Troop train on the Rio Grande

Troop train on the Rio Grande

By Mitch Horner | January 13, 2026

A black and white photo of a steam locomotive and passenger cars in a mountainous, forested area

Denver & Rio Grande Western 4-8-2 1705 raises an impressive smoke plume as it lifts a troop train up the Front Range of the Rockies at Tolland, Colo., on May 16, 1943. Robert McKell photo

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