Well dressed people, probably part of an excursion, pose near a locomotive and train near Hanging Bridge, on the Arkansas River, in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows steep canyon walls.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.
A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. Men pose beside the train, shows a wooden shack.
Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
A view of the Beaver Brook station on the Colorado Central Railroad in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows an excursion train with passenger cars beside Clear Creek. A pile of logs is beside the train. A pavilion, water tank and...
Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.; Pavilions--Colorado--Beaver...
Two freight trains of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad are stopped on the tracks at the Hancock Station in Chaffee County, Colorado. Several men stand in front of the westbound double-header in the center midground. The lead engine is...
Hancock Station (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1870-1900.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad...
A crowd is gathered around the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Denver Zephyr on its first trip to Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows the railroad station, a water tower and mesas in the distance.
H.H. Lake sits in the snow on a small hill just above the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway on the north side of Quartz Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains, including Squaw Mountain in Clear Creek County, is in the distance.
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
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.
A long snow shed covers the main line of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad in front of the stone engine house at Alpine Pass, about a quarter of a mile west of the Alpine Tunnel, on the border of Chaffee and Gunnison counties in Colorado....
Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
A double-headed passenger train of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad is stopped near the snowshed at the east portal of the Alpine Tunnel between Chaffee and Gunnison counties, Colorado. Scene includes conductors, a wood building near the...
Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
Men pose on Colorado Central locomotive number 8 above Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A train in the distance is seen on a bridge surrounded by a snow-covered mountainous landscape. The Devil's Gate High Bridge is in the distance.
Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a wooden trestle bridge at Packard Gulch near Mountain City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Men are in and on top of the train. Buildings are on a hillside in the distance.
Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Packard Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Trestles--Colorado--Mountain...
Shows a group of tourists from a Colorado Midland Railway Company excursion train as they explore the hill above the train in Colorado. They climb, sit and stand on a grassy slope along a stop on their route. The women wear long dresses and hats...
View of a curve on the Denver and Rio Grande line known as Mule Shoe Curve on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) in Huerfano County, Colorado. A steam engine, flat cars and freight cars are on the railroad tracks. Shows a man near a canvas tent, the stone...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano County--1870-1890.
Smoke rises from a smokestack at what is identified as the Blackhawk Company Stamp Mill on Selak Street in Black Hawk (Blackhawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Brick and frame mill buildings are beside stacks of wood and ore piles. Shows the frame...
The engineer, a railroad worker and a man in a suit and hat pose on or near a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Denver Zephyr locomotive and train in probably Denver, Colorado. A sign on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route."
Passengers ride in Denver Tramway cars No. 74 and 63 in Denver, Colorado. The cars are parked at the intersection of West 38th (thirty-eighth) Avenue and Tennyson Street near Elitch Gardens. A sign on one car reads "Northwestern" and on the other...
Denver and Northwestern Railway Company--1900-1910.; Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
View of Green Mountain Falls Lake and Hotel in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, in El Paso and Teller Counties. A gazebo is on an island in middle of the lake and small cabins are along the lake shore. A Colorado Midland Railway Company train is in...
Electric street car conductors pose on two empty streetcars near 22nd (Twenty-second) Street and York Street in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The drivers wear double breasted jackets, ties and flat topped caps. Shows cars 293 and...
City Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1900.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
Tracks for the Gilpin Tramway wind around a rocky hillside in Gilpin County, Colorado. The two-foot, narrow-gauge tramway was used to haul ore from the mines in the Central City area down to Blackhawk, where they were transferred to the Colorado...
The Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Engine No. 3 climbs up the cog railway on Pikes Peak in El Paso County , Colorado. The train passes by the Pikes Peak Daily News paper office; it is a small single story wood building. A sign on the building reads:...
Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak Daily News (El Paso County, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.;...
People watch a crane lift a derailed Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger car off an embankment beside probably the Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men stand in the doorway of freight car number: "011923" and on the...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
Steam rises from a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive with a wedge plow on tracks beside probably the Animas River near Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows the silhouette of a man near the plowed tracks.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1930-1940.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Avalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--San Juan...
Railroad workers stand in a row and pose with tools beside Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks on Marshall Pass (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows a locomotive and freight cars in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.;...
View of Denver and Rio Grande locomotive number 401 and freight cars on tracks near the East Portal of the U.S. Reclamation Service Gunnison Tunnel Project in Montrose County, Colorado. Shows a creek beside railroad tracks, and the shadow of...
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.
Smoke rises from a Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company passenger train at the west portal entrance to the Moffat Tunnel near Winter Park in Grand County, Colorado. Shows frame buildings and construction rails covered by a shed. Cars are parked...
Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--Grand...
View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railway steam engine on a trestle on Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. Men pose in the engine cab. Shows a portion of Mount Ouray in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Saguache County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
View of the Union Pacific "City of Denver" and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad "Denver Zephyr" trains, umbrella sheds and passenger platforms at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The railroad depot is a rusticated stone building. The...
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Union Station (Denver,Colo.)--1940-1950.; City of Denver (Express train)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver Zephyr (Express...
Women wear dresses, hats and shawls and walk beside Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. People stand on an observation platform above the stone U.S. Signal Station. American flags are on...
United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.;...
Men in suits and hats pose beside a Denver and Rio Grande engine and passenger cars on Dump Mountain on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rock slopes and a valley in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano...
View of Denver and Rio Grande tracks on Dump Mountain on (Veta Pass) La Veta Pass in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a tent near a sharp curve in the track, identified as "mule shoe", a bridge, a dirt toll road, and a switch in the railroad tracks.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Huerfano...
A soldier stands on a wooden platform in front of Union Pacific Railroad locomotive "451" and Denver and a Rio Grande Western freight car on tracks built by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field...
Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.
A locomotive and probably ore cars are on a tipple on the Golden Circle Railroad in Teller County, Colorado. Shows a frame mine building with a gable roof, and construction materials near the track.
Golden Circle Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Tipples--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
Well dressed men, women, and a young girl pose in front of the U.S. Signal Station, a stone stone weather station building near the cog-railroad tracks of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. The...
United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso...
A group of tourists from a Colorado Midland Railway Company excursion train stand and sit on a grassy slope along a stop on their route. The passengers are dressed in their best. The women wear long dresses and hats and the men wear suits, vests,...
A group of tourists (men, women and children) pose for a photo in front of excursion train no. 202 of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company in Colorado. Some of the passengers stand on engine car; others stand in front of the train on the tracks.
A group of tourists (men, women and children) pose for a group photo in front of engine no. 5 of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company in Colorado. Some of the passengers stand on the engine car; others stand in front of the train on the tracks.
View of Union Station on 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Wynkoop Street in Denver, Colorado. The stone, classical building has a central clock, arched windows, a flat roof and a covered sidewalk.
Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Overhead view of the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado shows the Arkansas River, a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train and the walls of the canyon.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Arkansas River--1930-1940.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Fremont...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Locomotive 453, leased to Rio Grande Southern (Baldwin type 2-8-2; with twelve cars; Civilian Conservation Corps excursion); northbound down Dallas Divide towards Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado; engineer and passengers...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Passengers--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Railroad...
Men pose in an interior view of a timber supported snow shed on Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. Men wear suits and hats and stand beside Denver & Rio Grande tracks and an engine. Engine number "421" reads "Baldwin Locomotive Works,...
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.;...
View of the summit of Pikes Peak, the stone Army Signal Station, and smoke above a Manitou and Pikes Peak cog Railway locomotive and passenger car in El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden barrels are beside the engine and stones are scattered on the...
United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
View of a Colorado Central Railroad train and switchback track probably between Black Hawk and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Mountains are in the distance.
Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1880.
Copy of an H. S. Poley photograph shows an Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Locomotive as it speeds along with two freight cars and one passenger car south of Denver, Colorado.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.
Copy of a Harry F. Lee photograph shows a Colorado Midland locomotive with four passenger cars on Ute Pass above creek and dirt road and a man near the tracks.
Logs are stacked together to support a portion of the Gilpin Tramway tracks in Prosser Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Rocks are in between the log layers. A large square opening is built into the support and has a small stream of water flowing...
Three engines pull a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train on the north side of Tennessee Pass above the Pando Valley, Colorado, near Camp Hale and the Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters; snow covers the ground and the pine trees on the...
Railroads--Trains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pando Valley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tennessee Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--United States.
A young boy, possibly H.H. Lake's son W.R. Lake, sits on a large rock above tracks of the Gilpin Tramway on the north side of Quartz Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. He holds his hands to his mouth. Snow covers the ground.
Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.