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Company telegrams and bulletins communicating news and orders regarding operations and personnel changes, some of which originated with the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company.
Nowhere better than in the history of its railroads is the growth of the Old West revealed, and for Colorado the development of the Denver and Rio Grande Western epitomizes the changes that took place between 1870 and the present. Robert G. Athearn's intimate knowledge of the West has enabled him to write a gripping account of the famous narrow-gauge Denver and Rio Grande as it inched its way south, then turned west into the Rockies. By f1883 it had joined with the Rio Grande Western to become Colorado's only line across the mountains. The Dotsero Cutoff and the six-mile Moffat Tunnel put Denver on a transcontinental line for the first time. Twelve maps and fifty-five illustrations help tell the story.
"Robert LeMassena, one of America's foremost steam locomotive historians, takes another look at the D&RGW's standard gauge steam locomotives in the "big power" era and ending with the last of steam. he looks at the Rio Grande's profile, traffic, and geography, and how the railraod met its needs with some of the biggest, most powerful and most efficient non-articulated and articulated steam locomotives in American railroading. His concise, brief overview sheds new light on the motive power of this interesting and highly regarded Western railroad." --From back cover
This book is the second of two volumes that describe the depots owned by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Volume One covered the majority of the buildings in the state of Colorado. This volume addresses the remainder of the Colorado D&RGW depots and those in Utah, and New Mexico, together with a summary of depots operated by the Rio Grande Southern and Denver & Salt Lake Railroads. Descriptions of the D&RGW structures, complemented by detailed drawings, are presented. Basic information includes the dates of their construction and retirement. Information was collected from primary sources. Depots in Colorado belonging to other railroads (UP, AT&SF, CBQ, C&S and smaller railroads) will be summarized in Volume III.