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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 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (of 1886) used under trackage rights 69 miles of the road of other carriers. Development of Fixed Physical Property. Of the 1,662 miles of road owned by The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (of 1886) on the date of consolidation, it had acquired 1,301 miles by purchase and 361 miles by construction.
Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 168 is a class "T-12" 4-6-0 “Ten Wheeler” type narrow-gauge steam locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the largest drivers used ...
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 ...
When the Denver & Rio Grande split with the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, all of the Grant built locomotives including 223 were retained by the Colorado railroad. [11] The rapid standard gauging of the former D&RGW.Ry mainline via successor Rio Grande Western in the following years cut off direct narrow gauge interchange from Colorado to ...
The Rio Grande discontinued the Shavano on November 24, 1940, ending rail passenger service to Gunnison and leaving the San Juan Express as the railroad's last daily narrow-gauge passenger train. The train's old route over Marshall Pass was completely abandoned by the railroad in 1955; most of the route is now an automobile road.
Representing the types of rolling stock used by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad on the Black Canyon Route, the display includes a 2-8-0 steam locomotive, D&RGW No. 278, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1882, a coal tender paired with the engine in 1935, a boxcar, D&RGW No.3132, built in 1904 by American Car and Foundry and a caboose, No ...
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway first reached Montrose in 1882, and by 1885, it was described as the "most important station west of Gunnison City". [3] The current depot was built sometime between 1908 and 1912, replacing a previous facility. [3] [4] The station served both passengers and freight. [4]