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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 ...
Rock Island, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Southern Pacific: Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California [1915] 1906-1918 Colorado and New Mexico Express: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Denver, Colorado - Alamosa, Colorado (many other endpoints) [1929] 1896; 1901–1913; 1929-1936 Colorado and St. Louis Express: Rock Island
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 Prospector was a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad between Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah. There were two incarnations of the train: a streamlined, diesel multiple unit train that operated briefly in 1941 and 1942; and a locomotive -hauled train of conventional passenger equipment that operated ...
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (of 1886) used under trackage rights 69 miles of the road of other carriers. Development of Fixed Physical Property. Of the 1,662 miles of road owned by The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (of 1886) on the date of consolidation, it had acquired 1,301 miles by purchase and 361 miles by construction.
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 ...
Rio Grande 315 or Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 315 or D&RGW 315: Steam "C-18" 2-8-0 narrow-gauge 1895 built 2008 NRHP-listed Durango, CO: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: CO-07 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 683 or Rio Grande 683: Steam coal-burning 2-8-0 "Consolidation" 1890 Colorado Railroad Museum ...
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway first reached Montrose in 1882, and by 1885, it was described as the "most important station west of Gunnison City". [3] The current depot was built sometime between 1908 and 1912, replacing a previous facility. [3] [4] The station served both passengers and freight. [4]