Gen. William J. Palmer had a vision of creating economic opportunity by connecting communities via his Denver & Rio Grande ...

According to the Colorado Cultural Resource Survey, Denver & Rio Grande built the Carbondale depot in October 1887. At that time, the population of Carbondale was around 200 people.

But a decade later, Palmer’s Denver & Rio Grande Railway had fought and won a legal and physical war with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad for the right to build tracks through the ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — When the last Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad train pulled out of the depot in Steamboat Springs running east to Denver on April 8, 1968, it marked the end the era of ...

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande, Durango to Silverton. Where: ... all-steam tourist line did not fit well into the structure of the modern Denver & Rio Grande Western and a buyer was sought.

“Rio Grande to Abandon Tracks in Aspen,” declared the Aspen Illustrated News on Aug. 8, 1968. “The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad has officially notified the Aspen city council that the ...

Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives 476 and 484 vent steam and smoke at La Jara, Colorado on Nov. 28, 1948. A man operates a railroad switch. The La Jara Milling and Elevator Co. grain ...

In 1881, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was expanding in six different directions at once, transforming vast regions of Colorado and Utah. That was the year of explosive growth for the railroad.