Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Difference between revisions

Added link list to websites dedicated to D&RGW history, added Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society as a record holder
(Clarified company name as Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW), added former company names (D&RG, D&RGRy, RGW), expanded list of Utah Stations, expanded list of records repositories)
(Added link list to websites dedicated to D&RGW history, added Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society as a record holder)
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== Record Locations  ==
== Record Locations  ==
Records for the D&RGW are scattered among holding institutions across its route, including but not limited to:<br>
Records for the D&RGW are scattered among holding institutions across its route, including but not limited to:<br>
Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections (Provo, Utah)<br>
*[[Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library]] Special Collections (Provo, Utah)<br>
Colorado Railroad Museum (Golden, Colorado)<br>
*Colorado Railroad Museum (Golden, Colorado)<br>
Denver Public Library (Denver, Colorado)<br>
*[[Denver Public Library]] (Denver, Colorado)<br>
History Colorado (Denver, Colorado)<br>
*History Colorado (Denver, Colorado)<br>
Utah State Historical Society (Salt Lake City, Utah)<br>
*[[Utah State Historical Society]] (Salt Lake City, Utah)<br>
Western Mining & Railway Museum (Helper, Utah)<br>
*Western Mining & Railway Museum (Helper, Utah)<br>


The principal repositories for the records of the D&RGW are the Colorado Railroad Museum, the [[Colorado Historical Society|History Colorado]], formerly called the Colorado Historical Society, and the [[Denver Public Library]]. Other repositories that have some records about this rail line are the Utah State Historical Society, the Pikes Peak library, Colorado College, and Fort Lewis College. <ref>Hansen, Holly T, compiler. <i>The Directory of North American Railroads, Associations, Societies, Archives, Libraries, and Museums, and Their Collections </i>.Croydon, Utah; HT Holly Research Services: 1999.</ref><br>  
The principal repositories for the records of the D&RGW are the Colorado Railroad Museum, the [[Colorado Historical Society|History Colorado]], formerly called the Colorado Historical Society, and the [[Denver Public Library]]. Other repositories that have some records about this rail line are the Utah State Historical Society, the Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society, the Pikes Peak library, Colorado College, and Fort Lewis College. <ref>Hansen, Holly T, compiler. <i>The Directory of North American Railroads, Associations, Societies, Archives, Libraries, and Museums, and Their Collections </i>.Croydon, Utah; HT Holly Research Services: 1999.</ref><br>  


== Colorado Historical Records<br>  ==
== Colorado Historical Records<br>  ==
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=== Online Sources<br> ===
*[https://www.rgmhs.org/  Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society]
*[http://utahrails.net/drgw/rg-index.php  UtahRails D&RGW History Index]
*[http://drgw.net/  drgw.net - Dedicated to Presenting and Preserving the History of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad]
*[https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Maps  UtahRails Scanned D&RGW maps, including system maps, industry maps, and station maps]


== References  ==
== References  ==
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