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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 ...
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 491 is a 2-8-2 "Mikado" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive built by the D&RGW themselves at their Burnham Railroad shops. It was placed on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2000. It was then restored to operating condition in August 2014. No. 491 is still currently operational at the museum as ...
D&RG 260, 267 and 287 (Class 60, C-16 engines) at the Cimarron, Colorado roundhouse, 1885. (Colorado Railroad Museum collection) In the 1800s, D&RGW 268 and her sister engines were the premier motive power for the railroad, hauling passenger trains and top-priority freight trains.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-37 is a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type narrow-gauge steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.They were new steam locomotives built in the D&RGW Burnham Shops as a near copy of the Rio Grande class K-36. [3]
Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 315 is a class "C-18" 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive that was originally built for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1895. It was purchased by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) in 1917 and later became
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 ...
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.
Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: CO-17 Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD GP30 #3011 Diesel Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: CO-18 Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD SD40T-2 #5401. Diesel Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Donated to the museum in 2018. CO-19 West Side Lumber Company #12 (Shay locomotive) Shay Colorado Railroad Museum ...