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The Kansas Pacific: a study in railroad promotion (Arno Press, 1981). Petrowski, William R. "The Kansas Pacific Railroad in the Southwest." Arizona and the West (1969): 129–146. in JSTOR; Petrowski, William R. "Kansas City to Denver to Cheyenne: Pacific Railroad Construction Costs and Profits." Business History Review 48#2 (1974): 206–224 ...
This train included the City of Denver, City of Kansas City, City of Los Angeles, City of Portland, and City of San Francisco. Amtrak, which took over most intercity passenger trains in the United States on May 1, 1971, kept a Chicago–Denver train but preferred the Burlington's route. The City of Denver made its last run on April 30, 1971. [16]
The Denver Rocket, Kansas City, Missouri to Denver, Colorado for less than a year, then The Rocket from Kansas City to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from March, 1938 [3] Articulated 2 car set: 32 seat Baggage-dinette-coach #403 Bear Lake; 76 seat coach #303 Mount Evans; 28 seat coach, lounge, observation car #453 Pikes Peak; Kansas City Rocket
The Overland Limited leaving 16th Street station (Oakland), in 1906. The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad, between the eastern termini of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, [1] and the San Francisco Bay Area, over the grade of the first transcontinental railroad (aka the "Pacific ...
A train in Sheridan Lake, CO. The line was constructed in the late 1880s by the Missouri Pacific Railroad as part of its mainline between Pueblo and Kansas City. As a condition of the 1982 Missouri Pacific - Union Pacific merger, the Denver & Rio Grande Western got trackage rights over this line.
The Kyle Railroad (reporting mark KYLE) is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado.It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on 556 miles (895 km) [1] of track, mostly the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's Chicago to Denver main line.
The Colorado Eagle was an American streamlined passenger train operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) in the mid 20th century. It operated between St. Louis, Missouri and Denver, Colorado, using MP trackage from St. Louis to Pueblo, Colorado and traveling on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad from there to Denver. [2]
Cadillac and Lake City Railway: CLK 1981 1989 N/A Canon de Agua Railroad: CB&Q: 1889 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway: Canon City and Cripple Creek Railroad: 1897 1915 N/A Canon City and San Juan Railway: ATSF: 1877 1878 Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad: Canon Coal Railway: DRGW: 1872 1878 Denver and Rio Grande Railway: Central ...