Issued just three months after yesterday’s timetable, this one differs on the inside in just two places that I can find. First, the three-day-a-week train between Durango and Silverton has been reduced to Wednesday’s only, which was probably the winter … Continue reading
Since yesterday’s 1948 timetable, color photos have replaced black-and-white and the California Zephyr has replaced the Exposition Flyer on the cover. The cover photo of the Royal Gorge shows the train in the same spot as yesterday’s, but scrutiny reveals … Continue reading
Although Diesels grace the cover of this timetable in both the Royal Gorge and near the Moffat Tunnel, Rio Grande was still running a few steam-powered passenger trains. Rio Grande ran five passengers trains a day each way through the … Continue reading
In this 1946 menu, the wonders of four-color printing have replaced the lithographed covers of the Rio Grande’s pre-war menus. With yellow and green aspen and blue sky, the photo lives up to Colorado’s long-time tourist slogan, “Colorful Colorado” (though, … Continue reading
We saw this cover a few days ago on a 1938 dinner menu. It is curious that these covers all display the words “Breakfast” or “Dinner,” indicating that the two were printed separately. Many other railroads used a generic cover … Continue reading
We’ve already seen a 1941 dinner menu with this cover. Today’s menu, which is dated July 12, 1940, has a similar, but not quite identical, menu as yesterday’s breakfast menu. Click image to download a 1.6-MB PDF of this menu. … Continue reading
This handsome menu has a beautiful color cover that is unfortunately paired with an incomprehensible and unlikely Indian legend on the back. A date printed on the inside is August 12, 1938. Click image to download a 1.4-MB PDF of … Continue reading
I’m pretty sure the cover of this menu depicts Mt. Massive, as seen from Leadville, Colorado. It’s either that or Mt. Elbert, which is a little to the south of Mt. Massive. The back cover says Elbert is Colorado’s second-highest … Continue reading
Here are five postcards from two different eras featuring the Denver & Rio Grande railroads. The first three were printed in Germany, which dates them to before World War I. Click any image to download a PDF of that postcard. … Continue reading
Issued by Curt Teich, this folder contains about 22 color lithographs (including two on the covers), half of which show the Rio Grande portion of the route and the other half the Western Pacific. The quality of the images is … Continue reading
