Wagon Wheel Gap Route

and the

Denver & Rio Grande Railway

Photo & Video Pages

Morning train across the San Luis Valley

Photo Pages have been split into sections to allow faster loading and access into areas of interest...

WWGR Section includes:

On the Line - From South Fork to Creede

Equipment - Buildings and Equipment on WWGR

Ist Year Video Page - Has a 12 minute run up from South Fork to Creede / inoperative at the moment web site will not let us upload a file that large !

Steam Power - Arrival and History of the #148 Light Pacific

Rail Line Sections include:

La Veta Pass - Now the only way to get into and out of San Luis Valley

Royal Gorge - An old west gun battle was fought over this section....

Cumbres & Toltec - Part of the D&RG RR line to Durango - Great Tourist Line - a "got-to-ride"

George Town Loop - Rebuilt section of the line west of Denver, Short but a "got-to-see"

Durango-Silverton - The end of the line stretch from Durango north to the Historic town of Silverton - Best way to see the tall Rockies behind steam power.

Other Rail Lines Section Include:

San Luis Valley Southern - Still a little left to see outside Blanca, Co. The poorest of the poor lines in Colorado, a very interesting line, planned to go south to Taos, NM. but was never completed.

Rio Grande Southern - Or well known as "The RGS".  Durango to Telluride and on to history.  Otto Myers built this wonder over toll roads that he built opening the San Juan Mountains.

San Luis Central - A potato hauling short line that still connects the town of Central to the main line just east of Monte Vista.

Others to come

Web Site E-Mail Address is Wagon-Wheel-Gap@hotmail.com

Also see our History of San Luis Valley & it's Railroads web site:

Wagon-Wheel-Gap.freehomepage.com

It's still under construction but you may find it interesting.

This is not an official web site of the D&RG Ry. Historical Foundation. 

It is a private informational site by Richard Cutter who is solely responsible for content and

content is not submitted to, approved nor controlled by the D&RG Historical Foundation.

Unless otherwise Noted

Historical Photographs 1800's to 1940's from the National Archives

Photos, Videos and Text are Copyrighted by Richard Cutter

   - Photos can be used for non-commercial use if plainly identified as to copyright holder and location, such as "at Wagon-Wheel-Gap-Route, Colorado"

The name "Wagon Wheel Gap Route" refers to the section of the Creede Branch of the Old "Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad" that extends from South Fork to Creede Colorado, the name was developed and used for this website and is considered as our trademark.

Last updated: July 03, 2005

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