RGM&HS Reference Material

Books

[64] Fisher, John S., "A Builder Of The West," The Caxton Printers, Ltd. , Caldwell, Idaho, 1939 , This book is about General William Jackson Palmer.
[220] Sloan, Robert E., "A Century + Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars, 1871 to 1981," Robert E. Sloan , Winona, Minnesota, 2000
[206] Thode, Jackson C., "A Century of Passenger Trains: A Study of Passenger Service on the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, Its Heirs, Successors and Assigns," Rocky Mountain Railroad Club , Denver Colorado, 1972.
Thode, Jackson C., "A Century of Passenger Trains...And Then Some", Rocky Mountain Railroad Club , Denver Colorado, 2001.
[81] Howard, Ernest, "A New Story Of American Railroad Wrecking," Ernest Howard , New York, New York, 1918? , Full citation: A New Story of American Railroad Wrecking. Denver and Rio Grande, Western Pacific and the Missouri Pacific's Part int the Affair. Prepared and Published as the Result of a Private Investigation by Ernest Howard.
[221] Danneman, Herbert, "A Ticket to Ride the Narrow Gauge, Colorado Rail Annual No. 24," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden, Colorado, 2000
[128] Dorman, Richard L., "Alamosa/Salida and the Valley Line," R.D. Publications , Santa Fe, NM, 1991
[7] Hilton, George W., "American Narrow Gauge Railroads," Stanford University Press , Stanford, California, 1990
[80] D&RG, "Around The Circle," Knight, Leonard & Co. printers , Chicago, Illinois, 1898 , Full citation: Around the Circle. One Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains. Being a Trip Among Peaks, Over Passes and Through Canyons of Colorado ... Presented by the Passenger Department of the Denver & Rio Grande R.R.
[198] Osterwald, Doris B., "Beyond the Third Rail with Monte Ballough and His Camera," Western Guideways , Lakewood, Colorado, 1994.
[59] Zimmerman, Karl R., "CZ, The Story Of The California Zephyr," Quadrant Press , New York, New York, 1972
[123] Dougherty, Samual A., "Call the Big Hook," Golden West Books , San Marino, CA, 1984
[18] "Catalogue Of The Otto C. Perry Memorial Collection Of Railroad Photographs, Volume One," Western History Department, Denver Public Library , Denver, Colorado, 1977
[130] Dorman, Richard L., "Chama/Cumbres With a Little Chili," R.D. Publications , Santa Fe, NM, 1988
[131] Dorman, Richard L., "Chili Line & Santa Fe: the City Different," R.D. Publications , Santa Fe, NM, 1997
[79] Gjevre, John A., "Chili Line, The Narrow Rail To Santa Fe, The Story Of The Narrow Gauge Denver & Rio Grande Western's Santa Fe Branch, 1880-1941," Rio Grande Sun Press , Espanola, New Mexico, 1969
[53] Osterwald, Doris B., "Cinders & Smoke, A Mile By Mile Guide For The Durango To Silverton Narrow Gauge Trip," Western Guideways, Ltd. , Lakewood, Colorado, 1987
[31] Krause, John and Ross Grenard, "Colorado Memories Of The Narrow Gauge Circle," Carstens Publications , Newton, New Jersey, 19??
[32] Colorado Railroad Museum, "Colorado Rail Annual Number 14," , Golden, Colorado, ?,
[33] Colorado Railroad Museum, "Colorado Rail Annual Number 21," , Golden, Colorado, ?,
[138] "Colorado Rail Annual Number 9," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden, CO, 1976 , Covers RGS Geese, D&RGW Prospector, Fred Jukes photos, C&TS
[54] Park II, Donald K., "Colorado's Joint Line," Parkrail , Fort Collins, Colorado, 1987
[67] LeMassena, Robert A. (compiler), "Colorado's Mountain Railroads, Volume 1," The Smoking Stack Press , Golden, Colorado, 1963 , Deals with the Denver, NorthWestern & Pacific, the original incarnation of the Moffat Road.
[68] LeMassena, Robert A. (compiler), "Colorado's Mountain Railroads, Volume 2," The Smoking Stack Press , Golden, Colorado, 1965?
[69] LeMassena, Robert A. (compiler), "Colorado's Mountain Railroads, Volume 3," The Smoking Stack Press , Golden, Colorado, 1964 , Material on the Denver & Salt Lake, the last incarnation of the Moffat Road.
[191] LeMassena, Robert A. (compiler), "Colorado's Mountain Railroads, Volume IV," The Smoking Stack Press , Golden, Colorado, 1966
[127] Hill, Ronald C., "Colorful Colorado Railroads in the 1960's," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden, CO, 1992
[161] Kooistra, Blair, Belmont, Jim, & Gayer, Dave, "Crossroads of the West," Pentrex Media Group , Pasadena, CA, 1998 , A photographic look at fifty years of railroading in Utah
[71] Mehls, Steven F., "David H. Moffat, Jr., Early Colorado Business Leader," Garland Publishing, Inc. , New York, New York, 19??
[183] Heimburger, Donald J., Ed.,, "Denver & Rio Grande Western Narrow Gauge Plans," S Gaugian , Tolono, Illinois, 1976.
[174] LeMassena, Robert A., "Denver and Rio Grande Western Superpower Railroad of the Rockies," TLC Publishing Inc. 1999
[129] Dorman, Richard L., "Durango: Always a Railroad Town," R.D. Publications , Santa Fe, NM, 1987
[50] Kyner, James H., "End Of Track," University of Nebraska Press , Lincoln, Nebraska, 1960 , This is a first person account by a man who spent much of his life as a railroad construction contractor. One of his jobs was for the Rio Grande.
Scultz, J.W. & Wagner, Hol, "Exposition Flyer", Burlington Route Historical Society, Illinois, 2003, BRHS Bulletin #42
[82] Bailey, Ralph Edgar, "Fight For The Royal Gorge," W. Morrow , New York, New York, 1968
[45] Davis, E. O. (compiled by), "First Five Years Of The Railroad Era In Colorado," Sage Books , Denver, Colorado ?, 1948 , This is mainly a collection of newspaper material on early Colorado railroading. The Rio Grande is mentioned a fair number of times.
[61] Anderson, George L., "General William Jackson Palmer, A Decade Of Colorado Railroading, 1870-1880," Colorado College , Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1936
[194] McCarthy, Wilson, Judge, "General Wm. Jackson Palmer (1836-1909) and the D&RGW Railroad!," Princeton University Press , Princeton, New Jersey, 1954.
[5] Thode, Jackson C., "George L. Beam And The Denver & Rio Grande, Volume I," Sundance Publications Limited , Denver, Colorado, 1986
[6] Thode, Jackson C., "George L. Beam And The Denver & Rio Grande, Volume II," Sundance Publications Limited , Denver, Colorado, 1989
[203] Payne, Andy M., "Grande Gold," Railhead Publications , Canton, Ohio, 1989.
[22] Dorman, Richard L., "Gunnison," R. D. Publications, Inc. , Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1993
[205] Ramsey, Dirk B., and George E. Lawrence, "Locomotive 346: The First Hundred Years," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden Colorado, 1981
[16] Colorado Railroad Museum, "Locomotives Of The Rio Grande," Johnson Publishing Company , Boulder, Colorado, 1983
[196] Chappell, Gordon S., "Logging Along the Denver & Rio Grande: Narrow Gauge Logging Railroads of Southwestern Colorado and Northern New Mexico," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden Colorado, 1971.
[195] Borneman, Walter R., "Marshall Pass: Denver & Rio Grande: Gateway to the Gunnison Country," Century One Press , Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1980.
[126] Hill, Ronald C., "Mountain Mainlines of the West," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden, CO, 1988
[208] Lind, Richard F., "Narrow Gauge Country," Richard F. Lind , Boulder, Colorado, 1963.
[219] Sloan, Robert, "Narrow Gauge Data Book," NTRAK Publishing , Atascadero, California, 1993
[3] Beebe, Lucius and Charles Clegg, "Narrow Gauge In The Rockies," Howell-North , Berkeley, California, 1958
[8] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume I, Rio Grande Southern And D&RGW Motive Power," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, ?,
[9] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume II, Passenger Cars Of The D&RGW," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1985
[10] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume III, Gondolas, Boxcars And Flatcars Of The D&RGW," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1984
[169] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume IV, Refrigerator Cars, Stock Cars and Tank Cars of the D&RGW," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1985
[19] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume IX, Rio Grande Southern Right-of-way And Structures, Rico To Durango," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1992
[12] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume V, Cabooses Of The D&RGW," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1987
[187] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume VI, Motive Power of the Colorado & Southern," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1986.
[188] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume VII, Denver and Rio Grande Western Work Equipment--OA to OZ," R.Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1987.
[189] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume X, Numbered Work Cars of the D&RGW," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1993
[190] Grandt, Robert L., "Narrow Gauge Pictorial, Volume XI, Locomotives Of The D&RGW," R. Robb Limited , Oakland, California, 1997 .
[78] Hungerford, John B., "Narrow Gauge To Silverton, The Story Of An American Heirloom," Hungerford Press , Resada, California, 1966
[77] Loveman, Richard and Mel Patrick, "Never On Wednesday, The First Decade Of The Rio Grande Zephyr," PTJ Publishing Company , Park Forest, Illinois, 1980
[175] "Official Roster No. 11 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad System and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company," Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation , Golden, Colorado, 1998
[166] Wilson, Jeff, "Painting and Weathering Railroad Models," Kalmbach Publishing , Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1995 , Nice shot of DRGW 5369
[14] Jones, William C. and Elizabeth B. Jones, "Photo By Mclure," Pruett Publishing Company , Boulder, Colorado, 1983
[168] Brouws, Jeffrey T. and Ronald C. Hill, "Railroading West A Contemporary Glimpse," Rail Graphics , Denver, Colorado, 1975
[42] Bollinger, Edward T (William C. Jones, Editor), "Rails That Climb, A Narrative History Of The Moffat Road (reprint Edition)," Colorado Railroad Museum , Golden, Colorado, 1979
[40] Bollinger, Edward T, "Rails That Climb, The Story Of The Moffat Road, 2nd Edition," The Rydal Press , Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1950 , Bollinger was a Presbyterian minister who developed a deep fondness for the Moffat Road. He spent some time as a gandy dancer on the Moffat.
[209] Lind, Richard F., "Rails to the High Country," Richard F. Lind , Boulder, Colorado, 1961.
[200] LePak, Gregory, "Rails to the Rockies," Alpine Publishing , Littleton, Colorado, 1976.
[207] Grenard, Ross, "Requiem for the Narrow Gauge," Railhead Publications , Canton, Ohio, 1985.
[1] LeMassena, Robert A., "Rio Grande ... To The Pacific," Sundance Limited , Denver, Colorado, 1974
[48] Griswold, P. R., "Rio Grande Along The Rio Grande," Phelps R. Griswold , Denver, Colorado, 1986 , This book deals, in large part, with the Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley.
[58] Wayner, Robert J. (Editor), "Rio Grande Car Plans," Wayner Publications , New York, New York, 1969
[85] Eager, Jim, "Rio Grande Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment," Morning Sun Books Inc. , Edison, New Jersey, 1996
[72] Strapac, Joseph A., "Rio Grande Diesels, A Pictorial History - Volume 1," Shade Tree Books , Huntington Beach, California, 1983
[73] Strapac, Joseph A., "Rio Grande Diesels, A Pictorial History - Volume 2," Shade Tree Books , Huntington Beach, California, 1984 , The Strapac books take Rio Grande diesels through the SD40T-2s. The SD50s came the year after Volume 2 was published.
[167] Strapac, Joseph A., "Rio Grande Diesels, A Pictorial History - Volume 3," Shade Tree Books , Bellflower, California, 1998
[137] Forrest, Kenton, et. al., "Rio Grande Freight Traffic Guide, 1951," Tramway Press 1983
[122] Lathrop, Gilbert A., "Rio Grande Glory Days," Golden West Books , San Marino, CA, 1976
[65] Grenard, Ross B., "Rio Grande In Color, Volume 1 Colorado," Morning Sun Books, Inc. , Edison, New Jersey, 1992
[134] Norwood, John,, "Rio Grande Memories," Heimburger House , River Forrest, IL, 198?
[15] Norwood, John B., "Rio Grande Narrow Gauge," Heimburger House , River Forest, Illinois, 1983
[17] Norwood, John B., "Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Recollections," Heimburger House , River Forest, Illinois, 1986
[199] Maxwell, John W., and Charles S. Small, "Rio Grande Narrow Gauge in the Summer of 1941," Railhead Publications , Canton, Ohio, 1986.
Sanders, Dale, "Rio Grande Scenic Line of the World", Hyrail Productions, Ferndale, Washington, 1994
[55] Patterson, Steve and Kenton Forrest, "Rio Grande Ski Train," Tramway Press , Denver, Colorado, 1984