Running the rails in downtown Dolores

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Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad right of way and mills at Dolores (Colo.)
Date/circa: 1951-05
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 102.34.
Photoprint#: P026139
Rio Grande Southern Railroad photographs
Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College

Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad three-way track and right of way at Dolores (Colo.)
Date/circa: 1951
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 102.34.
Photoprint#: P026138

Rio Grande Southern Railroad photographs
Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College

Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad section houses at Dolores (Colo.)
Date/circa: 1951
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 102.34.
Photoprint#: P026140

Rio Grande Southern Railroad photographs
Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College

Colorado Springs Rail Depot over the years

Colorado Springs Rail Depot photographed yesterday.

D. & R. G. Depot, Colorado Springs
Summary: Transfer stagecoaches, carriages, surreys, and delivery wagons wait in the Denver and Rio Grande depot yard for passengers and freight from the train, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The stone depot has a side gable roof with dormers and cupola. Pikes Peak has been retouched in the background.
Date: 1896
Notes: Formerly F33542.; Title printed below reproduced halftone.; R7100146734
Physical Description: 1 photoprint ; 12 x 19 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Denver & Rio Grande & Rock Island depots, Antler's Hotel yard in foreground

Creator(s): Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)

Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger trains are at the depot in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The stone depot has a side gable roof with dormers and cupola. Two women in long bustled dresses stand in foreground.

Date: [between 1892 and 1901]

Notes: Formerly F20226.; Title hand-written on back of cabinet card; photographer's stamp on back of cabinet card.; R7001718915

Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint on cabinet card ; 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 in.)

Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

The long and eventful, historic life of D. & R. G. Engine No. 168

The Royal Gorge
Title-Alternative: W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII ; no. 12
Creator(s): Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary: A railroad conductor, crew, and passengers, women, men and children, stand and sit on rocks and on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Engine no. 168 and excursion cars on the narrow gauge tracks near Hanging Bridge a suspension bridge over the Arkansas River, in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. A stone wall and telegraph poles are near the tracks.
Date [between 1880 and 1890?]
Notes Attribution to Jackson based on inclusion in bound W. H. Jackson sample album.; Condition: Print is retouched, faded, corners frayed.; Formerly F5516; Hand-lettered title and: "1415" reproduced in print.; Hand-written on album page: "F5516."; Label on front of photoprint reads: "Extra."; Mounted on verso of album page: WHJ-1639.; R7003016408.
Physical Description 1 photoprint : albumen ; 53 x 41 cm. (21 x 16 in.) mounted on album page.
Is Part Of W. H. Jackson sample album. Colorado Book VIII.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

D&RG 168, NG 4-6-0, and special train with coach and business cars P, B and N, ready to move President William Howard Taft and party to dedication of Gunnison Water Diversion Tunnel, at Montrose, Colorado
Creator(s): Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge locomotive 168 is draped in United States flags and bunting at the depot in Montrose, Colorado. Men pose in the area; business sign reads: "Vandenburg Hotel."
Date Thursday, Sept. 23, 1909
Notes: Title hand-written on negative sleeve, with: "neg file #1913/1" "3-15 sec" "class 47 - T-12 BLW #6670 (4/1883), retired 7/1938, placed on permanent display at Colorado Springs 8/1/1938" and "print J. A. Blouch 10/23/79, and M. B. Davis 1/6/1980."; R7001382609
Source Source: Jackson Thode.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Title Montrose - Pres. William Howard Taft on steps of special car at Montrose, Colo. arriving for official dedication of U. S. Reclamation Bureau's water diversion project Gunnison Tunnel
Creator(s): Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
Summary: United States President William Howard Taft is on the steps of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger coach in Montrose, Colorado, surrounded by men and police. A man has a tripod box camera.
Date: Sept, 23, 1909
Notes: Condition: emulsion and glass chipped.; Title hand-written on negative sleeve, with: "file #1913/3" "about 3:00 pm Thursday" "(3-8 sec), argon - 3 - 1/2 sec top to left. 4-5-7-8-9-11-12-13-14-17-19-20 off, then 2 1/2 sec all off except 1-2" "reproduced Railroad Red Book, October, 1909, page 7" and "print - Montrose Historical Society 4/15/1974, West. Hist. Coll. DPL 11/9/1979, Jim Wright 7/17/1982."; R7001382625
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Source: Jackson Thode.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Denver and  Rio Grande Railroad Engine No. 168 today, in Antlers Park in Colorado Springs

Rico movie shoot, some of 1950s last trains

Friday, November 30, 1951
dispatch from Hart Lee to Dolores Star (best of Hart's Stuff from Rico, 1968)

Monday morning we went down to the depot to see the last train pull out for Ridgway. Old 461 hooked to the drag flanger and a couple of cabooses made up the train. The crew was J.C. Phillips, H. Walford, Jimmie Cooper and Alvin Talbert. The last train south will be sometime this week to pick up what empties that are in the yard, then after that — well the old girl died a natural death, so far as we know. The first transportation we had back 1869 was foot and horseback, then the bull teams and stage coaches. Then in 1881 we had old Puffen Jennie, not it's cars and trucks. Be a heck of a note if we finally get back to bull teams again, but it could happen.

Friday, December 7, 1951

dispatch from Hart Lee to Dolores Star (best of Hart's Stuff from Rico, 1968)

We've been talking about the last train going to leave the old burg for the last three weeks, well it happened last Thursday when old No. 20, coupled to thirty-three empties pulled out of the the yards at 12:10 p.m. for Dolores. The crew was Geo. McLean, Lee Lynton, Mike Smith, and Go. Thomas.

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Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge caboose number 0409
Creator(s) : Richardson, Robert W.
Summary: Three-quarter, close view; relettered for movie "Ticket to Tomahawk." Photographed: Rico, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
Notes: Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; R7004007818
Physical Description 1 photonegative ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
Creator(s): Richardson, Robert W.
Summary Distant head on view, at station. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
Notes: Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; R7004000109
Physical Description: 1 photonegative ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
Creator(s): Richardson, Robert W.
Summary Left side view of engine; 2-car freight train. Photographed: between Rico and Montelores, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
Notes: Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; R7004001692
Physical Description 1 photonegative ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

RGS Depot, Engine House, and Tool House in Dolores

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Rio Grande Southern Railroad depot at Dolores (Colo.): 3/4 front from north
Date/circa: 1951-05
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 102.34.
Photoprint#: P026143

Rio Grande Southern Railroad depot and engine house at Dolores (Colo.)
Date/circa: 1951
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 102.34.
Photoprint#: P026142

Rio Grande Southern Railroad tool houses at Dolores (Colo.)
Date/circa:1951
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Notes: Mile Post 102.34.
Photoprint#: P026141

Center of Southwest Studies,Fort Lewis College.

Anaconda photos by Poley before 1900

Title: Anaconda
Creator(s): Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Summary: View the Ananconda schoolhouse, Teller County, Colorado, features the one-story wood frame structure with a hipped roof, rectangular front gable louver belltower, wrap around deck, and pediment drip molds. Scene also includes a small boy and a girl, a horse-drawn carriage, a side gable, board and batten residence and small wood frame residences. An eroded creek bed is cut in front of the school building.
Date: [between 1890 and 1900?]
Notes: Photoprint has red staining on front of it.; Title hand-written on back of print.; R7001708685
Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Deerhorn Boarding House
Creator(s): Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Summary: Deerhorn House in Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, features a one-story long side gable structure with plank board roof and two-story square add-on at end of building. Two men wearing aprons and another a suit and hat stand in front of building. A woman in a long dark dress holds a broom in a doorway with wood steps and barrels outside door. A horse-drawn carriage parks in foreground; light snow covers ground.
Date: [between 1890 and 1900?]
Notes: Photoprint is a copy of a 1890s original.; Title hand-lettered on front of original; also "72" in lower right corner.; R7001708716
Physical Description 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Anaconda, Colorado
Creator(s): Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Summary: View along a curve in the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks northeast across Ananconda to the treeless rounded Gold Hill, Teller County, Colorado. shows town composed of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in valley below Gold Hill. Wood frame gabled houses, tents, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, one small stone structure and a smoking smelter fill the valley. Laundry hangs on clotheslines in backyards of some residences; business sign reads: "Anaconda House;" railroad crossing sign and telegraph poles along side the tracks. Mine prospect holes and tailing dumps are scattered on background slope.
Date: [1895]
Notes: Formerly F23913.; Photographer's information embossed in lower right corner of photoprint.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint mat board.; Vintage photograph mounted on mat board with decorative line border.; R7001718648
Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Is Part Of C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Things before spring

Mancos depot, section house and tank

Title: Rio Grande Southern Railroad depot (rear) at Mancos (Colo.)
Date/circa: 1949
Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.)
Subjects: Rio Grande Southern Railroad (Colo.); ; Railroad stations--Colorado--Mancos--Pictorial works; Mancos (Colo.)
Notes: Mile Post 122.50.
Photoprint#:  P026152
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.

Rio Grande Southern Railroad depot and ROW at Mancos (Colo.) Date/circa: 1949-05 Photographer: Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.) Notes: Mile Post 122.50. Photoprint#: P026150 Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College. Rio Grande Southern Railroad section houses at Mancos (Colo.) Date/circa: 1949-05 Photographer:Chione, Alfred G. (Morton, Ill.) Notes: Mile Post 122.50. This is a lighter duplicate of photoprint P026148. "The switch stand at the right is actually a derail to prevent runaway cars from heading down out of town. You can see how it operated a point that closed to allow trains to pass, like a track turnout (switch.)" [Source of quote: Robert Herrone, email 3/27/07.] Photoprint#: P026149

Bull Hill, Altman before the Turn (of 20th Century)

Altman, Colo., highest incorporated town in the world, elevation 11,200 ft., Pikes Peak in distance, 14,147 ft.
Other title: Altman, Colorado, highest incorporated town in the world
Creator(s): Harlan, Andrew James.
Summary: View of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes wood frame residences, sheds, false front businesses, smelters, and mines, and tailing dumps. Business signs include "Geo McMillan, Grocer" and "Johnson & Co., Dry Goods." Many residences have laundry on lines; snow covers Pikes Peak and mountains in background.
Date: [between 1896 and 1898]
Notes: Formerly F32613.; Photoprint has ragged edges.; Title hand-lettered on bottom front of photoprint; also "#385."; Vintage photoprint on paper mount.; R7100065077
Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 22 x 25 cm. (8 1/2 x 10 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Altman, Colo., highest incorporated town in the world, elevation 11,146 feet. Pike's Peak in background.
Other title: Altman, Colorado, highest incorporated town in the world
Creator(s) Routh, Thomas H.
Summary: View of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes wood frame residences, log cabins, sheds, false front businesses, smelters, and mines, and tailing dumps. Business signs include: "Altman, Union Rooming House" and "Johnson Bros., Dry Goods." Many residences have laundry hung on lines and lean-to outhouses behind them. Pikes Peak and mountains have light snow cover in background.
Date 1894
Notes Formerly F2614.; Glass plate has deterioration around edges and has been retouched.; Title hand-lettered on bottom front of original glass plate; also "No. 15."; R7100065093
Physical Description 1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 21 cm. (5 x 8 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.

Title: 12:30 at the Victor.
Creator(s): Gillen, William J., photographer.
Summary: A group of miners pose outside the office of the Victor Mine on Bull Hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
Date February 16, 1893
Notes: Formerly F667.; Stamped on back of print: Wm. J. Gillen, Photographer, Tin Types A Specialty. Open Sundays. Duplicates furnished on short notice. Colo.; Title and "Cripple Creek, Colo." hand-written on front of print.; R7100625893
Physical Description 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on mat board ; 12 x 19 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.