The Denver & Rio Grande Railway pushed its narrow gauge tracks south through Colorado Springs and on to Walsenburg. The railroad realized that a lot of potential business waited in the San Luis Valley ...

When this reporter first arrived in Carbondale, the trains transporting Mid-Continent coal were still active, and automobile drivers would often have to sit in their idling cars for several minutes, ...

My wife, Laurel, and I agreed with the railroad executive. We were comfortably ensconced in the beautifully restored Mardi Gras lounge car on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, concert-bound from Alamosa ...