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The Denver & Rio Grande Railway (D&RG) was incorporated on October 27, 1870, by General William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909), and a board of four directors. It was originally announced that the new 3 ft (914 mm) railroad would proceed south from Denver and travel an estimated 875 miles (1,408 km) south to El Paso via Pueblo, westward along the Arkansas River, and continue southward through the ...
The following rail lines have been owned or operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad or its predecessors. Denver-Pueblo Joint Line: Denver (Union Station) to Pueblo. Fort Logan Branch: Englewood (Military Junction) to Fort Logan; Lehigh Branch: Louviers (Lehigh Junction) to Lehigh Mine; Castle Rock Branch: Castle Rock to Hathaway
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Denver and Rio Grande Railway: DRGW: 1870 1886 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: D&RG, D&RGW, DRGW DRGW 1920 1997 Union Pacific Railroad: Denver and Salt Lake Railroad: D&SL DRGW: 1912 1927 Denver and Salt Lake Railway: Denver and Salt Lake Railway: D&SL DRGW: 1926 ...
The Texas, Santa Fe and Northern Railroad was incorporated to complete the line, and the line between Española and Santa Fe opened in 1886 and was transferred to the Denver and Rio Grande shortly thereafter. The D&RGW closed the Chili Line in 1941 because of competition from road transportation, and the line was abandoned shortly thereafter.
The Alamosa–Durango line or San Juan extension was a railroad line built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, following the border between the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico, in the Rocky Mountains.
Representing the types of rolling stock used by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad on the Black Canyon Route, the display includes a 2-8-0 steam locomotive, D&RGW No. 278, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1882, a coal tender paired with the engine in 1935, a boxcar, D&RGW No.3132, built in 1904 by American Car and Foundry and a caboose, No ...
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad opted-in to Amtrak in 1983. As a result, Amtrak rerouted its San Francisco Zephyr over the former route of the D&RGW's Rio Grande Zephyr between Denver and Salt Lake City, renaming the train the California Zephyr. Amtrak also began operating the Auto Train in 1983.
The Royal Gorge Route Railroad is a heritage railroad based in Cañon City, Colorado. A 1950s-era train makes daily 2-hour excursion runs from the Santa Fe Depot through the Royal Gorge along a famous section of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad .