Once part of the operating fleet, ex-D&RGW K-37 No. 497 has not run in many years. During the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup it was pulled out of the Chama roundhouse for photos.
The final eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr waits for departure time at Grand Junction Colorado. All six domes are part of the consist for this momentous occasion.
Just one Alco unit 6011 and two passenger cars, made up the Denver to Craig "Yampa Valley Mail" leaving Denver on March 4, 1962. From my slide collection, Photo by Gordon B. Mott.
Two stock cars and a drop-bottom gondola from the 3-foot narrow gauge rolling stock roster of the Denver & Rio Grande Western rest in derelict condition on a yard track at Como, Colorado, on Augus... (more)