Author: Lucius Beebe
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015021126753
Category: Colorado
Page: 224
View: 103
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
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.
Author: Robert G. Athearn
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803258615
Category: History
Page: 395
View: 415
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.The New Empire of the Rockies
chose narrow gauge because he felt it would be adequate for his needs while at
the same time being cheaper to build and operate. By the summer of 1871,
Palmer's railroad was well on its way to the newly founded town of Colorado
Springs, ...
Author: Steven F. Mehls
Publisher:
ISBN: UCR:31210024701441
Category: Colorado
Page: 308
View: 621
"This volume represents the fourth in a series of five Class 1 Overview histories prepared by the Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management. The purpose of these works is to develop a synthetic history of a given area in order to provide our managers and staff specialists with a baseline overview of the history of a district. ... It must be noted that the major cities , like Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley are only mentioned. This is because there is no public land in these places and the Bureau's mandate is to manage the public lands, not private estates."--Foreword.The Gilpin Gold Tram Colorado s Unique Narrow gauge
Bibliography BOOKS Fleming , Howard , Narrow Gauge Railways In America ,
Oakland : Grahame Hardy , 1949 Hall ... Coast Shay , San Marino : Golden West
Books , 1964 Beebe , Lucius ; Clegg , Charles , Narrow Gauge In The Rockies ...
Author: Mallory Hope Ferrell
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015023456240
Category: Mine railroads
Page: 112
View: 263
The Heart of the Rockies
Illustrated, as Reached by the Pike's Peak Route, the New Standard Gauge Line
from Denver, Colorado Springs and ... There are two daily trains each way
between Santa Cruz and San Francisco , via the narrow gauge through the Santa
...
Author: Milton Barlow Ochs
Publisher:
ISBN: WISC:89066326463
Category: Colorado
Page: 199
View: 609
Rush to the Rockies Join the Kolor Karavan
Railroads of Colorado
Colorado's railroads traverse all these regions -- from a 2285 foot elevation to the heights of 14,000 foot peaks. This geographical configuration makes Colorado railroading second to none.
Author: Phelps R. Griswold
Publisher: American Traveler Press
ISBN: 1558380884
Category: Travel
Page: 48
View: 827
Just mention Colorado to the avid rail fan and you have their interest; add the term 'narrow gauge' and you have their undivided attention. Why this special interest in the Centennial State's railroads which span 120 years? One reason is Colorado's geography -- relatively flat plains in the eastern third of the state, the rugged Rocky Mountains in the central and southwest areas. Colorado's railroads traverse all these regions -- from a 2285 foot elevation to the heights of 14,000 foot peaks. This geographical configuration makes Colorado railroading second to none.The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Presents Its 1961 Narrow Gauge Excursion
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Presents Its 1960 Narrow Gauge Excursion
Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Presents Its 1962 Narrow Gauge Excursion
Digging Gold Among the Rockies
The railway is a narrow gauge , and is therefore adapted to the sharp curves and
winding , narrow path it has to follow . We passed , on our way up , many miners
with their packs and blankets , footing it to the mines ; bound for Leadville and ...
Author: George Thomas Ingham
Publisher:
ISBN: MINN:31951000958163O
Category: Gold mines and mining
Page: 452
View: 694
"Not all that glitters is gold," warns George Thomas Ingham in Digging Gold Among the Rockies, a Colorado and Dakota mining book for both the casual reader and hardcore mining historian. As a Deputy Mineral Surveyor for the United States during the late 1800s who was involved daily with the technical aspects of mining, Ingham infuses this book with a wealth of facts and a truly colorful history that defined the mining industry of the time. Digging Gold Among the Rockies provides a brief history of the discovery of gold and silver in the eastern United States and California, but quickly claims the Colorado Rockies and the Black Hills of the Dakotas as its primary focus. In this fascinating book, Ingham explains the differences between placer and lode mining and the equipment used for each. He writes about the first discoveries, early mining laws, mine locations, mining terms, towns that sprang-up in the mining areas, and the contagious boomtown atmosphere that was everywhere. He explains the "salting of mines," warns of robbers and thieves and the dangers of gambling and drinking, and also includes short biographies of some of the mining "giants" of his era. Yet, even with mining being central to this work, Ingham still takes the time to describe the pleasures he experienced while hunting in the mountains and fishing in the area's clear, rushing streams."--Goodreads.com.A Guide to Photographs of Narrow Gauge Locomotives Cars of the Rocky Mountains
Railroads
THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES 139 . Beebe , Lucius , and Charles Clegg .
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies . Berkeley , Howell - North , 1958 . 224p . illus . ,
maps . $ 9 . 95 . LC 58 - 5789 . ISBN 0 - 8310 - 7003 - X . Railroads of three - foot
gauge ...
Author: Paul B. Cors
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015055428281
Category: Railroads
Page: 152
View: 143
Camps in the Rockies
Being a Narrative of Life on the Frontier, and Sport in the Rocky Mountains, with
an Account of the Cattle Ranches of the ... Today access is made easier , for the
narrow - gauge Montana line , branching off Northward at Ogden , passes Fort ...
Author: William Adolph Baillie-Grohman
Publisher: London : Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
ISBN: HARVARD:32044072258551
Category: Camping
Page: 438
View: 173
Details frontier life in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.Frank s Ranche Or My Holiday in the Rockies
The cars being narrow gauge , we did not find them so pleasant as those we had
just left ; but as we secured sleeping compartments , and the passengers for part
of the way were few , we had nothing to complain of . On this line there are no ...
Author: Edward Marston
Publisher:
ISBN: HARVARD:HX4QAY
Category: Rocky Mountains
Page: 214
View: 531
Frank s ranche or My holiday in the Rockies by the author of An amateur angler s days in Dovedale signing himself E M
The cars being narrow gauge , we did not find them so pleasant as those we had
just left ; but as we secured sleeping compartments , and the passengers for part
of the way were few , we had nothing to complain of . On this line there are no ...
Author: Edward Marston
Publisher:
ISBN: OXFORD:590657700
Category:
Page:
View: 152
Cinders Smoke
A Mile by Mile Guide for the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Doris
B. Osterwald. RAILROADS ... Beebe , Lucius , and Clegg , Charles , 1958 ,
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies : Howell - North , Berkeley , Calif . , 224 p . 1962 ,
Rio ...
Author: Doris B. Osterwald
Publisher:
ISBN: 0931788803
Category: Narrow gauge railroads
Page: 168
View: 202
Guidebook describes scenic viewpoints, plants, wildlife, geology, history along the route. Many photographs and maps.