Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
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Coupon # 2083 issued by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad for a free barbecue lunch at Bond, Colorado, on June 16, 1934, dedication ceremonies of the opening of the Dotsero Cut-Off.
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A railroad company that ran a transcontinental line between Denver and Salt Lake City in 1870. Had the largest narrow-gauge railroad network in North America during the mid-1880s, which is now owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad after it bought the company in 1988.
3) D&RG RR YMCA
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The D&RG Railroad YMCA (now the International Trade Center) was used as sleeping quarters for railroad men. "It had a big sun porch on the east, and it had a glass-enclosed reading room. The stationary boiler in the roundhouse heated the YMCA building. The two floors above the lobby were used for sleeping rooms….Each room had a hang-down electric bulb with a pull-chain switch. Also, one single bed and a little nightstand.
On the main floor...
