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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

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A yellow and green passenger train with open observation cars curves along a mountainside, carrying passengers through a dense forest of pine trees. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train, featuring vintage open-platform cars, winds through a forested mountain valley under an overcast sky. c. 1940 to 1960 A black steam locomotive with the number 473 on its tender moves along a paved road next to a steep, tree-covered hillside on a sunny day. Steam locomotive 473 of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad runs along a paved road against a backdrop of forested hills. c. 1950 to 1967 A black steam locomotive with the number 1509 and 'Rio Grande' lettering on its tender, parked on multiple tracks in a rail yard on a cloudy day. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad K-28 steam locomotive, number 1509, is shown in a yard on an overcast day in 1950. c. 1950 · Denver A steam locomotive with the number 576 and passenger car from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad travel along tracks beside a highway, with a mountain in the background and a Volkswagen Beetle in the foreground. A Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotive, number 576, pulls a passenger car along a scenic mountain route, with an orange Volkswagen Beetle parked nearby. c. 1960 to 1980 A yellow Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger car is shown from a three-quarter rear view on a railroad track, with a water tower visible behind it and a dark freight car on an adjacent track. A Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger car in yellow livery sits on a track next to a dark freight car, with a water tower and hills in the background. c. 1960 to 1980 A side view of an orange caboose with the number 01512 and 'Rio Grande' lettering, parked on snowy tracks, with a billboard reading 'CHICAGO' and a red locomotive visible in the background. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad caboose numbered 01512 sits on a snow-covered track in a yard, with a red locomotive in the background. c. 1970 to 1988 A black and orange diesel locomotive with 'Rio Grande' lettering and the number 5509 is on a snow-covered railroad yard, with a billboard for 'Dawson's Creek' visible in the background. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad GP38-2 locomotive numbered 5509 stands on a snowy track. January 24, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a dark green Rio Grande diesel locomotive, number 5413, with a yellow locomotive, number 4406, behind it, in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Rio Grande GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5413, is seen in a yard with another locomotive behind it. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL