Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company. Archive Search Results
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A major fire occurred in Salida's Denver & Rio Grande Railroad facilities in December 1892, destroying fourteen stalls in the roundhouse, seventeen locomotives, and the machine shops. Railroad employees and citizens managed to save twenty locomotives, but damages were estimated at $400,000.
In 1900, nearly $350,000 in improvements were completed, including work on the roundhouse and other facilities of the D & R G and construction of a new D & R...
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Image of railroad locomotive engine no. 1440. Taken by John Kratky, who lived in Salida between 1912-1920.
Josephine Soukup Collection.
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Shortly after the disastrous 1892 fire, locomotive servicing and repairs had to be done out in the open, in front of the roundhouse ruins. From this angle, the machine shop was at the left, and the charred boiler-house roof was visible beside the stack. Prior to the fire, the arch in the roundhouse doors had been bricked up. The 62-foot turntable was still in use. A standard-gauge switch engine, an 1890 Class 113 (C-28) Baldwin 2-8-0 in the 600-series,...
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The Art Moderne Style D & RG Railroad Depot was built in the 1940s and torn down in 1985.
This photograph is from the 1981 Architectural Inventory streetscapes.
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This is the Denver & Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Railroad Bridge, located in downtown Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Anonymous Photo Collection.
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This is the Granite Depot. Freight is being loaded for a trip to Aspen, Colorado. The Frank Bradbury house is marked with an 'X'.
Image courtesy the Patricia Bradbury Holton Collection.
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Interview with Erma Perri, b. Nov. 9, 1922. Erma discusses the downtown business landscape of Salida, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, and working at FIBArk.
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Interview with George Oyler, b. Feb. 9, 1916 and died March 19, 2011. George reminisces about his life as a newspaperman and living the life as a cowboy at Bear Creek.
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A photograph of Bob Pierce (at right) with unidentified man and woman on the Denver and Rio Grande station platform in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
30. At the Station
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A man and woman pose outside the Denver and Rio Grande depot.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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A photo of Bob Pierce (second from left), supervisory agent with the Denver and Rio Grande, along with some of his railroad buddies.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Bob Pierce stands in a doorway of an outbuilding at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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This is a photograph of Bob Pierce (at right) horsing around with two of his colleagues on the Denver and Rio Grande platform in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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A photograph of Bob (squatting at front) with some of his railroad colleagues at the Denver and Rio Grande freight house in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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Bob Pierce (at right) stands with an unidentified gentleman at the Denver and Rio Grande depot in Salida, Colorado. A dog appears to be passing through in foreground.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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This is a photograph of 5 railroad workers and one woman at the Denver and Rio Grande freight house in Salida, Colorado.
This image is from the Bob Pierce Collection.
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These images are from the Bob Pierce Photo Collection. Bob worked for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad for nearly 48 years as a supervisory agent, stationed at the railroad offices in Salida, Colorado.
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Thelma West shares stories about her time working as a cook for the men building the railroad line between Denver and Craig with authors Jim Anderson and Pat Keena.
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The Denver and Rio Grande Western's engine 472. This engine was scrapped in 1945. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.
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The Denver and Rio Grande's narrow gauge engine 268. This engine is currently located at the Gunnison Pioneer Museum Park. This image is from the Salida Museum Negatives Collection.