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.

When he founded his small railroad in 1870, Gen. William Jackson Palmer didn’t plan to make it the most renowned mountain railroad in the country. He simply wanted to connect Denver with ...

William J. Palmer, President of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company, has issued a circular to the holders of the first mortgage 6 per cent. gold bonds of that company.

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

The Grand Junction News was ecstatic when it reported the arrival of the first Denver & Rio Grande Railway train in Grand Junction at seven minutes before 5 p.m. on Nov. 21, 1882.

The museum also has one of my favorite locomotive designs, an EMD F9 in Denver & Rio Grande Western livery. If you think of a mid-20th century locomotive, this is probably what you're picturing.

“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 ...

There’s a pair of stories in this week’s Time Machine (that’s our “this week in local history” column, publishing on Monday) which explain more — but after the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ...

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 ...

This oil painting, done by Howard Fogg, depicts a Denver and Rio Grande train in the mountainous landscape of Colorado in 1885. Fogg (1917-1996) ... Painting, Oil; Railroad; Locomotive; Art, Painting ...