Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- D&RGW train, engine number 1803, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, The Royal Gorge; 7 cars, fine smoke effect. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., December 24, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&RGW train, engine number 1803, engine type 4-8-4
- Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; after helper 3602 failed; 16 cars . Photographed: east of Minturn, Colo., July 23, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Minturn.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars. Photographed: north of Colorado Springs, Colo., May 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 15 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Palmer Lake, Colo., July 2, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train F#2, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Colorado Springs, Colo., April 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd, distant view. Photographed: near Salida, Colo., October 1, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #16, Colorado-New Mexico Express; 9 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Littleton, Colo., July 9, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Littleton.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #5, Exposition Flyer, Byers Canyon; 9 cars. Photographed: near Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., July 6, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1941
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars, 50 MPH, good smoke effect. Photographed: near Acequia, Colo., April 8, 1945.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1945.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Acequia.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1945
- D&RGW train, engine number 1802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 13 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: north of Pueblo, Colo., September 17, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pueblo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 13 cars. Photographed: near Palmer Lake, Colo., July 16, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Royal Gorge, in heavy snowstorm; 6 cars. Photographed: at Denver, Colo., November 8, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 9 cars. Photographed: east of Glenwood Springs, Colo., June 23, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Glenwood Springs.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1942
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 8 cars, 40 MPH, snowy scene, good smoke effect. Photographed: Denver, Colo., January 7, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&RGW train, engine number 1800, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd. Photographed: Pueblo, Colo., January 23, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pueblo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1800, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 9 cars, 10 MPH. Photographed: Pueblo, Colo., February 4, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pueblo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1800, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Palmer Lake, Colo., April 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1800, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #6, Exposition Flyer; 8 cars. Photographed: near Tolland, Colo., December 8, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&RGW train, engine number 1800, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #5, Exposition Flyer; 9 cars. Photographed: near Tolland, Colo., December 1, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&RGW train, engine number 1801, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Littleton, Colo., March 13, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Littleton.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1801, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Palmer Lake, Colo., March 13, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1801, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, The Royal Gorge; 12 cars. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., August 31, 1952.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1952.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1952
- D&RGW train, engine number 1801, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: near Palmer Lake, Colo., April 10, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd., Hanging Bridge; 13 cars. Photographed: in the Royal Gorge, Colo., September 24, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Royal Gorge (Colo.); Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 13 cars. Photographed: Glenwood Springs, Colo., September 24, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Glenwood Springs.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, The Royal Gorge, looking straight down on train; 7 cars. Photographed: from the top of the Royal Gorge, August 13, 1952.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1952.; Railroad locomotives--Royal Gorge (Colo.); Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1952
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Freight, westbound; 32 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Littleton, Colo., August 30, 1952.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1952.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Littleton.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1952
- D&RGW train, engine number 1803, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, The Royal Gorge; 6 cars. Photographed: Denver, Colo., November 12, 1950.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1950
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, The Royal Gorge; 5 cars, 55 MPH. Photographed: near Louviers, Colo., January 13, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Louviers.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1951
- D&RGW train, engine number 3400, engine type 2-8-8-2 and engine number 1710, engine type 4-8-8
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd., distant view; 14 cars, 15 MPH, heavy smoke. Photographed: near Mitchell, Colo., September 7, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mitchell.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1931
- D&RGW train, engine number 3367, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Freight, eastbound. Photographed: Plainview, Colo., August 22, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Plainview.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1948
- D&RGW train, engine number 3400, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 82 cars. Photographed: east of Blanca, Colo., March 25, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Blanca.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1951
- D&RGW train, engine number 3360, engine type 2-6-6-0 and engine number 3373, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Freight, westbound; 37 cars, 12 MPH. Photographed: west of Leydon Junction, Colo., February 11, 1949.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1949
- D&RGW train, engine number 3400, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 23 cars. Photographed: Yarmony, Colo., September 2, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Yarmony.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1934
- D&RGW train, engine number 3401, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars. Photographed: near Salida, Colo., October 24, 1928.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1928.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1928
- D&RGW train, engine number 3406, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound. Photographed: near Buena Vista, Colo., 1928.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1928.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Buena Vista.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1928
- D&RGW train, engine number 3400, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 82 cars. Photographed: east of Ft. Garland, Colo., March 25, 1951.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Fort Garland.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1951
- D&RGW train, engine number 3404, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 31 cars. Photographed: September 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 3414, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 35 MPH. Photographed: near Fraser, Colo., mun 16, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Fraser.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1934
- D&RGW train, engine number 3405, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 37 cars. Photographed: East Portal, Colo., December 1, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--East Portal.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1940
- D&RGW train, engine number 3410, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 42 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: near Tolland, Colo., June 24, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tolland.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1934
- D&RGW train, engine number 3408, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 39 cars. Photographed: near Denver, Colo., September 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 3409, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 45 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Ralston, Colo., May 25, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ralston.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1802, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 7 cars. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., January 30, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 1804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #1, Scenic Ltd.; 11 cars. Photographed: west of Salida, Colo., October 27, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1946
- D&RGW train, engine number 3414, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, westbound;, raining. Photographed: near West Portal, Colo., June 16, 1934.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--West Portal.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1934
- D&RGW train, engine number 3413, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 57 cars. Photographed: near Denver, Colo., September 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&RGW train, engine number 3401, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 67 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: Ralston, Colo., October 20, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ralston.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1935
- D&RGW train, engine number 3414, engine type 2-8-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 48 cars. Photographed: Denver, Colo., August 29, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1937
- D&RGW train, engine number 3400, engine type 2-8-8-2 and engine number 1710, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #2, Scenic Ltd.; 14 cars, 15 MPH. Photographed: near Mitchell, Colo., September 7, 1931.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1931.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mitchell.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1931