The town of Minturn celebrated its 120th birthday this month. Minturn was incorporated on Nov. 15, 1904, but had been in existence since 1887 when the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad reached ...

In 1913, the heart of soon-to-be Ignacio was not much more than a train station along the narrow-gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, along with a trading post and a few log ...

Ogden owns a rare gem, and the city has a decision to make. Built in 1881, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive No. 223 represents the most historically significant time period in the railroad’s ...

Railroad History, known as the R&LHS; Bulletin from 1921 until 1972, is the oldest railroad history journal in North America. It contains original scholarship and fresh interpretations that set the ...

When Charles E. Bradshaw Jr. bought the Durango to Silverton branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1981, it marked an important turning point for the economies of both Durango and Silverton.

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