NOTE
for No. 2 at Fountain, CO, Monument, CO, and Palmer Lake, CO: "Stops
daily, except Sundays and holidays; flag stop Sundays and holidays."
NOTE: "Train No. 1 stops 10 minutes in
the Royal Gorge."
NOTE: "Train No. 2 stops 10 minutes in
the Royal Gorge."
NOTE:
"Between Denver and Pueblo passengers will take trains at stations
indicated in this table as follows: U, Union Station; D, D. & R. G.
W. Station; A, A. T. & S. F. Station."
DENVER
AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGER TRAIN EQUIPMENT
(All Equipment is Air-Conditioned.)
Nos. 1 and 2—THE ROYAL GORGE—Via Royal Gorge Route.
(Diesel-Powered.)
Grill-Lounge Car
between Denver and Grand Junction.
Standard Sleeper
between Denver and Salt Lake City (D-22 westbound) (D-10 eastbound)—10
Sections, 2 Double Bedrooms, 1 Compartment. (In Trains 7 and 8 west of
Grand Junction.)
Vista Dome Chair Car
between Denver and Salt Lake City. (In Trains 7 and 8 west of Grand
Junction.)
Denver
Zephyr Connection
Standard Sleeper
between Chicago and Colorado Springs (DZ-4)—10 Roomettes, 6 Double
Bedrooms.
Slumbercoach
between Chicago and Colorado Springs (CS-7)—24 Single Rooms, 8 Double
Rooms.
Chair Car
between Chicago and Colorado Springs (DZ-10) (All seats reserved).
Vista Dome Buffet Lounge Car
between Chicago and Colorado Springs.
In C. B. & Q. Denver Zephyr, Nos.
1 and 10, between Chicago and Denver.
Nos. 7 and
8—THE PROSPECTOR—Via Moffat Tunnel Route.
(Diesel-Powered Streamlined.)
Diner-Lounge Car
between Denver and Salt Lake City.
Standard Sleepers
between Denver and Salt Lake City (D-5 and D-7 westbound) (D-6 and D-8
eastbound) (2 Cars)—5 Sections, 5 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms.
Standard Sleeper (on No. 8
Mondays only) Grand Junction to Denver (D-2)—10
Sections, Lounge.
Chair Car
between Denver and Salt Lake City.
NOTE:
D. & R. G. W. passenger trains originate and terminate at Salt
Lake
City. Tickets reading via D. & R. G. W. between Salt Lake City
and
Ogden will be honored on Union Pacific trains.
This is another in the Union Pacific 1957 Summer Tours series. The Denver & Rio Grande trains shown here were used by several of the Union Pacific escorted tours: The Prospector by tours "YT", "Z" and "YTZ", and the spectacularly scenic Royal Gorge by tours "YRG" and "ZLV" and by tour "RM" from Denver as far as Colorado Springs. No word if the relationship between U. P. and D. & R. G. W. had been strained by the latter's recent decision to operate competitor Burlington's through cars from the Denver Zephyr between Denver and Colorado Springs. Union Pacific, of course, did operate its own trains between Salt Lake City and Denver, but Rio Grande's schedules were more "people friendly", its route was widely recognized as more scenic, and it served the resort destination of Colorado Springs which Union Pacific did not. I presume, since both of these trains were rather light on Pullman accommodations in the equipment list, that UP routed some of the sleeper equipment which had been used in the westbound trains over this route to provide ample accommodation for its tour groups.
This timetable is almost identical to the May 1957 timetable which precedes it, understandably. I was tempted to just use that timetable, but upon reviewing it I caught a couple of errors (Yes, I do make mistakes!) which needed to be corrected. The only real difference between the timetables is the timings at a few of the stations between Denver and Colorado Springs, so the adaptation was easy.