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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.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor 2 (nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 2) is a gasoline engine-powered narrow gauge railroad motorcar. It was converted on August 12, 1931 from a 1927 Buick Master Six 4-door sedan in a conversion known as a Galloping Goose. The Buick was cut behind the rear doorpost and extended with sheet metal 18 inches ...
Placerville was originally established as a small mining camp, named after the placer gold mines located on the San Miguel River and Leopard Creek.The location became known as Old Placerville after the Rio Grande Southern Railroad constructed a depot and several passing sidings west of the original settlement, calling it Placerville.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor Number 6 (affectionately nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 6) is a gasoline engine powered narrow gauge railroad motor car. The Galloping Goose body and chassis were built from a Buick automobile.
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.
Patterson and Western Railroad: 1915 1921 N/A Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railway: 1904 1911 Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad: Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad: SP: 1862 1869 Sacramento and Placerville Railroad: Port Railroads, Inc. PRI 1973 1996 San Joaquin Valley Railroad: Porterville Northeastern Railway: SP: 1910 1934 ...
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad was known to lease locomotives from the D&RG. In 1907 the 223 and other Class 60N's were sent to the RGS, being returned to the D&RG in 1922. On September 12 of that year the 223 collided with Class 60N no. 222 in Chama, New Mexico. No records of the damage to either locomotive were kept.
Railroad map of Puerto Rico, 1924. Línea Férrea del Oeste; Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico; American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico; Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha de Mayagüez; Fajardo Development Railroad; Luce & Co. Railroad; Humacao Railroad; Northern Railroad of Porto Rico; Ponce and Guayama Railroad; Ponce ...