Well-done black and white pictorial of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad showing the freight and passenger trains from the mid-1960s until 1977. Divided into four sections -- The Joint Line, Tennessee Pass, The Moffat Line and Passenger Service -- the book showcases the many faces of the railroad in all seasons. 80 pages.

Rio Grande in the Rockies: A contemporary glimpse

Hill, Ronald C.

Colorado Railroad Museum

Fascinating history of the Denver &amp; Rio Grande narrow gauge "Chili Line" which ran between Santa Fe, NM and Antonito, CO. Also covers the construction of the Texas, Santa Fe &amp; Northern Railroad (later known as the Santa Fe Southern). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos from every era as well as maps (including the yards at Santa Fe). 56 pages. Note: this material was originally published in the 1969 Colorado Rail Annual.

To Santa Fe by Narrow Gauge: The D & Rg Chili Line

History

Chappell, Gordon

Americas

Galloping Geese on the Rio Grande Southern, Colorado Rail Annual No. 9

Hauck, Chappell, Richardson Editors

Travel

Fascinating history of the Colorado &amp; Southern and its predecessors -- the Clear Creek narrow gauge, the Colorado Central, and the Union Pacific, Denver &amp; Gulf. Packed with black and white photos (and three colorful frontispieces) from every era, this book traces the story of the first railway to penetrate directly into the Colorado Rockies, a line which inspired the construction of other narrow gauge railroads and the enthusiasm of history and railroad buffs. With maps and timetables. 223 pages with index.

Narrow Gauge to Central and Silver Plume: Route of the Famed Georgetown Loop, Colorado Rail Annual No. 10

Hauck, Cornelius W.

Colorado Rail Annual A Journal of Railroad History in the Rocky Mountain West

Train Time in Ouray (Colorado Rail Annual)

Fascinating history of the construction, operation, financial difficulties, and scenic wonders of the Colorado &amp; Southern's famed South Park narrow gauge line (built as the Denver, South Park &amp; Pacific). Illustrated throughout with 350 vintage black and white photographs. With locomotive roster and bibliography. 280 pages with indexes (to text and photographs).

The South Park Line (Colorado Rail Annual)

Richardson, Robert W.

Reprint of the Annual originally published in 1976. The F&amp;CC stretched from Florence on the Arkansas River west of Pueblo to Cripple Creek. Wilkins describes the mining district from 1890 through the completion of this first C.C. RR in 1894, to the destruction of much of the line by flood in 1912. Rail &amp; history students should examine the Museum's fine catalog 800.365.6263. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Florence and Cripple Creek: Colorado Rail Annual No.13

Wilkins, Tivis E.

Dust jacket notes: "In this our fourteenth issue of the Colorado Rail Annual we delve into some aspects of railroad history in the lofty San Juan Mountain region of southwestern Colorado that may have hitherto escaped the attention of even the more dedicated enthusiast. Most conspicuous of these subjects, today, are the three little wooden private passenger cars that are available at Durango for use on the Silverton train. Their histories had been cloaked in mystery, however, until Alexis McKinney lifted the veil. Least conspicuous, perhaps, is the one-time D&amp;RG narrow gauge branch that served the early day mining town of Lake City, the subject of a careful study by Duane Vandenbusche and Walter Borneman. In fact, many visitors to the picturesque town today would not realize that a half century earlier they could have made the journey in a steam-powered mixed train. Still visible today, but virtually unnoticed, is the D&amp;RG branch serving the one-time boom camp of Creede, chronicled by Cornelius Hauck. Its glory days as a busy narrow gauge over, the line exists today as the largely inactive continuation of a standard gauge agricultural branch line. Our treatment of these Narrow Gauge Byways in the San Juans embraces 232 pages of detailed, carefully researched text, photos, maps, memorabilia - over two hundred illustrations, with six in full color." Hardcover, orange leatherette binding, gilt lettering, 8.75 x 11.25 inches, 232 pages, illustrated.

Colorado Rail Annual: A Journal of Railroad History in the Rocky Mountain West, No. 14: Narrow Gauge Byways in the San Juans: Private Cars, Lake City, Creede

Tivis E Wilkins

Fascinating history of the construction and operation of the Utah &amp; Northern narrow gauge railway and its successors. The U&amp;N was the first railroad to breach the remote mining frontiers of Idaho and western Montana. Conceived by the Mormon Church as a way to connect the Union Pacific at Ogden with the mining camps some 400 miles away in Montana, the railroad was ultimately finished by the Union Pacific. The book also describes the operations of its successor, the standard gauge Oregon Short Line &amp; Utah Northern, which was eventually integrated into the UP. The book also covers the standard gauge Gilmore &amp; Pittsburgh, a little mountain railroad that ran for a few decades across the Bitterroot Mountains from Armstead, MT to Salmon, Idaho in the Lemhi Valley. Illustrated throughout with rare vintage black and white photos. With maps, timetables, and ephemera. 216 pages.

Colorado Rail Annual No. 15: Idaho-Montana Issue

Ferrell, Mallory Hope

Myers, Rex C.

Fascinating and detailed history Colorado Springs &amp; Cripple Creek District Railway, familiarly known as the Short Line. The Cripple Creek gold rush of 1891 created a need for railroads to serve this boom town which swelled to 50,000 souls nearly overnight and competed with Denver for the state capital. Here is the story of the standard-gauge railroad that made its way into the near-exclusive narrow-gauge domain of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The Short Line utilized proven engineering methods to cut an impressive route to Cripple Creek. So impressive in fact that, when then Vice-president Theodore Roosevelt traversed the route in 1901, he is crediting with saying that it was a "trip that bankrupts the English language." When abandoned in the 1920s, the track was removed and the route was converted to the Corley Mountain Highway, an early tourism endeavor that survives today as the famous Gold Camp Road. With vintage ephemera. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and fifteen color postcards. With detailed rosters of interurban electric cars and bibliography. Includes a laid-in packet of specially drawn maps that includes: Colorado Springs Station grounds; Clyde and vicinity; St. Peters and Duffields; and a CS&amp;CCD Travel folder reproduction. 180 pages with index.

Short Line to Cripple Creek, Colorado Rail Annual No. 16

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