Remembering Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger trains

4-8-4 1804 with Chicago–Oakland Exposition Flyer at Ralston, Colo., 1940.
R. H. Kindig

F7 and PB with Denver–Craig Yampa Valley departing Denver, early 1965.
George H. Drury

Denver–Salt Lake City Rio Grande Zephyr at Plainview, Colo., June 1978.
John R. Taibi

PA and PB with Denver–Salt Lake City Royal Gorge approaching Hanging Bridge in Royal Gorge, April 1959.
Jim Scribbins

Narrow-gauge 2-8-2 No. 453 with Durango–Silverton mixed train north of Elk Park, Colo., August 1948
Donald M. Gunn

Narrow-gauge 2-8-2 No. 475 with Antonito–Santa Fe (N.Mex.) train 425 approaching Embudo, N.Mex., 1940.
R. H. Kindig

Pacific 803 with Denver–Salt Lake City Prospector leaving Denver, June 1942.
Jackson C. Thode

Observation car of Denver–Salt Lake City Scenic Limited at Denver, circa 1928.
George L. Beam

View from Oakland–Chicago California Zephyr meeting westbound CZ in Glenwood Canyon east of Glenwood Springs, Colo., May 1958.
Jim Neubauer

PA, PB, and F3B with Chicago–Oakland California Zephyr east of Pinecliff, Colo., mid-1951.
W. H. Mitchell

Original Budd-built diesel motor cars of Denver–Salt Lake City Prospector west of Leyden, Colo., May 14, 1942.
Otto C. Perry

4-6-2 and 2-8-2 with Chicago–Oakland Exposition Flyer departing Denver, June 1939.
R. H. Kindig

4-6-0 with Salt Lake City–Denver Prospector east of Coal Creek, Colo., on July 4, 1942 — its last run until reinstated after World War II.
R. H. Kindig

Rear of Alamosa–Durango San Juan at Cumbres, Colo., late 1940s.
Robert F. Collins

FTA, FTB, F3A, and 4-8-4 with the Salt Lake City–Denver Royal Gorge at Mitchell, Colo., circa late 1940s.
Harry N.B. Hospers

Craig–Denver Yampa Valley as seen from cab of Denver–Craig Yampa Valley at Radium, Colo., December 1966.
Steve Patterson

4-6-0 and 4-8-4 with Denver–Salt Lake City Scenic Limited in the Royal Gorge, June 1937.
M. C. Poor

Chicago–Oakland California Zephyr in Rocky Mountains, early 1950s.
Gordon Odegard