The Prospector Volume 17 Issue 4 Has Been Mailed

Arriving soon in a mailbox near you! The Prospector Volume 17 Number 4 started being mailed out this week from our printer. Both Foreign and Domestic members should start seeing your issue delivered in the next week or so to your mailbox.  If you are not an RGM&HS member, (although

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Recap of 2018 Annual RGM&HS Board Meeting

During the RGM&HS Annual Broad of Trustees meeting last weekend  elections for Society Officers were held. Jeff Pierce was elected to fill the vacated Vice President role.  Matt Darling and Wes Ackerman were also elected to board Of Trustee positions. Changes to Society's Incorporation, We've moved our non-profit corporation from

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The Prospector Volume 17, Issue 3 Has Mailed

Arriving soon in a mailbox near you! The Prospector Volume 17 Number 3 started being mailed out this week from our printer. This issue contains five articles of interest to standard gauge, narrow gauge and modeling members. The first is an article on 2018 RGM&HS Convention Highlight Modeling a Meat

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July 2018 Green Light

Current RGM&HS society members started receiving the July 2018 Green Light via e-mail starting Thursday morning. The July edition of the newsletter including society news, including an update on the 2018 RGM&HS Convention, "Rio Grande" news, photos. We welcome comments and feedback from the members who have received the Green

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2019 Rio Grande Color Calendar by McMillan Publications

The Society received the 2019 Rio Grande Calendar this week, just in time for the RGM&HS Convention in Kansas City. The 2019 calendar features 13 large views of D&RGW standard gauge trains; one scene to a month: January 2019 through January 2020. The calendar opens to an eye-catching 14 x

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RGM&HS Exhibit Booth at the 2018 TCA Train Show

We will have the RGM&HS exhibit at the TCA show next weekend, July 28-29.   The venue will be at: Forney Museum of Transportation 4303 Brighton Blvd Denver, CO 80216 This is near the National Western complex off I-70 & Brighton Blvd..   Show hours will be 9am to 5pm

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Captive D&RGW Cabooses Catalog Update

The Catalog of Captive D&RGW Cabooses has been updated on the resource page of the RGM&HS website.  Thanks to Earle Kittleman (Member #1048) for letting us know that Caboose No. 0576 in Salida had been moved as of March 29, 2014 from the Salida Museum on Highway50 to the end

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HO Scale SB-6 Wreck Dozer modeled by Tom Holley featured in May 2018 RGM&HS Green Light

In the May 2018 RGM&HS Green Light's Modeling Showcase we feature Tom Holley's modeling of SB-6 Wreck Dozer and its supporting flatcar which is part of the Grand Junction 028 Derrick Wreck Train.   Tom details in his article how he built this unique DRGW model in HO Scale for his

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Special UP Excursion on July 22, 2018 from ​DENVER, CO to CHEYENNE, WY via special de-training stop in Greeley, CO

RGM&HS received an the invitation from our sister UP society to share in an excursion on July 22, 2018, From Denver's Union Station to Cheyenne, Wyoming on UP's heritage passenger fleet pulled by Union Pacific’s "Living Legend," the No. 844. This is a rare opportunity to travel on Union Pacific

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Richard Eaton steps down from RGM&HS board over health concerns

Richard Eaton one of our past Presidents and recently serving as Vice President has had to resigned from the Society's Board of Trustees due to heath concerns.  Richard’s guidance and dedication to the success of the RGM&HS helped keep the Society alive and well since it’s inception. Words are simply

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