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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 ...
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 following rail lines have been owned or operated by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad or its predecessors. Denver-Pueblo Joint Line: Denver (Union Station) to Pueblo. Fort Logan Branch: Englewood (Military Junction) to Fort Logan; Lehigh Branch: Louviers (Lehigh Junction) to Lehigh Mine; Castle Rock Branch: Castle Rock to Hathaway
The Utah Division of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) is a rail line that connects Grand Junction, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah (formerly Ogden) in the Western United States. It is now incorporated into the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) system as part of the Central Corridor.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: Denver and Rio Grande Railway: DRGW: 1870 1886 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: D&RG, D&RGW, DRGW DRGW 1920 1997 Union Pacific Railroad: Denver and Salt Lake Railroad: D&SL DRGW: 1912 1927 Denver and Salt Lake Railway: Denver and Salt Lake Railway: D&SL DRGW: 1926 ...
The Texas, Santa Fe and Northern Railroad was incorporated to complete the line, and the line between Española and Santa Fe opened in 1886 and was transferred to the Denver and Rio Grande shortly thereafter. The D&RGW closed the Chili Line in 1941 because of competition from road transportation, and the line was abandoned shortly thereafter.
The Alamosa–Durango line or San Juan extension was a railroad line built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, following the border between the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico, in the Rocky Mountains.
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.