Aug 5, 2007 · Beginning with the first diesel switchers the Grande bought in 1941 and covering the most modern power through its latest owners, we cover the entire Rio Grande diesel roster from start to present. The narrow and standard gauge steam locomotives of the D&RG, D&SL, D&RGW, RGW, and other predecessors from the beginning to the diesel revolution.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-27 is a class of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903. Known by their nickname "Mudhens," they were the first and the most numerous of the four K classes of Rio Grande narrow gauge engines to be built.

Apr 15, 2017 · If you're looking for information about UP 1989, the D&RGW "Heritage" SD70ACe, please see this page. I could not have possibly built or kept the D&RGW diesel rosters up to date without a great number of people collecting and sharing information about these units. It's only fair that they're acknowledged for their valuable efforts. Strapac, Joseph.

May 12, 2021 · Maps and charts showing the exact location, grade, and curvature of many of the Rio Grande's lines. Everything scanned that doesn't fit elsewhere, including train orders, operator's manuals, official rosters, and more.

Jan 1, 2003 · In the four years between 1943 and 1947, D&RGW regularly been stored these six locomotives because their shop forces found them so difficult to work on. The WPB then sold them to Clinchfield where they continued to operate until 1963, a span of 16 years, far longer than they were on D&RGW.

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]

The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad merged with the Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1908 and through a series of corporate maneuvers finally became the Denver Rio Grande Western in 1921. In 1903 the Denver & Rio Grande purchased fifteen narrow gauge "Mikado" type locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Company.

When the railroad became the Denver, Rio Grande & Western in 1924, that railway reclassified them C-21 and renumbered them 360-361. The C-21s served the narrow-gauge lines until the late 1940s. 360 was scrapped in Salida in August 1950, 361 in Pueblo in November 1951.

Jun 6, 2002 · Research has found that D&RGW's first diesel-electric was a 900-horsepower end-cab switcher built by American Locomotive Company (later historians have designated this type as an HH900). Built as Alco serial number 69058, with a date of January 18, 1937, the locomotive is shown in Alco data discovered by Ken Douglas.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-36 is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives, of which 10 were made, built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) by Baldwin Locomotive Works.