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  2. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Utah Division (D&RGW) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad lines

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    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

  5. Royal Gorge Route Railroad - Wikipedia

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    D&RGW Train No. 1. 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.

  6. Alamosa–Durango line - Wikipedia

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    It was built by the D&RGW during the 1880s as part of a planned rail link with El Paso, Texas. However, construction didn't go beyond Española due to a dispute with the nearby Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. In 1887, the last 35 miles from Española to Santa Fe was opened by the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern Railroad, a subsidiary of the D ...

  7. Chili Line - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Colorado Joint Line - Wikipedia

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    The first set of tracks in the area were laid by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1871. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway laid their tracks parallel to the D&RG in 1888. In 1900 the Colorado and Southern negotiated a trackage rights agreement to run its trains over the AT&SF line.

  9. Monarch Branch - Wikipedia

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    The Monarch Branch was a branch line of the Denver & Rio Grande Western built in the 1880s to serve the Colorado Fuel & Iron limestone quarry at Monarch, Colorado.Originally part of the D&RGW's 3 ft 0 in (914 mm) narrow-gauge system, the 15 mile line connected with the rest of the narrow-gauge network at Poncha Junction, on the Marshall Pass line.