado. A round house and the Zuni Power Plant are nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- [1933]
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
- Western History Subject Index
- REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. TRANSIT PLANS
- Historic tours: for automobile, bicycle, omnibus, or walking : Denver Part 1 Auraria and Lower Downtown including Ninth Street Park and Larimer Square
- Dr. John Elsner House, interior view front door and stair rail
- Colfax at Auraria RTD light rail station W. Colfax.
- View of the Auraria West Campus RTD light rail station (1995) and Auraria Higher Education Center campus off of West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Plexiglases canopy supported by steel posts and struts. An arched sign attached to the canopy...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Skyscrapers.; Street railroad stations.; Street railroads.; Auraria Higher Education...
- ca. 1998
- Littleton RTD light rail station
- View of the Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot (now the RTD Littleton downtown light rail station), Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one story rhyolite depot has a retaining wall in the foreground. The wall has a mural of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--History--2000-2010.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Littleton (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
- 2001