Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Steam Locomotive #494 at Alamosa, Colorado on July 10, 1988

ID# 50,832

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Steam Locomotive #478 at Alamosa, Colorado on July 10, 1988

ID# 50,831

Denver & Rio Grande Western Boxcar #166 at Alamosa, Colorado on July 10, 1988

ID# 50,834

Spectacular Scenery and Superb Streamliners

ID# 13,811

From the November, 1962 issue of Trains Magazine.

Scenic Route to California

ID # 20,654

From the June 1, 1929 issue of Liberty Magazine.

Inside story of Rocky Mountain Railroading

ID # 46,885

From the January 19, 1949 issue of Look Magazine.

Take a Trip to YESTERDAY!

ID # 28,407

From the May, 1964 issue of Trains Magazine.

This Summer Vista-Dome cars on the Exposition Flyer

ID # 28,193

From the May, 1948 issue of Trains Magazine.

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN 491

ID # 24,047

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN 491

D&RGW 491 takes on water at the tank at Gato. Doubleheading with 492, the pair will take the train to Durango on this winter day in January 1963.

Photo by Ron Ziel

Whatever the load...

ID # 24,391

From the January, 1951 issue of Trains Magazine.

Denver & Rio Grande Western Steam Locomotive No. 268

ID # 1,001

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN NO. 268

Baldwin built this engine and four other 2-8-0 (Consolidation) type engines for the Denver & Rio Grande in 1882. In the same year that railroad, building westward from Pueblo, Colorado, reached the Utah state line and connected with the Denver & Rio Grande Western, a road built wholly within Utah. Since 1920 the two systems have been one, owned by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company. This is the only railroad in America that still operates some narrow (3') gauge trackage in addition to its standard (4' 8 1/2") gauge. The 268 is a narrow-gauge engine, Class C-16. She weighs 69,110 pounds, with 36" driving wheels, 15x20" cylinders, and 69,540 pounds of force. Now retired, she stands on permanent exhibition at Gunnison, Colorado, one of the many iron horses that have been preserved and donated to communities as memorials of the Steam Age.

THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Train, January 1963

ID # 24,025

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN

Nos. 491 and 492 doublehead a freight west of Gato enroute from Alamosa to Durango and Farmington. January 1963.

Photo by Ron Ziel

Rail Excursion THRU THE ROCKIES

ID # 12,539

From the July, 1950 issue of Trains Magazine.

It's no secret...

ID # 12,594

From the May, 1951 issue of Trains Magazine.