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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 ...
October 13: Rio Grande Industries, parent of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, buys control of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, including subsidiaries St. Louis Southwestern Railway and Northwestern Pacific Railroad (the latter no longer Class I). [51] The Southern Pacific name is retained for the combined system. 1989
In 1996, Union Pacific Corporation acquired the Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, which included the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway and the SPCSL Corporation, for $5.4 billion. It was led by Philip Anschutz. [25]
Rio Grande Industries, Inc. (RGI) was a name of two holding companies that were involved in the railroading industry. The original and second company took part in the operations of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
In 1996, the company merged with Southern Pacific Transportation Company, itself a giant system that was absorbed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The Union Pacific Railroad Company is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation, which are both headquartered at the Union Pacific Center, in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Rio Grande Western Railway Company and The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (of 1886) were consolidated to form the carrier, as the result of arrangements made by the stockholders about 1901 which were not legally consummated until articles of consolidation were signed on June 9, 1908, and deeds were given to the carrier on July 31, 1908.
Ownership of the line passed to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (later the Denver and Rio Grande Western) following their merger with the RGW. The Deer Creek Reservoir required rerouting a ten-mile segment of the line in 1941. [3] Freight operations continued regularly until 1966 when regular service was abandoned.
The Utah Division of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) is a rail line that connects Grand Junction, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah (formerly Ogden) in the Western United States. It is now incorporated into the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) system as part of the Central Corridor.