The faded yellow paint and cracked copula windows are gone. The 72-year-old Denver & Rio Grande Railroad caboose that is a key feature of the Eagle County Historical Society Museum complex in Eagle is ...

When he founded his small railroad in 1870, Gen. William Jackson Palmer didn’t plan to make it the most renowned mountain railroad in the country. He simply wanted to connect Denver with Colorado ...

The Grand Junction News was ecstatic when it reported the arrival of the first Denver & Rio Grande Railway train in Grand Junction at seven minutes before 5 p.m. on Nov. 21, 1882. “Tuesday will be ...

Of course I rang the bell on a 130-year-old steam locomotive. And so would you. Right after you enter the Colorado Railroad Museum, you're greeted by a huge locomotive from the Denver and Rio Grande ...