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 Colorado ...

The faded yellow paint and cracked copula windows are gone. The 72-year-old Denver & Rio Grande Railroad caboose that is a key feature of the Eagle County Historical Society Museum complex in Eagle is ...

In 1890, Colorado financier David H. Moffat, who was with the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at the time, had just returned to Denver from the east. Mr. Moffat kindly explained the details of his new ...

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. “Tuesday will be ...

Of course I rang the bell on a 130-year-old steam locomotive. And so would you. Right after you enter the Colorado Railroad Museum, you're greeted by a huge locomotive from the Denver and Rio Grande ...

Otto Mears, a Lincoln Party Republican, entrepreneur and the man who built the Rio Grande Southern Railroad from Ridgway to Durango in the 1890s, was highlighted during a history lesson Saturday ...

Local train group seeks $170,00 for railcar restorations It’s not the biggest undertaking of the Durango Railroad Historical Society, but it will keep members busy for some time to come. As part of ...