For centuries, Western Colorado saw very little non‑Native settlement. This was because the Rocky Mountains posed a difficult ...
The Goose was not only less expensive to operate but also much lighter, so less wear and tear on the track.  I’d once heard that the Galloping Goose got its name from the rocking motion of the freight ...
You perhaps know that this column has carried many memories about the Galloping Goose, the nickname of the branch line single unit trains that ran in the region years ago. But the Dakotas and ...