Denver & Rio Grande

Locomotive History

Last Update: 09/03/2000
Road: Denver & Rio Grande Road #: 403
From: 1881 To: 1924 Class: 70 Gauge: N
Acquired: New Name: New Mexico
Builder: Baldwin, # 5604, 1881 Wt: 68000 Tract. Eff.: 17055
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 16x20 Drivers: 37.00
Disposition: Re-classified/renumbered
Photographs: OP-7535, D&RGW 403, 05/28/23, Montrose, CO, Perspective: 3/4R
Drawings:
Notes: Engines 400-411 assigned to helper service on the 4% grades of Veta, Marshall and Cumbres Passes [1] These engines (400-411) were the largest narrow gauge Consolidations built for the D&RG.
Road: Denver & Rio Grande Western Road #: 343
From: 1924 To: 1941 Class: C19 Gauge: N
Acquired: Used Name:
Builder: Baldwin, # 5604, 1881 Wt: 74260 Tract. Eff.: 18947
Wheel Arr.: 2-8-0 Cylinders: 16x20 Drivers: 37.00
Disposition: Dismantled 4/21/1941

Photographs: pp 82-83 [8]

  • OP-7500, D&RGW 343, 09/23/36, Denver, CO, Perspective: 3/4L, leased to Colorado & Southern
  • OP-7501, D&RGW 343, 09/29/36, Sheridan Junction, CO, Perspective: 3/4R, leased to Colorado & Southern
  • OP-7502, D&RGW 343, 09/29/36, Denver, CO, Perspective: 3/4L, leased to Colorado & Southern
  • OP-7503, D&RGW 343, 07/05/37, Alamosa, CO, Perspective: 3/4R, stored
  • OP-7504, D&RGW 343, 07/04/38, Alamosa, CO, Perspective: LS, stored
Drawings:
Notes: Leased to C&S 1935-37.
 
 

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