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Colorado Passenger Trains Before Amtrak
Plenty of passenger action among Burlington, Colorado & Southern, Missouri Pacific, Rio Grande, Rock Island, Santa Fe and Union Pacific.
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Photo ID: 822825

An eastbound Rio Grande PA-1 6013 on the point of the standard two car consist, the "Yampa Valley Mail" in a Blizzard at Winter Park, Colorado on January 19, 1962. Photo by H.F. Wagner,... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Winter Park, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 6013
Train ID: DRGW 10
Photo Date: January 19, 1962


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Jan 22, 2023

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Photo ID: 792181

Rio Grande PA 6003 and F7 5531 leads Train No.1 the southbound ROYAL GORGE, as it begins its trip on the joint line at South Denver Junction in June 1965. Photo by Al Holtz, from my collectio... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DGRW 6003
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1965


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Jan 09, 2022

Views: 7,539
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Photo ID: 788062

A blue and yellow freight F7 the 254, is replacing the usual E8M on the No.191, the Denver to LaJunta passenger train as it passes Littleton on November 11, 1970. It is near the end of Santa Fe p... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Littleton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 254
Train ID: ATSF 191
Photo Date: November 11, 1970


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Nov 22, 2021

Views: 6,843
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Photo ID: 787242

Right on time, the overnight Chicago to Denver "Denver Zephyr" approaches Denver's Union Station with three CB&Q E9A's in the lead, on March 8, 1967. From my slide collection, Photo by ... (more)

Railroad: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Locomotive: EMD E9(A)
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: CBQ 9987A
Train ID: Denver Zephyrr
Photo Date: March 08, 1967


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Nov 12, 2021

Views: 6,003
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Photo ID: 786993

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.

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 6011
Train ID: Train 9 Yampa Valley
Photo Date: March 04, 1962


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Nov 09, 2021

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Photo ID: 781094

Santa Fe E8M 81 leads the Denver-LaJunta Train 191 at Colorado Springs, Colorado in August 1968. Santa Fe E8M 81 was rebuilt by EMD in 1953 from a 1937 model EMC E1A #4. Santa Fe owned the enti... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD E8M
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 81
Train ID: ATSF 191
Photo Date: August, 1968


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Sep 03, 2021

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Photo ID: 776540

Rio Grande Alco PA-1 #6011 and F7B #5712 slowly accelerate from Denver Union Station with the southbound Royal Gorge on November 15, 1958. Photo from my slide collection, photographer Lou Schmitz.

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 6011
Train ID: Royal Gorge
Photo Date: November 15, 1958


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Jul 12, 2021

Views: 9,354
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Photo ID: 775638

Union Pacific's City of Portland leaves Denver headed west, as it passes four CB&Q E's which have just delivered the California Zephyr from Chicago to Denver, heading to the 23rd Street engine te... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 925
Train ID: City of Portland
Photo Date: April, 1967


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Jun 30, 2021

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Photo ID: 766784

This is one of my father's earliest pictures in Denver. PA-1 6003 leads a PB-1 on a passenger train at Denver Union Station circa 1960. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 6003
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 1960


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By: Ted Steinbrenner

Added: Mar 22, 2021

Views: 9,325
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Photo ID: 711953

I was just a kid and using my father's Voigtlander camera on occasion. We were fortunate to see Rio Grande No.1, the "Royal Gorge", as it made its scheduled stop in the depths of the Ark... (more)

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: Alco PA-1
Location: Royal Gorge, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: No. 1
Photo Date: July, 1960


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By: Rick Erben

Added: Oct 05, 2019

Views: 9,511
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Photo ID: 637036

The two flagships and standard bearers of the Santa Fe Ry., the Chief and the Super Chief meet at Trinidad, Colo. on May 10, 1967. The combined Super Chief / El Capitan, with a working RPO, had ... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 31C
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 10, 1967


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Nov 05, 2017

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Views: 22,346
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Photo ID: 634013

This F9 survives today.

Railroad: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Locomotive: EMD F9(A)
Location: Plainview, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: DRGW 5771
Train ID: Yampa Valley Mail
Photo Date: September, 1967


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Oct 12, 2017

Views: 10,050
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Photo ID: 625823

A U28CG, an FP45 and two F45’s lift Santa Fe’s combined Super Chief - El Capitan around Wootton Ranch curve in Colorado headed up to the highest point on the AT&SF Ry. at Raton Pass, 7588-ft. ... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE U28CG
Location: Wootton Ranch, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 01, 1970


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Aug 06, 2017

Views: 7,105
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Photo ID: 624034

Charging west of La Junta, Colo. at Benton behind two new FP-45’s is Santa Fe’s Train 17 combined El Capitan / Super Chief hell bent for Raton Pass and then on to California, Sept. 10, 1968.

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMD FP45
Location: Benton, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: ATSF 105
Train ID:
Photo Date: September 10, 1968


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jul 22, 2017

Views: 8,637
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Photo ID: 624030

A GE U-28-CG, an FP-45 and two F-45’s tow the 19 cars of Santa Fe’s combined El Capitan / Super Chief Trn. 17 up Raton Pass near Starkville, Colo. on August 1, 1970. The first car is a steam ... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: GE U28CG
Location: Starkville, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: ATSF 17
Photo Date: August 01, 1970


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jul 22, 2017

Views: 4,439
Comments: 2

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