Royal Gorge with Denver & Rio Grande Western train, Colorado, circa 1920

Subjects: Mountains & Hills Railroads & Trains Rivers & Streams
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Royal Gorge with Denver & Rio Grande Western train, Colorado, circa 1920, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The view looks through the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River in Colorado, with a Denver & Rio Grande Western train running along a ledge cut into the canyon wall above the water. The Royal Gorge is a narrow granite canyon near Cañon City, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western's route through it was a celebrated engineering feat of the 1870s. The card's caption identifies the scene as "In the Royal Gorge, Grand Canon of the Arkansas, Colorado" and notes it is on the railroad's main line.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is about the most beautiful spot on our journey Don't it look as I'm reaching on a tree Love - Martha

PublisherDenver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

IN THE ROYAL GORGE, GRAND CANON OF THE ARKANSAS, COLORADO ON MAIN LINE, DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD --- D&RGW ROYAL GORGE ROUTE SCENIC LINE Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad SCENIC POST CARD IN THE ROYAL GORGE, Grand Canon of the Arkansas, Colorado. Daylight trains through the Royal Gorge stop ten minutes at the Hanging Bridge so that passengers may alight and obtain an unobstructed view of the great chasm. On main line, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

PostmarkedColorado Springs, CO, August 15, 1929, 22:00

Addressed to

Betty Jane Baucher

28 Dwight St. S.E., Massillon, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 15, 1929, 22:00, Colorado Springs, CO
Publisher	Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Betty Jane Baucher, 28 Dwight St. S.E., Massillon, OH
Place depicted	Royal Gorge, CO
Place depicted	Arkansas River, CO
Place mentioned	Royal Gorge, CO
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; color halftone/lithographic screen; light edge and corner wear; no handwriting on front. Postmark: COLORADO SPRINGS 1929 AUG 15 10 PM. Divided-back railroad advertising card (D&RGW "Scenic Post Card") with 1¢ Franklin stamp; light edge wear, corner creases, small tear at top edge, faint staining.

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Royal Gorge with Denver & Rio Grande Western train, Colorado, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/royal-gorge-with-denver-rio-grande-western-train-colorado-ci. Accessed October 25, 2026.