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Gold Bond of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, issued 1. July 1890. The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (reporting mark RGS, also referred to as "The Southern") was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad which ran in the southwestern region of the US state of Colorado, from the towns of Durango to Ridgway, routed via Lizard Head Pass.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor 2 (nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 2) is a gasoline engine-powered narrow gauge railroad motorcar. It was converted on August 12, 1931 from a 1927 Buick Master Six 4-door sedan in a conversion known as a Galloping Goose. The Buick was cut behind the rear doorpost and extended with sheet metal 18 inches ...
Galloping Goose is the popular name given to a series of seven railcars (officially designated as "motors" by the railroad), built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) and operated until the end of service on the line in the early 1950s. They were derived from full-sized automobiles.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor Number 6 (affectionately nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 6) is a gasoline engine powered narrow gauge railroad motor car. The Galloping Goose body and chassis were built from a Buick automobile.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (7 P) Pages in category "Narrow gauge railroads in Colorado" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
His routes over Poncha Pass and Marshall Pass were purchased for road beds by the Denver and Rio Grande railway. [9] Mears built several railroads during his 91 years, including the Rio Grande Southern Railroad from Durango to Ridgway, the Silverton Railroad, and the Silverton Northern Railroad. Several of his railroads were narrow gauge.
Rio Grande Eastern Railway: 1923 1931 Served Hagan from near San Felipe [2] Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad: ATSF: 1880 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Extension Company: ATSF: 1881 1881 Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad: Rio Grande and Pagosa Springs Railroad: 1895 1914 N/A
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 20; D. Rio Grande Southern Railroad Derrick Car; G. Galloping Goose (railcar) T. Trout Lake Trestle This page was last edited ...