This postcard folder must have been issued shortly after 1934, when the Dotsero Cutoff allowed trains through the Moffat Tunnel to connect to Rio Grande tracks to Grand Junction and Salt Lake City. Soon after that year, the Rio Grande … Continue reading
We’ve seen several editions of Panoramic Views ranging from 1916 to 1950. This one is nearly identical to the 1916 version, but the map is dated 1914. Click image to download a 9.7-MB PDF of this brochure. Premature ejaculation condition … Continue reading
This postcard folder was issued before the Denver & Rio Grande became the Denver & Rio Grande Western, which means before 1920. It is probably from before 1909, when the Western Pacific (which was financed by the Rio Grande) was … Continue reading
The Rio Grande Prospector and Royal Gorge both ended service in 1967, leaving only three trains still operated by the railroad: the California Zephyr, the Silverton, and the Ski Train. The first two trains are the only trains mentioned on … Continue reading
As its name suggests, the Denver & Salt Lake was trying to build from Denver to Salt Lake City, but only made it as far as Craig, Colorado. The dream of a Denver-Salt Lake route was realized when the Denver … Continue reading
The Golden Gate Exposition ended in 1940, but the Burlington-Rio Grande-Western Pacific train named after it was so successful that the railroads kept it going. This attractive train booklet creatively uses just three colors of ink–blue, orange, and black–on most … Continue reading
This is an update to an undated version of Panoramic Views shown here previously. The map on that one shows the Dotsero Cutoff and Uintah Railway, placing it in the 1934-1939 time period. The Uintah Railway, which stopped operating in … Continue reading
This is a peculiar booklet. The ten interior pages each contain an interior photo of a Rio Grande passenger train, accompanied by an average of just 15 words per photo. While there is a system map on the back cover, … Continue reading
All of the photos in today’s postcards are taken from nearly the same spot of different eras of passenger trains in Colorado’s Royal Gorge. The first shows a moonlit-train passing through the gorge with no sign of a suspension bridge … Continue reading
Here are some postcards either issued by or showing scenes along the Rio Grande Railroad. The first one, which shows Colorado Springs’ Garden of the Gods as viewed from the visitor center, is marked “D&RG Ry.” The lack of a … Continue reading
