<h2 style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";="" text-align:="" -webkit-center;"="">Rio Grande:<br>Heart of the Rockies</h2><h4 style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";="" font-size:="" medium;="" text-align:="" -webkit-center;"="">Rio Grande — Heart of the Rockies looks at the<br>dramatic influence of railroad builder David H. Moffat<br>on the Denver & Rio Grande Western.<br><br>In Volume I of this series, one of the watershed events<br>for the young D&RG was the conversion of the main<br>lines from narrow gauge to standard gauge,<br>initiated in 1890 during Moffat's presidency.<br>Following his departure from the D&RG the<br>following year, Moffat intensified the pursuit of his<br>great dream—constructing a direct transcontinental<br>mainline west from Denver.<br>Indeed, the "Moffat Road", which he spearheaded,<br>eventually became the primary transcontinental<br>conduit for the D&RGW as well as the<br>source of substantial local traffic.<br>While the Rio Grande itself is gone, the images<br>herein help to illustrate how it was during the<br>era of color slide photography along the<br>D&RGW in the Heart of the Rockies.</h4>