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Gold Bond of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, issued 1. July 1890. The Rio Grande Southern Railroad (reporting mark RGS, also referred to as "The Southern") was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad which ran in the southwestern region of the US state of Colorado, from the towns of Durango to Ridgway, routed via Lizard Head Pass.
Almost swapped out with K-28 class No. 478 in 2015 from the D&SNG. Stored in Chama, NM. Undergoing a cosmetic restoration as of 2016. 483 also hauled the last steam powered scheduled passenger train on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad on May 29, 1965. It was a fan trip from Alamosa to Durango, Colorado. 484 58585 C&TS
Train at Espanola, New Mexico on the Rio Grande's extension to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Rio Grande mainline was gradually re-gauged after it and the Colorado Midland Railway built a new standard gauge joint line to Grand Junction in 1890, but the southern portions remained steam-hauled and narrow gauge until the 1960s. [6]
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Pages in category "Rio Grande Southern Railroad" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Operational: No: Since 1981: Became the first K-36 class to go to Silverton under its own power. Was the last remaining operational coal burner on the D&SNG's active roster, taken out of service March 24, 2024. Being converted to oil. 482: Steam: 2-8-2: K-36: Baldwin Locomotive Works: 1925: 58541: Denver ...
Galloping Goose, Telluride, Colorado, 1952. Galloping Goose is the popular name given to a series of seven railcars (officially designated as "motors" by the railroad), built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) and operated until the end of service on the line in the early 1950s.
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 ...