The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line running south from Denver, Colorado, in 1870.

The original Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway (D&RGW) built a narrow gauge line from Ogden, Utah via Soldier Summit, Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado. The railroad became the Rio Grande Western Railway in 1889 and built several branch lines …

2024年11月5日 · The Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) was a legendary western "fallen flag" which battled the Rocky Mountains through Colorado and Utah.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway Company was founded by General Palmer to build the western outlet for the Rio Grande, the D&RGW Rwy built the original narrow gauge mainline from Salt Lake City to State Line (the CO/UT border on the way to Grand Junction, CO).

2021年5月12日 · The information presented here is maintained purely as an online historical reference for railfans, modellers, historians, and anyone with even a casual interest in the Denver & Rio Grande Western to learn more about how, where, and why it operated.

The Denver & Rio Grande never reached farther south than northern New Mexico. As the D&RG Railway expanded westward, it ran into conflicts with other railroads that also wanted to build in the lucrative mining regions of the Rocky Mountains.

2025年1月29日 · The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) was built toward Gunnison in hopes of tapping wealth and traffic coming in from the booming nearby gold and silver mines. The steep mountain passes, and narrow canyons made the 4' 8 1/2" standard rail width too expensive and time consuming.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge line running south from Denver, Colorado, in 1870.

On-line coal, bridge traffic with friendly connections, and the opening of the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel in 1928 that dramatically shortened its Denver-Salt Lake Route, the Rio Grande became known for its competitive spirit and mountain scenery.

2025年1月28日 · Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company (D&RGW), former American railroad chartered in 1870 as the Denver and Rio Grande Railway (D&RG). It began with a narrow-gauge line extending from Denver, Colorado , south to New Mexico and west to Salt Lake City , Utah .

2019年11月26日 · The Denver & Rio Grande of 1870 was not that railroad. Much later, however, it came to serve an admirable public purpose, earn the appreciation of its shippers and passengers, and return a substantial profit. The Rio Grande was conceived by former Union Brig. Gen. William Jackson Palmer.

2023年12月7日 · The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) was founded in 1870 by General William Jackson Palmer and his life long friend and partner Dr. William Bell as a narrow gauge railway system with the intention of connecting Denver with Mexico City.

In this article, we will explore the fascinating history of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and its impact on American transportation and industry. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was founded in 1870 by William Jackson Palmer, who was a Civil War general and a successful businessman.

On that day, General William Jackson Palmer and his associates filed articles of incorporation for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Over the next century, this railroad would weave its tracks through rugged mountain passes, defying nature’s obstacles.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was founded in 1870 by William J. Palmer. In the 1880s, it had the largest narrow gauge network in North America.

Denver & Rio Grande Railway Colorado Springs traces its existence to the D&RG Railroad – and vice versa. While leading the Kansas and Pacific’s effort to reach Colorado from the east, Palmer envisioned a railroad heading south from Denver to Santa Fe, and even Mexico City.

Half-hour travelogue film by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad filled with Utah history and scenery from the 1940s; featuring D&RGW trains {D&RGW 4-8-4 locomotive #1803}, Arches Monument, 'enough coal to supply the United States for 250 years', farming & irrigation, copper mining, Black Rock Beach, salt beds, and a Salt Lake Tabernacle ...

On June 9, 1880, the competition between railroads heated up in Buena Vista as the Denver and Rio Grande finally made it to town. Only three months behind their competition, the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad, the D&RG established the second narrow-gauge railroad in the area.

2020年10月26日 · The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a narrow-gauge line running south from Denver, Colorado, in 1870.

Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 169 is a 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&RGW) by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passenger locomotive, with 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, the second largest drivers used on any three-foot gauge D&RGW …

During its early years the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company abbreviated its railway name several ways: RW, RY and R.Co. This article attempts to straighten out when these abbreviations were used as demonstrated by markings on various artifacts produced for the D&RG.

Die Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, abgekürzt D&RGW, war eine der ältesten Bahngesellschaften im Westen der USA. Schon Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts baute die 1870 als Denver & Rio Grande Railway gegründete Gesellschaft schmalspurige Eisenbahnstrecken mit der Spurweite von 3 Fuß durch die Rocky Mountains, damals eine technische ...