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Denver's Railroads by Kenton Forrest and Charles Albi
Denver's Railroads by Kenton Forrest and Charles Albi
Hard cover with dust jacket
copyright 1981, 1986
The story of Union Station and the Railroads of Denver
272 pages over 300 photos 20 detailed maps 7 color plates
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword by Charles E. Breternitz
CHAPTER ONE 1
Denver's Early Railroads
CHAPTER TWO 15
Denver Union Station
CHAPTER THREE 145
Denver's Trains
CHAPTER FOUR 190
Yards, Shops, Roundhouses and other facilities
Index to Chapter Four 217
CHAPTER FIVE 218
Electric Interurbans
Depot Timetables 238
Bibliography 241
Index 242
For a full century Denver Union Station has been the rail gateway to the Mile High City and the Rocky Mountain West. Built in 1881 to replace several small depots, it quickly became the hub of passenger travel and, unlike so many of America's historic stations, it remains active today serving a rapidly growing new interest in rail travel.
Here is the full story of this historic station from construction up to the present day. Denver's Railroads is full of details and interesting stories-stationmasters and redcaps, famous visitors and ordinary travelers-you will find them all here!
But this book is more than just the ,station's history, for the authors have also examined all the Denver area railroad facilities: passenger and freight yards, locomotives shops and roundhouses, junctions and even the electric trolley and interurban railways that once served the city.
A well researched text covers 110 years from the arrival of the first train, through the steam era and early streamliners to today's modern freight trains and new Amtrak Superliners. This book is an important contribution to the history of Denver and the railroads that continue to serve it.
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