Denver & Rio Grande Western caboose 01416 was built by the railroad’s Burnham Shops (in Denver, the downtown of which is visible to the caboose’s right) in August 1941. Originally, these cars... (more)

77 years ago in August of 1941, the DRGW 01416 rolled out of the Rio Grande’s Burnham shops in Denver and has spent its life riding behind trains of the famous Denver & Rio Grande Western Railro... (more)

The 01416 was part of a seventy car caboose class built by the Burnham Shops in Denver beginning in 1940. These seventy cabooses are distinguishable by the use of an all riveted steel sheathing. ... (more)

No matter where you are in Colorado, it seems like one can find reminders of the Rio Grande almost anywhere. Here in Parker an all steel cupola caboose that was built by the Rio Grande’s Burnha... (more)