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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 ...
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 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.
California Zephyr at the depot on its last western run, 1970. The depot was constructed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1910 at a cost of US$750,000. [2] The depot was the main jewel of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and was designed by Chicago architect Henry Schlacks, who was best known in Chicago for his design of churches, but had also designed the Denver and ...
The railroad of The Rio Grande Junction Railway Company, herein called the Rio Grande Junction Railway, is located within the State of Colorado and extends from Rifle to Grand Junction, a distance of 62.091 miles. This road forms a part of the carrier's [The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad] principal main line between Denver and Ogden.
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]
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.
Following the Railroad Wars between the Denver and Rio Grande and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway(Santa Fe), the D&RG signed an agreement with the Santa Fe, where the Santa Fe agreed not to compete with the D&RG's plans to build an extension into the San Juan Valley.