Author: Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A brief description of the railroads that operated throughout Colorado history, including photos and maps.
Colorado's Mountain Railroads, Volume III
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A brief description of the railroads that operated throughout Colorado history, including photos and maps.
Colorado's Mountain Railroads
Author: R. A. LeMassenaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mountain railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Colorado's Mountain Railroads
Author: Railroads of Colorado
Author: Claude A. WiatrowskiPublisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780896585911
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Claude Wiatrowski, with photography by Claude Wiatrowski. Through informative text, sharp color photography, and historical black-and-white images, Railroads of Colorado invites you on a journey from the railroad's humble and hard-won beginnings to its status as a symbol of our past. Railroads of Colorado also includes ideas for exploring Colorado's railways; both the ghosts of long-gone trains that haunt the mountains and the preserved trains whose whistles still echo off those granite peaks. It also contains other helpful information--such as a map showing the routes of more than 30 Colorado rail lines and a "railroad directory," which lists the contact information for 13 operating passenger trains and trolleys.Explores the fascination these improbable railways inspire, providing the history of these unique railroads, the engineering that paved their way into the mountains, and the men who built and ran them.
Mountain to Mill
Author: William H. McKenziePublisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Railroads of Colorado
Author: Mike DannemanPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445668971
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A new stunning collection of photographs documenting the railways of the picturesque state of Colorado.
History of a Line (Colorado Midland Railway.)
Author: Horace A. BirdPublisher:
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Rocky Mountain Railroads of Colorado
Author: William M. ThayerPublisher:
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Rio Grande: Mainline of the Rockies
Author: Lucius Morris BeebePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The work of many of the most famous railroad photographers is represented in hundreds of illustrations that went into this multifaceted portrait of the line's development.
Colorado & Southern Railway
Author: Allan C. LewisPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738529295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
In 1860, thousands journeyed to the Colorado Territory, beckoned by reports of gold discoveries in the mountains west of Denver. In the early 1870s, W.A.H. Loveland built a railroad connecting Denver to the Clear Creek Mining District-the Colorado Central Railroad. Over the next 28 years, other lines were established, bought, sold, extended, and merged to service the mining towns of Black Hawk, Central City, Idaho Springs, and Silver Plume. In 1898, the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf, and the Denver Leadville & Gunnison were combined to form the Colorado & Southern Railway. After more than 40 years of dedication to the Clear Creek District, the railroad was scrapped in 1941. However, tourism would revitalize the area, and in the years to come a group of enthusiasts began to rebuild a portion of the old right of way. Toady, the spirit of the C&S is alive again, and rail fans can make the same journey over "The Loop" that thrilled tourists a century ago.