It was an oddball branch line with a just-as-odd history that is still worth recounting.

The Denver & Rio Grande crew withdrew ... their line over Marshall Pass and into Gunnison, the first railroad to reach the Western Slope.

The Grand Valley Model Railroad Club’s Annual Christmas Train Show showcases models representing the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, circa 1950. The train show features indoor and ...

while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotages the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.