RIO GRANDE

SERVICE BULLETIN

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD

Vol. 1

Denver, Colorado, October, 1927

No. 3

A YEAR'S PROGRESS

EVERYWHERE on the Denver & Rio Grande Western there is evidence of remarkable accomplishments under the extensive improvement programme inaugurated three years ago. Among these are the elimination

$2,000,000. This work has been completed or is under way in the following localities:
Between Husted and Pikeview, Co1orado, where the curvature is reduced from 6 degrees to 2 degrees.
Between Parkdale, the first station west of the Royal Gorge, and Salida, Colorado, where the curvature has been acute, reduction is being made from 12 degrees to a maximum of 6 degrees. To accomplish this it has been necessary to change the channel of the Arkansas River in a number of places.
In the Brown Cañon, west of Salida, Colorado, the curvature is being reduced from 10 degrees to a maximum of 6 degrees.
On the east side of Tennessee Pass the curvature has been reduced to a maximum of 6 degrees.
When this work is completed there will be no curves over six degrees in the territory Parkdale to Tennessee Pass, Colorado, a distance of approximately 110 miles.
Between Minturn and Eagle, Colorado, the changes will result in a maximum curvature of 6 degrees, and between Mack, Colorado, and Westwater, Utah, through Ruby Cañon, the curves will be reduced to a maximum of 4 degrees

of heavy curvature in canons, reduction of grades, installation of steel or concrete bridges and culverts and new ties, laying of new and heavier rail, distribution of ballast, and the erection of safeguarding signal devices which silently and automatically keep constant vigilance over moving trains. What is it all for? Just this: The Denver & Rio Grande Western is being operated under a policy of maximum service to the public - the limit of safety, convenience and speed-and expeditious handling of traffic, freight and passenger, all commensurate with wisdom and a reasonable regard for those whose money is invested in the property.
WHERE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE
For the year 1927 the total cost of reducing curves and changing alignment will approximate

Elimination of Compound Curve in Colorado River Cañon, Colorado


Before - 1926	After - 1927