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Denver & Rio Grande Western 3' narrow-gauge rotary snowplows OM and OY are owned by the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, New Mexico. OM was built in 1880 and converted to narrow gauge in 1907, it last ran in 1976 and has been on display since.
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 ...
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.
Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580: Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580: July 23, 2018 899 1st St. ... Rio Grande Southern Railroad Trout Lake Water Tank: August 21, 2003
The wedge plow or Bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of the tracks and therefore requires a large amount of force due to the compression of snow. The wedge plow is still in use today in combination with the high-maintenance rotary snowplow.
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 ...
Originally part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's narrow-gauge network, the line has been jointly owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico since 1970. The C&TSRR is one of only two remaining parts of the former D&RGW narrow-gauge network, the other being the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), which runs ...
After the Leslie Type Rotary itself was retired by UP in October 1969; the plow has since been donated to Museum. Denver & Rio Grande Western GP30 Number 3006 was built by EMD in 1962 & was equipped with 2,250 Horsepower. When the diesel was retired in 1998 & sold in 2000, the engine has since been at the museum since UP took over the fallen flag.