This page is a Work in Progress.  We'll have many local history articles posted on our website soon.

These works are a product of enthusiastic members of the Grand Valley Model Railroad Club in Grand Junction, Colorado, an organization that preserves the history of Colorado's Western Slope through its model train layout at Cross Orchards Historic Site.   We make it our mission to preserve, publicize, and teach as much of our history as possible.  While we strive for accuracy, it's sometimes difficult to accurately represent information from decades or more than a century ago.  We have provided references where possible, but please double check our information against other sources.  If you would like to submit a correction, or provide us a copy of another source, please feel free to contact us at grandvalleymodelrailroadclub@gmail.com.

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Collected Works

Aspirations of a Rocky Mountain Railroader (1870–1883)

The Transition Era (1938–1956)

A Grand Convergence: History of Grand Junction, Colorado (1881–1992)