Richard Kindig was a railroad photographer born in Denver, Colorado on February 13, 1916. He graduated from North High School and attended Barnes Business School. Kindig's interest in photography and railroads began when he was a child. 

During World War II he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps, spending much of his time in India.

His first photographs were of downtown Denver street scenes and streetcars, Ehernberger said.

Kindig began photographing the railroads of Colorado in August 1933, and documented the change from steam to diesel locomotives throughout the state. He was most known for his photographs of the narrow gauge railways of the state.

His father, Claude Kindig, worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. Richard Kindig worked for Western Electric for 39 years, spending evenings and weekend photographing trains across Colorado, the West, and overseas. 

Over 1,000 of his images have been published in history and railroad books, and in various serials. Kindig was a charter member of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, and received the first Photography Award (1984) from the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. 

Kindig, who shot an estimated 50,000 photographs of trains, died April 7. He was 92.

“Richard Kindig Day” was declared March 1 by Gov. Bill Ritter to honor Kindig’s 60 years of picture-taking.

His work has been featured in train magazines, on calendars and postcards.

In 1984 he was honored by the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society with the inaugural Photography Award.


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Richard Kindig died at age 92 in Denver, Colorado on April 7, 2008.

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