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Introduction/ Scope and contents
Years this material
was created: circa 1884-1997 (bulk
1890-1983)
Quantity: approximately 60 linear shelf feet (approximately 140 volumes and
approximately 5,000 unbound items, in 80 document
cases and flat lidded boxes)
This collection contains the historically significant records retained from the operations of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) and related railroad companies. The RGS narrow gauge railroad ran from Durango to Hesperus, Mancos, Dolores, Rico, Telluride, and Ridgway where it joined with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. It operated from 1890 to 1950 -- one of the narrow gauge lines assembled by Otto Mears. In its later years the Rio Grande Southern developed the "Galloping Goose" to serve its region using a single motorized car on the narrow gauge rails. The collection includes bound letters, claims and reports (1890-1914), photographs (in Collection P 026, half of which is visually accessibly on the Web), treasurer's records, coupons and other records.
This large collection contains documents of various types, predominantly bound into leather volumes (that binding was done before the Center acquired these, but after the documents ceased being in active use by the company). Some of the records are in good condition, but most are suffering from decay due to use of--or attachment to--acidic paper. Many of the contents of the volumes are originals (or original letterpress copies) pasted onto construction paper. The letterpress copies were produced on very thin paper, which one must turn carefully to avoid folding or tearing the sheets. The leather bindings on some of the books are also rotting. Thus, the collection must be handled with special care.
The collection content is wide ranging, including letters from railway pioneer/company president Otto Mears, inventories of equipment, lists of salaries, blueprints of track roadways, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and memorabilia about some of the old private cars. The collection is divided into seven main subgroups. The first subgroup is of railroad printed materials; its series of materials include such items as tickets, freight rates and regulations, and official railroad system schedules. The second subgroup consists of administrative records and correspondence of Otto Mears and other railroad officials. The third subgroup contains financial records of the railroad, and is the largest grouping of the Rio Grande Southern archives. The fourth subgroup within this collection is the personnel records. The fifth consists of records from the railroad's daily operations. This includes a scrapbook that was found with this collection but which actually pertains to the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad rather than the Rio Grande Southern: the VIP historic passenger car, the Nomad. The Nomad car was not part of the RGS, but this specially restored car now makes its home in Durango as part of the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.
The bound volumes were arranged and described ("processed") as part of a student project by Tom Barber in December 1993. Anything noted as being in a green box still must be processed. Please consult with the archivist for access to those parts of the collection.
Related historical materials in archival collections at the Delaney Library:
Papers of A. F. Lyons, who was at least
partly responsible for the original preservation and arrangement of the
records in this collection.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad photographs, described at the end of the series list (CSWS collection P 026).
Sounds of narrow gauge railroads:
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Circa January 1959. (CSWS recording no. 462.) Reel side A (on both sides of audiocassette tape 1): engine music. Reel side B (on both sides of audiocassette tape 2): engine music, Durango to Farmington, caboose, Farmington to Durango (485 and 489), and Chama to Durango. Undated, but circa early 1959. According to the note on the master reel box, the recording was poorly done and needs editing. This reel was with the railroad collection assembled and maintained by Alva Lyons. Copied (May 1996) from one 7" reel tape onto two 90 minute audiocassette tapes.
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7/27/1958 - 3/14/1959.
Sounds of narrow gauge railroads (CSWS
recording no. 461). Digitized! Click here to
listen online: Side
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Side B. Reel side A (copied onto
audiotape 1, sides a and b): Rio Grande, 0 to 42, told by Bruce Aker
(sp?). Reel side B (copied onto both sides of audiocassette tape 2):
narrow gauge to Silverton. According to the note on the master reel box,
Bruce Aker sent this tape to Alva Lyons on March 14, 1959; John Braggs
made the record between Alamosa and Chama; Jim Stevens recorded the
sounds from Romeo to Antonito with Engines 480 and 490.
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4/28-30/1966. Additional sounds of narrow gauge railroads, apparently recorded by Alva Lyons (CSWS recording no. 460). Copied from one 7" 1.5 mil acetate reel onto two 90-minute audiocassettes, May 1996.
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8/14/1966.
Sounds of narrow gauge railroads
(CSWS recording no. 459). Digitized! Click here to
listen online: Side
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Side B. Reel side A: voice of Bill Fletcher, President,
Railroad Club, on Durango and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge railroad,
Durango to Hermosa, August 14, 1966. Reel side B: Leadville to Climax
climb; 0 to 74, by Elolte Larsen; Engine #641, 2-8-0 10 car drag,
standard gauge...; Engine #478, 95 to 150; Engines #476 and 483, 150 to
210; thunderstorm, 223 to 320; 321 to end, organ music (see reel box for
more details), April 17 (1967?). Copied (May, 1996) from one 5" 1.5 mil
acetate reel tape onto one 90-minute audiocassette. (Digital
recording contents note: the first seconds of Side A is the voice of
Gayle Maloy or Louis L'Amour at the Ignacio peace treaty ceremony; skip
past that to hear Mr. Fletcher's introduction to his compilation of
railroad sounds.)
Transcribed interviews in the Southwest oral history collection:
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Oral history interview of Alfred
G. Chione, M.D., by Todd Ellison, November 21, 1996. (CSWS interview no. 487).
Digitized! Click here to listen online: Side
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Side B.
Interview excerpt:
"You know, with railroaders, you never to listen to one of them
when they were by themselves because they fib. They tell
stories that are fibs, but when you get them all together, they
kind of watch what they say." (Dr. Chione donated much of
Rio Grande Southern Railroad records and photographs that are at
the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.) -
Oral history interview of Alva
Lyons by Robert W. Delaney, June 25, 1982 (CSWS interview no. 463).
Digitized! Click here to listen online: Side
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Side B. Transcribed by Catherine
Conrad on April 3, 1996; edited by Todd Ellison on April 4, 1996.
Release signed by Dr. Delaney and Center of Southwest Studies 1/98.
Release signed 10/24/2005 by Alva Lyons' daughter Martha McDaniel.
Also, click to read the transcription of this interview:
6/25/82. (Requires
Adobe Reader free downloadable software, version 6.0 or more
recent.)
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Oral history interview of Alva
Lyons by Robert W. Delaney, June 29, 1982 (CSWS interview no. 464).
Digitized! Click here to listen online: Side
A ~
Side B. Transcribed by Catherine
Conrad on March 26, 1996; edited by Todd Ellison on April 4, 1996.
Release signed by Dr. Delaney and Center 1/1998. Release signed
10/24/2005 by Alva Lyons' daughter Martha McDaniel. Also, click to
read the transcription of this interview:
6/29/82. (Requires
Adobe Reader free downloadable software, version 6.0 or more
recent.)
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Oral history interview of Alva Lyons by Robert W. Delaney, July 1, 1982 (CSWS interview no. 465). Transcribed by Catherine Conrad on March 29, 1996; edited by Todd Ellison on April 4, 1996. Release signed by Dr. Delaney and Center of Southwest Studies 1/1998. Release signed 10/24/2005 by Alva Lyons' daughter Martha McDaniel.
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Oral history interview of Alva Lyons by Robert W. Delaney, July 7, 1982 (CSWS interview no. 466). Transcribed by Catherine Conrad on April 2, 1996; edited by Todd Ellison on April 4, 1996. Release signed by Dr. Delaney and Center of Southwest Studies 1/1998. Release signed 10/24/2005 by Alva Lyons' daughter Martha McDaniel.
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Oral history interview of Alva Lyons by Robert W. Delaney, July 12, 1982 (CSWS interview no. 467). Topics included Masonic origins, his enjoyment of being a trainman, and advice for the Durango and Silverton railroad. Stopped at 204 on counter. Transcribed by Catherine Conrad on April 3, 1996; edited by Todd Ellison on April 3, 1996. Release signed by Dr. Delaney and Center of Southwest Studies 1/1998. Release signed 10/24/2005 by Alva Lyons' daughter Martha McDaniel.
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Oral history interviews of Alva Lyons by Rae Haynes, September 20, 1989 through November 24 (CSWS interview nos. 159 - 163). Topics include the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Transcribed by Catherine Conrad at the Southwest Studies Center, Nov. 12, 1990; edited by Todd Ellison on April 4, 1996. Release signed 10/24/2005 by Alva Lyons' daughter Martha McDaniel, and by Rae Haynes on 3/14/06. Archival intern Renee Morgan updated the transcripts in January/February 2008 using comments written by Martha McDaniel in 1991. Click to read the transcription of the following interviews: 9/20/89, 9/27/89, 10/26/89, 11/10/89, and 11/24/89. (Requires Adobe Reader free downloadable software, version 6.0 or more recent.)
Books abou
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A financial analysis of the operations of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad during World War I / by Vernon E. Lynch, Jr., Fort Lewis College. Published: 1983?. [12] leaves: tables; 28 cm.. Presented at the annual meeting of the Economic and Business Historical Society, 1983. Call number Oversize HE2791.R6415 L9 1983 in the Delaney Southwest Research Library. Written by a Fort Lewis College Professor of Business.
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For RGS reference tips, visit http://rgsrr.home.comcast.net/rgs/refs.html and http://rgs.railfan.net/reference.html .
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (1890-1960)
"A narrow-gauge line built by Otto Mears and investors in Denver,
the Rio Grande Southern Railroad
served the western area of the San Juans, with its circuitous route passing
through Telluride, Ophir, Lizard Head Pass, Rico, Dolores, and
Hesperus. This route was necessitated by the rugged terrain of the
mountains and Uncompahgre Gorge, and it advantageously served important
mining areas, lumber operations, and a coal mine. Its operation was
dependent on connections with the D&RG on the north at Ridgway and on
the south at Durango. It reached Rico in 1891, thereby eliminating
most traffic on the former Rockwood and Rico Wagon Road, and it reached
Durango from the west in 1893. The line was abandoned in 1951.
Its trains carried freight and passengers, usually with a mixed train.
Between 1931 and abandonment, the line’s seven Galloping Geese provided
passenger and mail service with cars built with automobile engines and rail
wheels. Treasured by nostalgic rail fans today, they were important to
the way of life of local people and businesses along the line during the
Depression and World War II. Galloping
Goose No. 5, restored and operational, is kept at Dolores, while five others
still exist elsewhere. Several short lines connected lumber camps and
mines to the Rio Grande Southern. A spur of the RGS operated at
Parrott (Mayday) from 1906 to 1926. The spur began west of
Hesperus." (Source: Living in
the San Juan Mountains: Prospectus on Traditional Cultural Properties on the
San Juan National Forest and adjacent public lands:
San Juan Traditional Cultural Properties Team
Scoping Document/ Working Paper, edited by Dr. Andrew Gulliford, March 2003).
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Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad map of railroads in Southwestern Colorado and
Northwestern New Mexico
(click on map to open a larger image):
Also of interest and available on the Web:
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Rates
of freight (see
page 4 for transportation through Durango, Colorado)
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Administrative information
Acquisition information: The Center of Southwest Studies acquired these materials as a series of gifts
Processing
information:
Center
of Southwest Studies student archival assistant
Subject
cataloging access
points:
Railroads--Colorado--Records and correspondence
Railroads, Narrow-gauge
These records were maintained by the general offices of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in Ridgway, Colorado. Due to the demise of that company after World War II (when its business was boosted by transporting uranium ore south to Durango for processing at the smelter), the Railroad was about to take the records to the dump in 1952, and (Ed Randall, the manager) gave Dr. Chione permission to look through two narrow-gauge boxcars where all the records had been moved from the offices, and permission to take whatever he wanted. Dr. Chione spent three days in the box cars with a flashlight selecting a representative and useful sample of the records, and took a carload of them (those which he saw that seemed to have the greatest historical value) back to his home in southern Illinois where he organized them. He had much of the correspondence and other sequentially ordered records bound in hardcover volumes in Bloomington to preserve their original order. To quote Dr. Chione's son Al Chione, Jr. (interviewed by Todd Ellison by phone on Sept. 27, 1996), "the crumbs were scattered to the four winds." Among those whom Dr. Chione beat to the punch in retrieving the best records were Bob Richardson, who is a former director of the railroad museum in Golden, Colorado. He took some of the "crumbs". According to Mr. Chione, Jr., Mr. Richardson "flew into a rage when he heard that Fort Lewis College got [the records] in 1968." Richardson's book, Chasing Trains, contains some words regarding this incident which are disputed by the Chiones.
Looking for a suitable repository to house these materials, he considered Durango--the southern terminus of the railroad--a logical choice. Through a series of correspondence with the Center's first director, Dr. Robert Delaney, Dr. Chione shipped the materials to the Center in 1967-1968.
Mr. Chione, Jr. has told Ellison that "we wouldn't want this [collection] in any place than where it is, at [the Center of Southwest Studies]." Dr. Chione, age 82 as of this writing [Oct. 1996; since then, deceased], is a retired physician. He signed a deed of gift retroactively to document his donation. His son Al has had a residence near the tracks of the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad by the Rockwood slope north of Durango, and markets railroad scenes slides. Dr. Chione sold the negatives of this collection years ago to Dr. John Hubbard, a Decatur, Illinois retired neurosurgeon [now also deceased] who (according to Mr. Chione), "knows more about the Rio Grande Southern than anyone else." Todd Ellison conducted a 55-minute oral history long-distance phone interview with Dr. Chione on November 21, 1996, in which Dr. Chione discussed his first involvements with railroads, his experiences riding in the caboose and (later) in the Galloping Goose converted railroad bus car, his associations with RGS employees in Ridgway, how he acquired the collection, and how he worked with it and donated it to the Center of Southwest Studies. The tape and transcript are in the Southwest oral history collection at the Center, interview number 487.
Series descriptions
Note: Subgroups (SGs) of the Rio Grande Southern archives, shown in boldface, are numbered consecutively. The lower levels of organization, following the SG number, are the series (e.g., data sheets, payrolls, correspondence, and reports from a given office). Box numbers start with 1 in each in each subgroup.
Materials within most subgroups are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest, or from most general to most specific, and/or from oldest to most recent. For the most part, items within each series and within each box and folder are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise.
Subgroup 1: Railroad printed materials
1.1 Rio Grande Southern legal documents, 1890-1920, 2 folders, in box 1. Includes two items: (1) the executed copy of a federal agreement that was a printed contract (18 pages) between the Director General of Railroads and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, 1920 Feb. 28 (1 volume) and (2) agreement to establish the railroad terminal that became Ridgway, Colorado.
1.2 Railroad rules and regulations, 1906-1937. 3 folders, in box 1.
1.3 Railroad bulletins, 1902-1951. 7 folders, in box 1.
1.4 Railroad timetables, 1939-1950. 5 folders, in box 2.
1.5 Rio Grande Railroad system fare rates, freight rates, and schedules, 1884-. 1 folder, in box 2.
1.6 Rio Grande Southern passenger tickets and ticket stubs, 1894-1950. 16 folders, in box 3.
1.7 Other railroads’ tickets, circa 1922-1935. 9 folders, in box 4.
1.8 Rio Grande Southern blank forms and reports, 1890-1959. 31 folders, in boxes 4 and 5.
1.9 Rio Grande Southern and other railroads’ newspaper clippings, newsletters, advertisements, and pamphlets, circa 1901-1982. 14 folders, in boxes 5 and 6.
1.10 Books, about railroad operations, 1897-1961, 2 folders, in box 7. Note: this series also includes the following, not shelved with this collection:
· Modern American Railway Practice: A complete system of practical instruction in railway transportation, by the National Institute of Practical Mechanics, 1913, 10 volumes. (Call number TF7.S9 -- these are shelved with the regular books in the Robert Delaney Southwest Research Library.)
Subgroup 2: Administrative records and correspondence
2.1 Construction company correspondence, 1890-1893. 3 folders, in box 8. Includes some barely legible telegrams relating to railroad construction, including bridges and buildings.
2.2 Otto Mears records and printed materials, 1891-1962. 6 folders, in box 9. Includes 1 volume of his receipts, 1891-1892, and 1 volume about his passes, 1892-1893. Otto Mears was the president of the railroad company. The volume contains 38 pages of vouchers, correspondence, etc. related primarily to the silver filigree passes, but other types of passes such as The Leather Pass are also mentioned. Items specifically related to the silver filigree pass include vouchers from The Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company to S. Spitz, manufacturer of Mexican Filigree Jewelry for the purchase of passes. For example, the first page is Voucher #139 dated July12, 1892 for 32 silver filigree passes @$4.00 for a total of $128.00. This voucher also includes a credit for one pass for M. Frost bringing the total to $124.00. On another page there is a bill for Voucher #531 dated September 30, 1892 for 11 silver filigree passes @ $4.00 for a total of $44.00. Other pages include letters of correspondence between the two companies regarding credits for gold not used, vouchers for purchases of other types of passes, vouchers for engraving passes, and small narrative descriptions added to each page. An example of the narrative is a voucher from December 28, 1892 for five silver filigree passes. The narrative mentions the purchase of the passes in December, the date the passes were paid for, and that this raises the number of silver filigree passes to 539.
2.3 General Office correspondence, 1892-1915. 18 bound volumes, in 18 folders in boxes 9-13.
2.4 General and miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1917. 24 bound volumes, in 24 folders in boxes 14-18.
2.5 Vice President's correspondence, 1904-1914. 3 bound volumes, in 3 folders in box 19. Missing/ gap: 1907-1909.
2.6 General Superintendent's correspondence, 1897-1913. 15 bound volumes, in 15 folders in boxes 20-23. Includes one volume of Assistant Superintendent’s correspondence, 1891-1895.
2.7 General Manager's correspondence, 1907-1908. 1 volume, in box 24.
Subgroup 3: Financial records
3.1 Accounting Department and Treasury Department instructions, 1916. 1 folder, in box 25.
3.2 Distribution of expenses, 1892-1895. 3 bound volumes, in 3 folders in box 25.
3.4 Auditor's records, 1892-1917. 4 folders in box 26.
3.6 Financial statements, 1893-1898, 9 bound volumes. 9 folders, in boxes 27 and 28.
3.7 Stock and bond records, circa 1890-1918. 6 folders, in boxes 28-31. Includes a stock register, circa 1890-1923, 1 volume, 2 document cases of bond coupons. Listing, by stockholder, of capital stock share ownership. Volume is 3/4 blank. Also, certificates of stock shares, 1890-1893 and 1917.
3.9 Income and operating expenses records, 1891-1928. 16 folders, in boxes 32 and 33. Includes profit and loss statements, income and disbursements records, assets statements, and income and expenditures reports.
3.10 Cashbooks, 1893-1913, 13 bound volumes. 13 folders, in boxes 34-40.
3.11 Journals, 1893-1932, 11 bound volumes. 11 folders, in boxes 41-46.
3.12 Jeffery receivership records, 1890-1896. 8 folders, in box 47. Includes a volume of legal papers (including trial expense sheets) for the case of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad vs. Rio Grande Southern Railroad and a similarly bound report to the receiver, both in 1893, and a volume entitled "memo balance book" which is full of lists of railroad agents, stations, and passenger and freight statistics for the period 1894 Aug.- 1896 Aug. Edward T. Jeffery was the court-appointed receiver.
3.13 Ledgers, 1895-1921, 1929, 13 volumes. 13 folders, in boxes 48-53. Includes a volume labeled "corporate ledger," 1918-1920, and a volume labeled "federal ledger," 1917-1920. This list railroad accounts and expenses. Missing/gap: 1899-1902.
3.15 Federal journal, 1918-1923, 1 bound volume, in box 54. This volume, written in Denver, contains financial accounts.
3.17 Record of vouchers, 1892-1895, 2 bound volumes. 2 folders, in box 55.
3.18 Vouchers, billing records, and bills for vouchers, 1890-1899, and 1906-1922, 7 bound volumes, and unbound records. 65 folders, in boxes 55-58. These were requests for payment from the Rio Grande Southern for supplies and services it received, including a wide scope of things such as rental of locomotives, purchase of meals for employees, and refunds of freight payments. Includes general releases.
3.19 Claims, 1892-1918, 7 bound volumes, and unbound records. 16 folders, in boxes 59-60. These include claims for livestock killed by the trains, and for damaged or lost goods. Includes correspondence about claims, bills collectible, rent collection records, and certificates for payments due.
3.20 Freight records and correspondence, including freight waybills, 1884-1949, 2 bound volumes, and unbound records. 27 folders, in boxes 61 and 62. One of the volumes is a fragile letterpress copybook of financial figures from October 1891 through January 1898, including rail reports, train service figures, fuel balance sheets, reports of coal received, inventories of tools and supplies, inventories of track material on line, joint inspector's monthly reports, receiver's reports, material distribution reports (by station--largest section of the volume), list of locomotives and the condition of each on March 28 ,1896, descriptive list of buildings and bridges etc., and annual report (with supplementary schedules) to the State Board of Equalization on December 31, 1895. This series also includes post card bills for coal and other freight shipments, and freight waybills. Also, ore transportation requests, billing records, notices of freight on hand, and livestock contracts.
3.21 Receipts and other completed financial forms, 1943-1944. 1 folder, in box 62.
3.22 Interline checks, circa 1892 - circa 1930, 3 bound volumes and unbound records. 77 folders, in boxes 62 and 63. These are checks written to and from the Rio Grande Southern and associated railroads.
3.24 Distribution of materials including: rails, bridges, and real estate, 1891-1896. 1 folder, in box 64.
3.25 General store reports, 1892-1904. 2 folders, in box 65.
Subgroup 4: Personnel records
4.1 Payroll checks and vouchers for severance pay, 1891-1931. 10 folders, in box 66.
4.2 Unclaimed wages records, 1890-1895, 2 bound volumes. 2 folders, in box 66. See also Series 3.12 (receipts for wages under the Jeffery receivership, June – August, 1916.
4.3 Payroll identification records, 1916. 1 folder, in box 66.
4.4 Pinkerton investigation records, circa 1891. 1 bound volume in 1 folder in box 66. Records pertaining to a legal investigation of company employees.
4.5 Assignments and garnishments records, 1929. 1 folder in box 66. See also Series 3.12 (records of the Jeffery receivership
4.6 Time rolls, overtime statements, and receipts for payment for services, 1932 and 1950. 2 folders in box 66.
Subgroup 5: Railroad operations records
5.1 Right of way records, circa 1908-1951, 1 bound volume and unbound records. 14 folders, in boxes 67 and 68. Maps, blueprints, and statements of claims pertaining to Rio Grande Southern routes, and abandonment records.
5.2 Inventories and rosters, circa 1893-1939, 4 bound volumes and unbound records. 6 folders, in box 69. Includes summaries of railroad equipment, track, and mileposts and stations information.
5.3 Interstate Commerce Commission / interstate and intrastate railroad operations records and correspondence, 1931 and 1936. 2 folders, in box 69.These include records of tariffs and Colorado inter-railroad traffic.
5.4 Motive power correspondence, 1891-1892, 1 bound volume. 1 folder, in box 69.
5.5 Train orders, 1892 Apr. 12 - May 28 and 1936-1951 with many gaps, in 1 bound volume and unbound records. 2 folders, in boxes 69 and 70. Daily instructions for engine runs.
5.6 Return of time/ train report books, 1891-1951, 5 bound volumes and unbound records. 10 folders, in box 70-72. These are records of passenger and freight mileage etc. statistics for individual runs. Also includes conductors’ trip reports, trip records, and notes (most, of Alva A. Lyons).
5.7 Tally sheets, 1902-1903, 1 bound volume. 1 folder, in box 73. These records contain such facts as train arrival and departure times and daily engine mileage figures.
5.8 Railroad ties correspondence, 1901-1906, 1 bound volume. 1 folder, in box 74. Documents pertaining to the company's contracts and purchases of railroad ties.
5.9 Accident reports, 1890-1928, 4 bound volumes and unbound records. 13 folders, in boxes 74 and 75. Also flood reports and damage reports. Includes Peake accident investigation records, 1919, 2 bound volumes: records relating to inquiries after the accident when a train ran off a damaged bridge, causing the death of Engineer Peake. Also in this series: video of 1921 train derailment, by Jim Jarvis.
5.10 Personal injury record and stock book, circa 1893-1894 (?), 1 bound volume. 1 folder, in box 76.
5.11 Livestock injury correspondence, 1912-1918, 1 bound volume. 1 folder, in box 76. Documents relating to railroad accidents in which livestock was injured; includes valuations of the animal's condition and value, etc.
5.12 Master mechanic's correspondence, 1903-1904 and 1912-1916, 3 bound volumes. 3 folders, in box 76. Communications to and from the Master Mechanic, Assistant Superintendents, and others involved with the daily operations of the railroad.
5.13 Equipment/ engine repairs records and inspection reports, 1902-1944, 1 bound volume and unbound records. 5 folders, in box 77.
5.14 Foreign roads records, 1891-1928, 1 bound volume and unbound records. 5 folders, in box 77. Includes foreign car mileage reports/invoices.
5.16 Private cars scrapbooks, 2 bound volumes. 2 folders, in box 78. Printed materials, including memorabilia and newspaper clippings, pertaining to private railroad passenger cars, including the Nomad. The second volume, of newspaper clippings, awaits archival preservation photocopying.
5.17 Telluride station records, July and August, 1927. 1 folder, in box 79.
5.20 Railroad route blueprints and plats. 3 folders in box 80, and (most of these) oversize and extra-oversize flat file drawers.
Related guide: see the index to the photograph collection, 1 volume, at the end of Collection M 019.
| Series | Box |
Folder |
Folder title | Date(s) |
| 1.1 | 1 |
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Agreement for assumption of operation of RGS by Director General of Railroads of the United States |
1920 |
| 1.1 | 1 |
2 |
Agreement between Otto Mears, Fred Walsen and D.C. Hartwell establishing the railroad terminal that became Ridgway, Colorado |
1890-02-28 |
| 1.2 | 1 |
3 |
Book of rules |
1928 |
| 1.2 | 1 |
4 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company circular no. 2, instructions on passenger train handling |
1918 |
| 1.2 | 1 |
5 |
Instructions and supplements for general, to conductors, etc., locomotive fireman, and red ball freight system and safety instructions. |
1906/1937 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
6 |
Bulletins |
1947/1951 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
7 |
Wire bulletins |
1949 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
8 |
Bureau of Explosives Bulletin #25 |
1940 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
9 |
Denver and Rio Grande/Rio Grande Southern joint circular 227-1908 instructions regarding clergy certificates and tickets |
1908 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
10 |
The Rio Grande Western Railroad Company boarding boss circular No. 13, |
1902-06-01 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
11 |
Boarding boss circular #21 |
1902 |
| 1.3 | 1 |
12 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co., Rio Grande Western Railway Co., and Rio Grande Southern Railroad Co., joint circular |
1902-11-04 |
| 1.4 | 2 |
1 |
Timetables |
1939/1943 |
| 1.4 | 2 |
2 |
Timetables (extras/ duplicates for display, etc.) |
1939/1940 |
| 1.4 | 2 |
3 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company timetable no. 5 |
1943-02-14 |
| 1.4 | 2 |
4 |
The official guide of the railways and steam navigation lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba (plus airline schedules) |
1938-10/ 1945-09 |
| 1.4 | 2 |
5 |
The official guide of the railways and steam navigation lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba (also Central America plus air line schedules) |
1950-01 |
| 1.5 | 2 |
6 |
Fare rates and schedules, Rio Grande Railroad system |
Undated |
| 1.6 | 3 |
1 |
Passenger tickets, Vol. 1 |
1894/1930 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
2 |
Passenger tickets, Vol. 2 |
1916/1950 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
3 |
Agent’s ticket stubs, prepaid order |
1896 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
4 |
Agents ticket stubs |
1894/1928 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
5 |
Agents ticket stubs |
1946 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
6 |
Agents ticket stubs |
1947/1949 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
7 |
Agents ticket stubs |
1951 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
8 |
Parlor car ticket-passenger check |
Undated |
| 1.6 | 3 |
9 |
Parlor car tickets, form local 43-4 (unused) |
Undated |
| 1.6 | 3 |
10 |
Rio Grande Railroad ticket stubs from Alva Lyons |
Undated |
| 1.6 | 3 |
11 |
Passenger ticket tracers |
1913/1923 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
12 |
Interline passenger tickets- Rio Grande Southern and Denver and Rio Grande |
1916/1923 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
13 |
Ticket honored (not taken up) form 1024-5m-6-23 |
1923 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
14 |
Trip pass coupon, going trip |
1930/1935 |
|
1.6 |
3 |
15 |
Trip pass |
1930 |
| 1.6 | 3 |
16 |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. passenger’s check (seat assignment) |
1937 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
1 |
Passenger tickets, all railroads, Vol. 1 |
1923/1935 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
2 |
Ticket stubs all railroads |
Undated |
| 1.7 | 4 |
3 |
Passenger tickets issued by Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company |
1923 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
4 |
Passenger tickets issued by the Golf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad |
1922/1923 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
5 |
Passenger tickets issued by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad |
1923 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
6 |
Passenger tickets issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company |
1923 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
7 |
Passenger tickets Silverton Northern Railroad Co. |
Undated |
| 1.7 | 4 |
8 |
Passenger tickets issued by Southern Pacific Company |
1923 |
| 1.7 | 4 |
9 |
Passenger tickets issued by the Union Pacific System |
1923 |
| 1.8 | 4 |
10 |
Blank forms Rio Grande Southern Vol. 1 |
Undated |
| 1.8 | 4 |
11 |
Advanced charges draft- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co. (blank forms) |
1890/1899 |
| 1.8 | 4 |
12 |
Annual locomotive inspection and repair report, form 1m-5-26 (blank, unused) |
1915 |
| 1.8 | 4 |
13 |
Annual locomotive inspection and repair report, Rio Grande Southern form 813-1M-9-43-news (blank, unused) |
1915 |
| 1.8 | 4 |
14 |
Cars on hand, Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3872 (blank, unused) |
Undated |
| 1.8 | 4 |
15 |
Cash fare train tickets, Denver Rio Grand Western Railroad Co. (blank, unused) |
Undated |
| 1.8 | 4 |
16 |
Conductor’s blind siding report, Denver and Rio Grande West form 3929 (blank, unused) |
19__ |
| 1.8 | 4 |
17 |
Daily performance report, Rio Grande Southern Form 809-3M-siler 1-51 (blank, unused) |
1950/1959 |
| 1.8 | 5 |
1 |
Empty slip bill home route card, Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3611 (blank, unused) |
1930/1939 |
| 1.8 | 5 |
2 |
Engineer’s report of stock killed or injured; Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3511 (blank, unused) |
19__ |
| 1.8 | 5 |
3 |
Form for employees to accept provisions of the Rio Grand Southern Railroad hospital fund (blank, unused) |
1941 |
| 1.8 | 5 |
4 |
Forms from other railroads (blank, unused) |
Undated |
| 1.8 | 5 |
5 |
Freight waybill, Rio Grande Southern form 1014 (blank, unused) |
Undated |
| 1.8 | 5 |
6 |
Monthly locomotive unit inspection and repair report, form No. 1-A (blank, unused) |
Undated |
| 1.8 | 5 |
7 |
Monthly locomotive unit inspection and repair report, form No. 1-A-3M-2-37 (blank, unused) |
Undated |
|
1.8 |
5 |
8 |
Office record of boilers washed and gauge cock spindles and water glass cocks removed and cleaned, Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3564 (blank, unused) |
19__ |
|
1.8 |
5 |
9 |
Oder bill of lading, Rio Grande Southern form 1029 (blank, unused) |
1908 |
|
1.8 |
5 |
10 |
Pass identification card form 126 (blank, unused) |
1920/1929 |
|
1.8 |
5 |
11 |
Record of test, Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3418 section 6 (blank, unused) |
Undated |
|
1.8 |
5 |
12 |
Rest register for trainmen and engine man, Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3263 (blank0 |
19__ |
|
1.8 |
5 |
13 |
Rio Grande Southern envelope, Pierpont Fuller Jr., receiver; Denver and Rio Grande Western envelope form 3891 for money only (blank, unused) |
Undated |
|
1.8 |
5 |
14 |
Shipping stickers- The “Galloping Goose” Line |
Undated |
|
1.8 |
5 |
15 |
Station agent’s daily running record of carload shipments of fresh/ dried fruits or vegetables, form FV-28 (blank, unused) |
Undated |
|
1.8 |
5 |
16 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company telegram, form 5002 (blank, unused) |
Undated |
|
1.8 |
5 |
17 |
Train order, Denver and Rio Grande Western form 3250 (blank, unused) |
19__ |
|
1.8 |
5 |
18 |
Trip report book, form 724 (blank, unused) |
1940/1949 |
|
1.8 |
5 |
19 |
Train report of ticket and cash collection form 1203-1M-4-45-siler (blank, unused) |
1940/1949 |
|
1.8 |
5 |
20 |
Uniform live stock contract, form 386-1M-9-34-C (blank, unused) |
1930-08-01 |
|
1.8 |
5 |
21 |
Uniform straight bill of lading, Rio Grande Southern form 1028 (blank, unused) |
1941 |
|
1.8 |
5 |
22 |
Waybill correction form 1006-12-49 (blank, unused) |
19__ |
|
1.8 |
5 |
23 |
Western Union telegram (blank form) |
191_ |
| 5 |
24 |
Rocky Mountain Views on the Rio Grande |
circa 1917 | |
|
1.9 |
5 |
25 |
Flyer advertisement for excursion to Mesa Verde via Denver and Rio Grande and Rio Grande Southern |
1901-09-03 |
|
1.9 |
5 |
26 |
Advertisement for “The Rio Grande Southern Story” by Josie Moore Crum |
1955 |
|
1.9 |
5 |
27 |
Trip schedules, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
Undated |
|
1.9 |
5 |
28 |
“Animas Adventure” published in Colorado Wonderland (about the Denver and Rio Grande Western) |
1955-06 |
|
1.9 |
5 |
29 |
Narrow gauge railroad newspaper clippings |
1950/1960 |
|
1.9 |
5 |
30 |
Narrow gauge railroad newspaper clippings |
Undated |
|
1.9 |
5 |
31 |
Newspaper article about the demise of the Galloping Goose |
Undated |
|
1.9 |
5 |
32 |
Private cars available for charter on Silverton Ron, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
Undated |
|
1.9 |
5 |
33 |
Iron Horse News, by the Colorado Railroad Museum |
1959/1961 |
|
1.9 |
5 |
34 |
Other railroad publications |
1953/1980 |
|
1.9 |
5 |
35 |
Christmas greetings |
1949 |
|
1.9 |
6 |
1 |
Newspaper article on purchase of Durango-Silverton Railroad |
1982-01-12 |
|
1.9 |
6 |
2 |
Newspaper advertising |
1960s |
| 7 |
1 |
The Rio Grande Southern: An index to published photographs |
Undated | |
|
1.10 |
7 |
2 |
Pamphlets and other railroads |
1914/1961 |
|
1.10 |
7 |
3 |
Baldwin Locomotive Works, illustrated catalog of narrow gauge locomotives |
1897 |
| 8 |
1 |
Construction company correspondence |
1890/1891 | |
|
2.1 |
8 |
2 |
Building and bridge correspondence |
1892/1893 |
|
2.1 |
8 |
3 |
Bridge and building record |
1890/1897 |
| 9 |
1 |
Ballad of Otto Mears |
1926 | |
|
2.2 |
9 |
2 |
Otto Mears silver filigree passes, photographs of |
1892/1894 |
|
2.2 |
9 |
3 |
Otto Mears railroad passes |
1942 |
|
2.2 |
9 |
4 |
Otto Mears newspaper articles |
1959/1962 |
|
2.2 |
9 |
5 |
Order envelopes, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co., form 5043 |
Undated |
|
2.2 |
9 |
6 |
Mears system of toll roads, correspondence |
1886-03 |
| 9 |
7 |
General office correspondence |
1890/1892 | |
|
2.3 |
9 |
8 |
General office correspondence |
1892 |
|
2.3 |
9 |
9 |
General office correspondence |
1896 |
|
2.3 |
10 |
1 |
General office correspondence |
1896/1897 |
|
2.3 |
10 |
2 |
General office correspondence |
1896/1899 |
|
2.3 |
10 |
3 |
General office correspondence |
1897/1898 |
|
2.3 |
10 |
4 |
General office correspondence |
1898 |
|
2.3 |
11 |
1 |
General office correspondence |
1898/1899 |
|
2.3 |
11 |
2 |
General office correspondence |
1899/1900 |
|
2.3 |
11 |
3 |
General office correspondence |
1900 |
|
2.3 |
11 |
4 |
General office correspondence |
1900/1901 |
|
2.3 |
12 |
1 |
General office correspondence |
1902/1904 |
|
2.3 |
12 |
2 |
General office correspondence |
1904/1906 |
|
2.3 |
12 |
3 |
General office correspondence |
1906/1907 |
|
2.3 |
12 |
4 |
General office correspondence |
1907/1909 |
|
2.3 |
13 |
1 |
General office correspondence |
1910/1912 |
|
2.3 |
13 |
2 |
General office correspondence |
1912/1915 |
|
2.3 |
13 |
3 |
General office correspondence |
1915/1917 |
| 14 |
1 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1891 | |
|
2.4 |
14 |
2 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1892 |
|
2.4 |
14 |
3 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1893 |
|
2.4 |
14 |
4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1894 |
|
2.4 |
14 |
5 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1899 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
1 |
Index to miscellaneous letter book |
1892 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
2 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1892/1894 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
3 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1894 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1892/1897 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
5 |
Correspondence- Rio Grande Southern, Denver and Rio Grande, Florence and Cripple Creek Railroads |
1896 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
6 |
Miscellaneous correspondence (scrapbook) |
1893 |
|
2.4 |
15 |
7 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1897/1898 |
|
2.4 |
16 |
1 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1898/1899 |
|
2.4 |
16 |
2 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1900 |
|
2.4 |
16 |
3 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1901 |
|
2.4 |
16 |
4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1903/1904 |
|
2.4 |
17 |
1 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1907 |
|
2.4 |
17 |
2 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1907/1908 |
|
2.4 |
17 |
3 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1910/1911 |
|
2.4 |
17 |
4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1913/1914 |
|
2.4 |
18 |
1 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1914/1916 |
|
2.4 |
18 |
2 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1916 |
|
2.4 |
18 |
3 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1916/1917 |
|
2.4 |
18 |
4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence |
1939 |
| 19 |
1 |
Vice President’s correspondence |
1904/1906 | |
|
2.5 |
19 |
2 |
Vice President’s correspondence |
1910/1911 |
|
2.5 |
19 |
3 |
Vice President’s correspondence |
1912/1914 |
| 20 |
1 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1897/1901 | |
|
2.6 |
20 |
2 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1899/1917 |
|
2.6 |
21 |
1 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1899/1900 |
|
2.6 |
21 |
2 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1900 |
|
2.6 |
21 |
3 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1901/1903 |
|
2.6 |
21 |
4 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1912/1913 |
|
2.6 |
21 |
5 |
Internal management directories, Superintendent’s Office |
1902 |
|
2.6 |
22 |
1 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1903/1904 |
|
2.6 |
22 |
2 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1905/1907 |
|
2.6 |
22 |
3 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1906/1907 |
|
2.6 |
22 |
4 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1908/1909 |
|
2.6 |
23 |
1 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1909/1910 |
|
2.6 |
23 |
2 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1911/1912 |
|
2.6 |
23 |
3 |
General Superintendent’s correspondence |
1912/1913 |
|
2.6 |
23 |
4 |
Assistant Superintendent’s correspondence |
1891/1895 |
| 24 |
1 |
General Manager’s correspondence |
1907/1908 | |
| 25 |
1 |
Instruction to Treasury Department |
1916-01-01 | |
| 25 |
2 |
Distribution of expenses |
1892-02-01/ 1892-06-30 |
|
|
3.2 |
25 |
3 |
Distribution of expenses |
1893-08/ 1895-06 |
|
3.2 |
25 |
4 |
Distribution of expenses |
1892/1895 |
|
|
{there is no Series 3.3) |
|||
| 26 |
1 |
Auditor’s records |
1892 | |
|
3.4 |
26 |
2 |
Audited accounts |
1892-02-01/ 1893-07-031 |
|
3.4 |
26 |
3 |
Audited accounts |
1893-08-01/ 1895-12-01 |
|
3.4 |
26 |
4 |
Auditor’s reports |
1910/1913 |
|
3.4 |
26 |
5 |
Auditor’s correspondence |
1913/1917 |
|
|
{there is no Series 3.5} |
|||
| 27 |
1 |
Financial statements, vol. 1 |
1893 | |
|
3.6 |
27 |
2 |
Financial statements, vol. 2 |
1893 |
|
3.6 |
27 |
3 |
Financial statements, vol. 1 |
1894 |
|
3.6 |
27 |
4 |
Financial statements, vol. 2 |
1894 |
|
3.6 |
27 |
5 |
Financial statements, vol. 1 |
1895 |
|
3.6 |
27 |
6 |
Financial statements, vol. 2 |
1895 |
|
3.6 |
27 |
7 |
Financial statements |
1894/1897 |
|
3.6 |
27 |
8 |
Financial statements |
1897/1898 |
|
3.6 |
28 |
1 |
Miscellaneous statements (balance sheets, etc) |
1903-03/
1909-12 |
| 28 |
2 |
Stock and bond records |
1890/1923 | |
|
3.7 |
28 |
3 |
Stock register- capital stock Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company |
Undated |
|
3.7 |
29 |
|
Stock and bond records (bond coupons) |
1890s/1900s |
|
3.7 |
30 |
|
Stock and bond records (bond coupons) |
1890s/1900s |
|
3.7 |
31 |
1 |
Certificates of stock shares |
1890/1918 |
|
3.7 |
31 |
2 |
Annual report to the stock holders of Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company |
1899 |
| 3.7 | 31 |
3 |
Certificate of Deposit (bond issuance) |
1922 |
|
|
{there is no Series 3.8} |
|||
| 32 |
1 |
Denver and Rio Grande Express with Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company- earning statements |
1891/1893 | |
|
3.9 |
32 |
2 |
Western Union Telegraph Company on Rio Grande Southern Line, income and expenditures |
1891/1893 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
3 |
Correspondence regarding lost of doing business |
1893/1943 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
4 |
Ticket redemption drafts |
1894/1924 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
5 |
Statements of assets |
1895 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
6 |
Profit and loss statements |
1896 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
7 |
Profit and loss statements |
1905 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
8 |
Profit and loss statements |
1918 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
9 |
Profit and loss statements |
1920 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
10 |
Profit and loss statements |
1926/1928 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
11 |
Operating expenses, vol. 1 |
1895-07/ 1900-06 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
12 |
Ticket sales statements |
1901/1902 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
13 |
Statement of assets |
1917 |
|
3.9 |
32 |
14 |
Income and disbursements |
1919-12 |
|
3.9 |
33 |
1 |
Miscellaneous operating statistics |
1904/1909 |
|
3.9 |
33 |
2 |
Miscellaneous materials reports |
1909/1914 |
| 34 |
1 |
Cash book |
1893-05-01/ 1893-08-01 | |
|
3.10 |
34 |
2 |
Cash book treasurer’s office |
1895-12-02/ 1898-10-31 |
|
3.10 |
35 |
1 |
Cash book receiver’s (duplicate) |
1893-08-02/ 1894-11-30 |
|
3.10 |
35 |
1 |
Cash book receiver’s (duplicate) |
1893-08-02/ 1894-11-30 |
|
3.10 |
36 |
1 |
Cash book receiver’s (duplicate) |
1894-12-01/ 1895-12-30 |
|
3.10 |
36 |
2 |
Cash book receiver’s (duplicate) |
1894-12-01/ 1895-12-30 |
|
3.10 |
37 |
1 |
Cash book “B” |
1898-11-01/ 1902-05-31 |
|
3.10 |
37 |
2 |
Cash book “C’ |
1902-06-02/ 1906-01-25 |
|
3.10 |
38 |
1 |
Cash book “D” |
1906-01-26/ 1908-05-30 |
|
3.10 |
38 |
2 |
Cash book “E’ |
1908-06-01/ 1910-11-18 |
|
3.10 |
39 |
1 |
Cash book “F” |
1910-11/ 1915-01-31 |
|
3.10 |
40 |
1 |
Cash book “G” |
1913-04-01/ 1915-03-31 |
|
3.10 |
40 |
2 |
Cash book “H” |
1915-04-01/ 1917-04-30 |
| 41 |
1 |
Journals |
1893-08/ 1895-12 |
|
|
3.11 |
41 |
2 |
Journals |
1895-12/ 1899-09 |
|
3.11 |
42 |
1 |
Journal “B” |
1899-10-01/ 1905-07-31 |
|
3.11 |
42 |
2 |
Journal |
08-03/06-06 |
|
3.11 |
43 |
1 |
Journal |
1906-07-31/ 1909-06-30 |
|
3.11 |
44 |
1 |
Journal “E” |
1909-07-31/ 1913-06-30 |
|
3.11 |
45 |
1 |
Journal entries |
1919 |
|
3.11 |
45 |
2 |
Journal entries |
1920 |
|
3.11 |
45 |
3 |
Day book journal |
1931-03-31/ 1932-02-29 |
|
3.11 |
46 |
1 |
Journal E-1 |
1913-07-31/ 1916-12-31 |
|
3.11 |
46 |
2 |
Corporate journal |
1918-01-01/ 1920-12-31 |
| 47 |
1 |
Unclaimed wages: Jeffery receivership |
1890/1895 | |
|
3.12 |
47 |
2 |
Unclaimed wages: Jeffery receivership |
1893/1896 |
|
3.12 |
47 |
3 |
Assignments and garnishments: Jeffery receivership |
1893/1895 |
|
3.12 |
47 |
4 |
Rio Grande Southern report to receiver |
1893 |
|
3.12 |
47 |
5 |
Jeffrey receivership |
1893/1896 |
|
3.12 |
47 |
6 |
Memo balance book |
1894-08/
1896-08 |
|
3.12 |
47 |
7 |
Individuals and companies (financial records) |
1893-08/
1895-12 |
|
3.12 |
47 |
8 |
Special rates and authorities |
1893/1895 |
| 48 |
1 |
Cash |
1893/1895 | |
|
3.13 |
48 |
2 |
Ledger of operating expenses |
1895/1898 |
|
3.13 |
48 |
3 |
Rio Grande Southern bills |
1925/1930 |
|
3.13 |
49 |
1 |
Ledger H |
1892/1895 |
|
3.13 |
49 |
2 |
Ledger |
1903/1916 |
|
3.13 |
50 |
1 |
Ledger B |
1895-12-01/ 1900-06-30 |
|
3.13 |
50 |
2 |
Ledger C |
1900-07-01/ 1906-06-30 |
|
3.13 |
51 |
1 |
Ledger D |
1906/1909 |
|
3.13 |
51 |
2 |
Ledger E |
1909/1915 |
|
3.13 |
52 |
1 |
Ledger D |
1909/1917 |
|
3.13 |
52 |
2 |
Federal ledger |
1918/1921 |
|
3.13 |
53 |
1 |
Ledger receiver |
1929 |
|
3.13 |
53 |
2 |
Corporate ledger |
1918/1920 |
|
|
{there is no Series 3.14} |
|||
| 54 |
1 |
Federal journal |
1918/1923 | |
|
|
{there is no Series 3.16} |
|||
| 55 |
1 |
Record of vouchers |
1892-02/
1895-02 |
|
|
3.17 |
55 |
2 |
Record of vouchers |
1893/1895 |
| 55 |
3 |
Vouchers- The Rio Grande Southern Construction Company |
1890/1892 | |
|
3.18 |
55 |
4 |
Bills for vouchers |
1890/1892 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
1 |
Vouchers, 1-100 and 101-199 |
1892 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
2 |
Vouchers, 200-299 and 300-399 |
1892 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
3 |
Vouchers, 400-500 |
1892 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
4 |
Voucher, bills for voucher, for Mancos Extension |
1892 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
5 |
Vouchers |
1892-05 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
6 |
Vouchers |
1892-06 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
7 |
Vouchers |
1892-07 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
8 |
Vouchers |
1892-08 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
9 |
Vouchers |
1892-09 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
10 |
Vouchers |
1892-10 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
11 |
Vouchers |
1892-11 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
12 |
Vouchers |
1892-12 |
|
3.18 |
56 |
13 |
Bills for voucher |
1892 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
1 |
Billing records, Mancos Extension |
1892 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
2 |
Billing records |
1892-01/ 1893-03 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
3 |
Billing records |
1892-04 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
4 |
Billing records |
1892-05 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
5 |
Billing records |
1892-06 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
6 |
Billing records |
1892-07 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
7 |
Billing records |
1892-08 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
8 |
Billing records |
1892-09 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
9 |
Billing records |
1892-12 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
10 |
Vouchers |
1893-01 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
11 |
Vouchers |
1893-02 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
12 |
Vouchers |
1893-03 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
13 |
Vouchers |
1893-04 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
14 |
Vouchers |
1893-05 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
15 |
Vouchers |
1893-06 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
16 |
Vouchers |
1893-08/ 1893-09 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
17 |
Bills for voucher |
1893 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
18 |
Billing records |
1893-01 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
19 |
Billing records |
1893-02 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
20 |
Billing records |
1893-03 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
21 |
Billing records |
1893-04 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
22 |
Billing records |
1893-05 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
23 |
Billing records |
1893-06 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
24 |
Billing records |
1893-07 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
25 |
Billing records |
1893-08 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
26 |
Billing records |
1893-09 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
27 |
Billing records |
1893-10 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
28 |
Billing records |
1893-11 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
29 |
General release: A. B. Brown voucher No. 208 |
1892-08 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
30 |
General release: A. F. Doze voucher No. 680 |
1892-10 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
31 |
General release: Joseph Petro voucher No. 1172 |
1892-12 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
32 |
General release: M. M. Williams voucher No. 1525 |
1893-02 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
33 |
General release: Nelson D. Porter voucher No. 1530 |
1893-02 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
34 |
General release: Mrs. Nellie Smither voucher No. 77 |
1893-12 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
35 |
Vouchers |
1894 |
|
3.18 |
57 |
36 |
Bills for voucher |
1897 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
1 |
Vouchers |
1895 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
2 |
Vouchers |
1896 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
3 |
Vouchers |
1897 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
4 |
Vouchers |
1898/1899 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
5 |
Vouchers for accidents |
1906/1922 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
6 |
Vouchers for payments due |
1911/1912 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
7 |
Public voucher for transportation of freight, Department of Agriculture |
1913/1918 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
8 |
Bill for vouchers |
1917-07/ 1918-08 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
9 |
Vouchers |
1922-04 |
|
3.18 |
58 |
10 |
Vouchers for payments due |
1922 |
| 59 |
1 |
Claims |
1892/1897 | |
|
3.19 |
59 |
2 |
Claims |
1897/1902 |
|
3.19 |
59 |
3 |
Claims |
1899/1901 |
|
3.19 |
59 |
4 |
Claims |
1902/1905 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
1 |
Claims |
1905/1908 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
2 |
Claims |
1908/1910 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
3 |
Claims |
1910/1913 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
4 |
Personal injury record and stock claim book |
Undated |
|
3.19 |
60 |
5 |
Correspondence re: claims |
1897/1908 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
6 |
Claims for ticket over charge |
1915 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
7 |
Bills collectible |
1893/1894 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
8 |
Bills collectible |
1897/1898 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
9 |
Bills collectible |
1906 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
10 |
Bills collectible |
1913/1918 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
11 |
Rent collections on joint property, 2nd half |
1906 |
|
3.19 |
60 |
12 |
Certificates of payment due |
1892/1944 |
| 61 |
1 |
Freight rates |
1884 | |
|
3.20 |
61 |
2 |
Notices of special rate |
1891/1892 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
3 |
Freight way bills, vol. 1 |
1892/1895 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
4 |
Freight way bills |
1892 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
5 |
Freight way bills |
1893 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
6 |
Freight way bills |
1894 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
7 |
Freight way bills |
1895 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
8 |
Black hawk mine requests for transportation of ore by Rio Grande Southern |
1894 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
9 |
Railway express agency register of shipments receipts for bullion |
1949 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
10 |
Notice of special rate (freight) |
1891 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
11 |
Credits for car service on Silverton Railroad |
1892/1893 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
12 |
Credits for car service on Denver and Rio Grande Railroads |
1891/1893 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
13 |
Notices of coal shipments, Porter Fuel Company |
1910/1913 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
14 |
Freight notices, Globe Express Company |
1908/1909 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
15 |
Notices of freight on hand at Placerville (Colo.) Station |
1908/1909 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
16 |
Express accounts Denver and Rio Grande Express |
1891 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
17 |
Freight way bill the Silverton Railroad Company |
1894 |
|
3.20 |
61 |
18 |
Freight way will Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
1894/1895 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
1 |
Notice of freight on hand |
1921 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
2 |
Local way bills May thru July |
1923 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
3 |
Freight way bills less than car load |
1923 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
4 |
Bills collectible from Denver and Rio Grande |
1923 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
5 |
Livestock contracts |
1923 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
6 |
Bill of lading |
1927 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
7 |
Freight way bills |
1941 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
8 |
Freight rates: beans and ore concentrate |
1947 |
|
3.20 |
62 |
9 |
Way bill corrections |
1949 |
| 62 |
10 |
Requisitions and invoices |
1943/1944 | |
| 62 |
11 |
Interline checks, vol. 1 |
1892/1930 | |
|
3.22 |
62 |
12 |
Interline checks, vol. 2 |
1892/1930 |
|
3.22 |
62 |
13 |
Interline checks, vol. 3 |
1892/1930 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
1 |
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company checks |
1892/1920 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
2 |
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company checks |
1921/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
3 |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
4 |
Boston and Albany Railroad check |
1920 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
5 |
Boston and Maine Railroad check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
6 |
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
7 |
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
8 |
Canadian Pacific Railway Company check |
1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
9 |
The Chicago and Alton Railroad Company check |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
10 |
Central of Georgia Railway check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
11 |
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
12 |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
13 |
Chicago and Erie Railroad Company checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
14 |
Chicago and grand Trunk Railway check |
1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
15 |
Chicago Great Western Railroad checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
16 |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
17 |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company checks |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
18 |
Chicago and North Western Railroad Company checks |
1893/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
19 |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
20 |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway Company checks |
1892/1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
21 |
The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Railway Company check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
22 |
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
23 |
The Colorado and Southern Railway Company checks |
1929/1934 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
24 |
Colorado and Wyoming Railroad Company checks (interline freight) |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
25 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad check to Rio Grande Southern |
1892/1894 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
26 |
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company check to Rio Grande Southern |
1920/1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
27 |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company checks |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
28 |
Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad check |
1919 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
29 |
Erie Railroad Company checks |
1921/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
30 |
Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company check |
1914 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
31 |
Payments to Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad through U.S. Railroad administration |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
32 |
Grand Trunk Railway checks |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
33 |
Great Northern Railroad checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
34 |
Great Western Railway check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
35 |
Illinois Central Railroad Company check (interline freight) |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
36 |
Kansas City Southern Railway check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
37 |
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company check |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
38 |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
39 |
Michigan Central Railroad Company checks |
1893/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
40 |
The Midland Terminal Railway checks |
1920/1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
41 |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
42 |
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad check |
1928 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
43 |
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company checks |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
44 |
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
45 |
Nevada Northern Railway checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
46 |
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company checks |
1920/1928 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
47 |
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
48 |
New York Central Railroad Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
49 |
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
50 |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
51 |
Northern Pacific Railway Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
52 |
Oregon Shortline Railroad Company checks |
1920/1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
53 |
Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navigation Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
54 |
Pacific Railway Company check |
1920 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
55 |
Pere Marquette Railway check |
1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
56 |
Pennsylvania Railroad check |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
57 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
58 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
59 |
Rio Grande Western Railway Company checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
60 |
Southern Pacific Company, Atlantic Steamship Lines checks |
1920/1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
61 |
Southern Pacific Company, Pacific Lines checks |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
62 |
Southern Pacific Railroad and Steamship Line checks issued by United States Railroad Administration |
1920 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
63 |
St. Louis- San Francisco Railway Company checks |
1920/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
64 |
Union Pacific Railroad checks |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
65 |
Uintah Railway Company checks |
1921 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
66 |
United States Railroad Administration checks |
1920 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
67 |
Wabash Railway checks |
1892/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
68 |
Western Pacific Railroad Company checks |
1921/1929 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
68 |
Agent’s drafts |
1927/1947 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
70 |
Checks cancelled and drawn on various banks |
1892 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
71 |
Rio Grande Southern cancelled checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
72 |
Drawn on the First National Bank of Denver checks |
1931 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
73 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company interest checks |
1892/1893 |
|
3.22 |
63 |
74 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company payments to receiver |
1934 |
|
|
|
{there is no Series 3.23} |
||
|
64 |
1 |
Distribution of materials including: rails, bridges, and real estate |
1891/1896 | |
| 65 |
1 |
General store report |
1892/1897 | |
|
3.25 |
65 |
2 |
General store report |
1896/1904 |
| 66 |
1 |
Vouchers for severance pay for March and May, 1892 |
1892-03/ 1892-05 |
|
|
4.1 |
66 |
2 |
Mancos extension payroll records |
1892 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
3 |
Payroll checks; mostly for unclaimed wages |
1892-02/ 1892-04 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
4 |
Payroll checks; mostly for unclaimed wagess |
1892-05/ 1892-07 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
5 |
Payroll check nos. 61533-63272 |
1914 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
6 |
Payroll check nos. 79902-80680 |
1918 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
7 |
Payroll check nos. 78415-78515 (back pay and unclaimed wages) |
1918 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
8 |
Payroll check nos. 80270-80586 |
1918 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
9 |
United States Railroad Administration payroll checks |
1919-03/ 1919-04 |
|
4.1 |
66 |
10 |
Payroll checks |
1926-06 |
| 66 |
11 |
Receipts for payment for services |
1905 | |
|
4.2 |
66 |
12 |
Receipts for payment of services June - August 1916 |
1916 |
| 66 |
13 |
Payroll identification records |
1916 | |
| 66 |
14 |
Pinkerton investigation |
1891 | |
| 66 |
15 |
Satisfaction of judgment, Dolores County Court, garnishee |
1929 | |
| 66 |
16 |
Overtime statements |
1932 | |
|
4.6 |
66 |
17 |
Receipts for railroad fund |
1950 |
| 5.1 | 67 |
1 |
Plats of Rio Grande Southern Railroad and Turnouts (extras) |
undated |
| 5.1 | 67 | 2 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad spurs to local mines, drawing (1 page) |
1949 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 3 |
Topographic profile of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad system; including Rio Grande Southern |
1908, 1909, and 1924 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 4 |
Request to use part of Rio Grande Southern right of way for county highway from La Plata County |
1921 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 5 |
Request for power line on Rio Grande Southern right-of-way by Rico Argentine Mining Co. |
1949 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 6 |
Railroad consolidations and unifications interstate commerce commission hearings |
1931 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 7 |
Application to Colorado public utilities commission request for authority to discontinue services of trains 371 and 372 and stations at Rico and Placerville |
1950-05 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 8 |
Abandonment of Rio Grande Southern service new articles |
1946/1951 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 9 |
Order setting hearing for authority to abandon the railroad |
1951-11-13 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 10 |
Order granting receiver's request to cease operations of Rio Grande Southern |
1951-11-13 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 11 |
Report of the receiver and petition for authority to cease operations and for permission to abandon the railroad |
1951 |
| 5.1 | 67 | 12 | Abandonment of Rio Grande Southern | 1951 |
| 5.1 | 68 | 1 | Right of Way vol. I | Undated |
| 5.1 | 68 | 2 |
Construction profile Rio Grande Southern Construction Company vol. I |
Undated |
| 5.2 | 69 | 1 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad stations and mile posts |
Undated |
| 5.2 | 69 | 2 | Inventory and roster | 1893 |
| 5.2 | 69 | 3 |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad system (including Rio Grande Southern) official roster |
1916, 1923 |
| 5.2 | 69 | 4 | Inventory and roster | 1923 |
| 5.2 | 69 | 5 | Inventory | 1931 |
| 5.2 | 69 | 6 | Inventory | 1939 |
| 5.3 | 69 | 7 |
Tariffs for Colorado intrastate railroad traffic, public utilities commission of State of Colorado (vol. 1) |
1936 |
| 5.3 | 69 | 8 |
Interstate commerce commission, letter concerning Senate Joint Resolution 250 and House Joint Resolution 497 directing a study of transportation |
1931 |
| 5.4 | 69 | 9 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad motive power letters |
1891/1892 |
| 5.5 | 69 | 10 | Train orders | 1892 |
|
5.5 |
70 |
1 |
Train orders |
1936, 1941/1945, and 1951 |
70 |
2 |
Trip report book |
1912/1916 |
|
|
5.6 |
70 |
3 |
Trip report book, form 723 |
1919/1920, 1951 |
|
5.6 |
70 |
4 |
Conductor Trip records and notes |
1935/1937 |
|
5.6 |
70 |
5 |
Conductor trip records and notes |
1935/1938 |
|
5.6 |
70 |
6 |
Conductor trip records and notes |
1934/1938 |
|
5.6 |
71 |
1 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad return of time vol. 1 |
1891/1893 |
|
5.6 |
71 |
2 |
Rio Grande Southern Railroad return of time vol. 1 |
1893/1896 |
|
5.6 |
72 |
1 |
Return of time, vol. 1 |
1896/1898 |
|
5.6 |
72 |
2 |
Return of time, vol. 1 |
1898/1901 |
|
5.6 |
73 |
1 |
Return of time, vol. 1 |
1901/1903 |
73 |
2 |
Tally sheets, vol. 1 |
1902/1903 |
|
74 |
1 |
Tie letters |
1901/1906 |
|
74 |
2 |
Accident reports |
1890/1891 |
|
|
5.9 |
74 |
3 |
Accident reports |
1891 |
|
5.9 |
74 |
4 |
Accident and stock reports |
1891/1892 |
|
5.9 |
74 |
5 |
Accident reports |
1892/1904 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
1 |
Accident reports |
1904/1907 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
2 |
Claim for destruction of mail car |
1905 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
3 |
Peake accident, vol. I (includes photos) |
1919-09-08 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
4 |
Peake accident, vol. II |
1919-09-08 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
5 |
Evaluation of effects of Lightner Creek flood |
1919 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
6 |
Train derailment, Jim Jarvis footage (3/4” master tape) |
1921 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
7 |
Passenger accident reports, form 1215-7.10.3m |
1922-10-30 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
8 |
Investigation regarding damage to caboose #0518 in Vance Yard |
1925-05-13 |
|
5.9 |
75 |
9 |
Derailment accident |
1928-07-02 |
76 |
1 |
Personal injury record and stock book |
Undated |
|
76 |
2 |
Correspondence regarding accidents in which livestock were injured |
1912/1918 |
|
76 |
3 |
Master mechanics correspondence |
1903/1904 |
|
|
5.12 |
76 |
4 |
Master mechanics correspondence |
1912/1915 |
|
5.12 |
76 |
5 |
Master mechanics correspondence |
1915/1916 |
77 |
1 |
Engine inspections |
1944 |
|
|
5.13 |
77 |
2 |
Rio Grande Southern equipment repaired by Denver and Rio Grande |
1918 |
|
5.13 |
77 |
3 |
Engine repairs |
1923 |
|
5.13 |
77 |
4 |
Track repair correspondence |
1902 |
|
5.13 |
77 |
5 |
Equipment repairs |
1921/1923 |
77 |
6 |
Foreign car mileage |
1891/10/11 |
|
|
5.14 |
77 |
7 |
Foreign car mileage billing record |
1891 |
|
5.14 |
77 |
8 |
Car mileage invoices |
1891/1892 |
|
5.14 |
77 |
9 |
Foreign roads |
1893/1894 |
|
5.14 |
77 |
10 |
Records of outgoing cars |
1924/1925, |
|
5.15 |
|
|
{there is no Series 5.15} |
|
78 |
1 |
Newspaper articles about the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad |
1955, 1957, |
|
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5.16 |
78 |
2 |
Notebook of news articles regarding railroad private cars (including the Denver and Rio Grande West Nomad car) |
1940/1960 |
79 |
1 |
Telluride station record |
1927-07/ 1927/08 |
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5.17 |
79 |
2 |
Train register, Vance Junction |
1945-10-10/ 1946-11-10 |
| 5.18 | {there is no Series 5.18} | |||
| 5.19 | {there is no Series 5.19} | |||
80 |
1 |
Denver and Rio Grande locomotives drawings |
1914 |
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5.20 |
80 |
2 |
Blueprint (copies) of cabooses 0513-0567 |
Undated |
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5.20 |
80 |
3 |
Blueprints for equipment |
Undated |
| 5.20 |
And oversize maps and blueprints in map case drawers 1.10 and 2.33 - 2.34. |
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