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 ...

Charles E. Bradshaw saw a family friendly attraction in historic railway’s future Forty years ago, the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad faced an uncertain future. The heyday of ...

WESTCLIFFE -- Sometimes, life just isn't fair. That's probably how the founders of Silver Cliff felt in 1881 when the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad built a narrow-gauge line that stopped a mile west of ...

A slide covered a portion of the tracks with debris and rocks of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad but service is set to resume on Wednesday, the company says. The slide happened on Monday ...

When Don Shank was a child, his father regularly took his family on summer trips from California to Colorado. The elder Shank loved the history of railroading in the Rockies, and he shared with his ...

Railroad History, known as the R&LHS; Bulletin from 1921 until 1972, is the oldest railroad history journal in North America. It contains original scholarship and fresh interpretations that set the ...

When Charles E. Bradshaw Jr. bought the Durango to Silverton branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1981, it marked an important turning point for the economies of both Durango and Silverton.

Hundreds of railroad museums and scenic train rides are across the U.S., many offering a way to “step back in time” or “relive yesteryear.” But few deliver quite like the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic ...

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