GOLDEN, Colo. — The Colorado Railroad Museum has unveiled plans to restore ex-Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge caboose No. 0404, with the goal of having it ready to accompany RGS 4-6-0 No. 20 to ...

They celebrated with construction crews as the RGS Railroad’s last spike was driven into the earth. “These are the golden days of the Rio Grande Southern,” Jones said.

The Rio Grande Southern Railroad began operating in 1891, created by road builder Otto Mears primarily to haul ore from mines in Telluride, Ophir and Rico. But two years later, the Silver Panic of ...