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The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad of Colorado was a heritage railway that operated from 2006 to 2019 in and around the San Luis Valley as a subsidiary of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad. The heritage railroad ceased operating excursions following a wildfire that damaged some of their facilities, as well as the parent company SLRG entering ...
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad No. 18 is an SC-4 class 2-8-0 “Consolidation” type steam locomotive, built by ALCO’s Pittsburgh Works in 1910 for the Lake Superior and Ishpeming (LS&I) Railroad in Upper Michigan. Originally numbered 11, the locomotive was renumbered to 18 in 1924, and it served the railroad, until it discontinued ...
The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad (formerly the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad) is a class III railroad operating in south-central Colorado.It runs on 154 miles (248 km) of former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad in Walsenburg.
The former LS&I #18 a Consolidation, a 2-8-0 Consolidation-type built by Alco in 1910, was owned, like many former LS&I locomotives by the Grand Canyon Railway. It has since been sold to Brian Fleming, who operated it on the Mount Hood Railroad, before selling it to Iowa Pacific Holdings, who operated it on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. [11]
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Rio Grande Junction Railway: DRGW: 1889 1947 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Rio Grande, Pagosa and Northern Railroad: DRGW: 1899 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Rio Grande and Pagosa Springs Railroad: 1895 1914 N/A Rio Grande, Pueblo and Southern Railroad: DRGW: 1902 1908 Denver and Rio Grande ...
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 ...
Discover old United States rail corridors that have been turned into spectacularly scenic hiking and biking trails from the Eastern seaboard to the West Coast and everywhere in between. 20 ...
Denver & Rio Grande 409 (aka Rio Grande Southern 41, and Ghost Town & Calico Railroad 41) Steam 2-8-0: 1881 built Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California Originally Denver & Rio Grande #409. In 1916, became Rio Grande Southern 41. Sold in 1951 to Walter Knott, and now in service on the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad at Knott's Berry Farm. CO-01