Sundance Publications

Hardcover with vinyl jacket, 416 pages, 438 photographs in B&W plus numerous maps.

This volume is a companion to Colorado Central Rail Road also published by Sundance Publications. Presented is the Gilpin Tramway two-foot-gauge Shay steam locomotives running out of Black Hawk, Colorado, to gold mines surrounding the communities of Central City, Nevadaville and Russell Gulch. The route is covered mile-by-mile with detailed in-depth captions and eyewitness newspaper articles of the day within the text.

Drop-bottom ore cars, flat cars, excursion cars and cabooses made up the roster of rolling stock traversing the 4%+ grades. Maps are profusely augmented with gleanings from numerous research trips and provide knowledge of tracks to shaft houses on the upper slopes and mills within Black Hawk. Some 280 mines and mills were served by the Gilpin's network of trackage.

A detailed station listing, measured from the Engine House, supplements information provided in photograph captions. Also included are roster charts of the locomotives and other equipment, details of the Gilpin Tramway purchase by the Colorado & Southern Railway, plus a listing of employees and associates.

Topics Include:Five Shay Locomotives on the 2-Foot-Gauge Railroad with 4% grades to the mines.Detailed Gilpin RR. Maps, Mileages from the Engine House.Tramway Operations - Winter After Dark; Train Lengths; Run-aways and Accidents.Newspaper Accounts about Shaft House Construction and Railroad Expansion.Mining and Milling of Gold Ore.Gold Mining Town Structures; Main Street, Churches, Homes, Schools.Milled Ore Shipments to Golden via the Colorado & Southern Three-Foot-Gauge.

Features:

• New Hardcover Dan Abbott and Dell A. McCoy Sundance Publications 2009

Hardcover, 416 pages, B&W Photographs, maps, town plats and track diagrams, equipment rosters, drawings.

Westward from Golden, Colorado pushed this narrow-gauge line through rugged, scenic territory. Here is a detailed account of the line, the area and the towns it served.

Contents:

• Golden
• Colorado, a Railroad Town by 1871, pp. 9–58
• Narrow-Gauge Railroad Construction in Clear Creek Canyon, 59-184
• Early Black Hawk and Central City History, pp. 185–208
• Rails Reach Central City - 1878, pp. 209–276
• South Clear Creek Extension and the Georgetown Loop, pp. 277–406
• Roster of Locomotives and Cars, some line drawings of equipment, pp. 407–414
• Index, pp. 415–416. Features: New Hardcover Dan Abbott
• Dell A. McCoy
• Robert W. McLeod Sundance Publications 2007

With connections to the Pacific Ocean controlled by the Union Pacific, George Jay Gould had no choice but to build his own railroad or risk having his railroad empire with no friendly outlet further west. This history is about the predecessors of the modern Rio Grande (before Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific mergers) which included the Rio Grande Western and other companies with Rio Grande in their name.

This handsomely done history of the Rio Grande is written by an outstanding railroad author. The book covers the railroad from the very beginnings of the Denver & Rio Grande in 1870 through to the 1970s, as well as its subsidiaries, the Western Pacific Railway, and associated railroads. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With numerous maps, rosters, gradient profiles, timetable, locomotive dispositions and extensive bibliography. 416 pages with index.

Contents:
Preface, Introduction, pp. 5-14,
Denver & Rio Grande Railway, 1870-1886 pp. 15-50,
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1886-1908, pp. 51-82, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, 1881-1889, pp. 83-88,
Rio Grande Western Railway, 1889-1908, pp. 89-116,
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (Consolidated), 1908-1921, pp. 117-134,
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1921-1946, pp. 135-162,
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (Reorganized), 1947-1970, pp. 163-204,
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, 1889-1953, pp. 205-228,
Subsidiary Railroads, pp. 229-262,
Western Pacific, pp. 263-278,
Associated Railroads, pp. 279-294,
Curiosity Salon, pp. 295-304,
Corporate Control, pp. 305-306,
Electrification, pp. 307-314,
Rio Grande Territory - Including Maps and Profiles, pp. 315-384,
Denver & Rio Grande Time Table No. 13, pp. 385-403,
Locomotive Dispositions, pp. 404-406,
Bibliography, pg. 407,
Index (including photo index), pp.408-416.

Hardcover, 496 pages, B&W and Color photographs (about 10% Color), line drawings, town plats, track diagrams and more.

(Second printing, 1990).This first volume of the series starts with the early history of the line and moves on mile-by-mile for a tour of the line.

Contents:

• Route Map of the Rio Grande Southern, pg. 6
• Preface and Acknowledgments, pp. 7–11
• List of Detailed Maps, pg. 12
• Lists of Bridges -Drawings and Photographs of Bridges, pg. 13
• Introduction, pp. 14–18
• The Early Years on the Rio Grande Southern, pp. 19–38
• The First District - Ridgway to Rico, pp. 39–142
• Stations
• Sidings and Major Bridges, pp. 143–414
• Index, pp. 415–416. Features: New Hardcover Russ Coleman Sundance Publications 1990